Funeral Oration, Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A.; Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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νικήσαντες τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ, ὅτι κρεῖττον μετʼ ὀλίγων ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας κινδυνεύειν ἢ μετὰ πολλῶν βασιλευομένων ὑπὲρ τῆς αὑτῶν δουλείας.
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πλεῖστα δὲ καὶ κάλλιστα ἐκεῖνοι ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐλευθερίας συνεβάλοντο, στρατηγὸν μὲν Θεμιστοκλέα, ἱκανώτατον εἰπεῖν καὶ γνῶναι καὶ πρᾶξαι, ναῦς δὲ πλείους τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων, ἄνδρας δʼ ἐμπειροτάτους. καὶ γὰρ[*]καὶ γὰρ Dobree: καίτοι MSS. τίνες ἂν τούτοις τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων ἤρισαν γνώμῃ καὶ πλήθει καὶ ἀρετῇ;
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ὥστε δικαίως μὲν ἀναμφισβήτητα τἀριστεῖα τῆς ναυμαχίας ἔλαβον παρὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος, εἰκότως δὲ τὴν εὐτυχίαν ὁμονοοῦσαν τοῖς κινδύνοις ἐκτήσαντο, γνησίαν δὲ καὶ αὐτόχθονα τοῖς ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας βαρβάροις τὴν αὑτῶν ἀρετὴν ἐπεδείξαντο.
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ἐν μὲν οὖν τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ τοιούτους αὑτοὺς παρασχόντες καὶ πολὺ πλεῖστον τῶν κινδύνων μετασχόντες τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἀρετῇ κοινὴν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐκτήσαντο· ὕστερον δὲ Πελοποννησίων διατειχιζόντων τὸν Ἰσθμόν, καὶ ἀγαπώντων μὲν τῇ σωτηρίᾳ, νομιζόντων δʼ ἀπηλλάχθαι τοῦ κατὰ θάλατταν κινδύνου, καὶ διανοουμένων τοὺς ἄλλους Ἕλληνας περιιδεῖν ὑπὸ τοῖς βαρβάροις γενομένους,
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ὀργισθέντες Ἀθηναῖοι συνεβούλευον αὐτοῖς, εἰ ταύτην τὴν γνώμην ἕξουσι, περὶ ἅπασαν τὴν Πελοπόννησον τεῖχος περιβαλεῖν· εἰ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τῶν[*]τῶνadd. Reiske Ἑλλήνων προδιδόμενοι μετὰ τῶν βαρβάρων ἔσονται, οὔτʼ ἐκείνοις δεήσειν χιλίων νεῶν οὔτε τούτους ὠφελήσειν τὸ ἐν Ἰσθμῷ τεῖχος· ἀκινδύνως γὰρ ἔσεσθαι τὴν τῆς θαλάττης ἀρχὴν βασιλέως.
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