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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διδασκόμενοι δὲ καὶ νομίζοντες αὐτοὶ μὲν ἄδικά τε ποιεῖν καὶ κακῶς βουλεύεσθαι, Ἀθηναίους δὲ δίκαιά τε λέγειν καὶ τὰ βέλτιστα αὐτοῖς παραινεῖν, ἐβοήθησαν εἰς Πλαταιάς· ἀποδράντων δὲ ὑπὸ νύκτα τῶν πλείστων συμμάχων ἐκ τῶν τάξεων διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πολεμίων, Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν καὶ Τεγεᾶται τοὺς βαρβάρους ἐτρέψαντο, Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ καὶ Πλαταιεῖς πάντας τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐνίκων μαχόμενοι τοὺς ἀπογνόντας τῆς ἐλευθερίας καὶ ὑπομείναντας τὴν δουλείαν.
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ἐν ἐκείνῃ δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ καλλίστην τελευτὴν τοῖς προτέροις κινδύνοις ἐπιθέντες, βέβαιον μὲν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ κατειργάσαντο, ἐν ἅπασι δὲ τοῖς κινδύνοις δόντες ἔλεγχον τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἀρετῆς, καὶ μόνοι καὶ μεθʼ ἑτέρων, καὶ πεζομαχοῦντες καὶ ναυμαχοῦντες, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς[*]τοὺς add. Reiske βαρβάρους καὶ πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, ὑπὸ πάντων ἠξιώθησαν, καὶ μεθʼ ὧν ἐκινδύνευον καὶ πρὸς οὓς ἐπολέμουν, ἡγεμόνες γενέσθαι τῆς Ἑλλάδος.
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ὑστέρῳ δὲ χρόνῳ Ἑλληνικοῦ πολέμου καταστάντος διὰ ζῆλον τῶν γεγενημένων καὶ φθόνον τῶν πεπραγμένων, μέγα μὲν ἅπαντες φρονοῦντες, μικρῶν δʼ ἐγκλημάτων ἕκαστοι δεόμενοι, ναυμαχίας Ἀθηναίοις πρὸς Αἰγινήτας καὶ τοὺς ἐκείνων συμμάχους γενομένης ἑβδομήκοντα τριήρεις αὐτῶν ἐλάμβανον.
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πολιορκούντων δὲ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον Αἴγυπτόν τε καὶ Αἴγιναν, καὶ τῆς ἡλικίας ἀπούσης ἔν τε ταῖς ναυσὶ καὶ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ στρατεύματι, Κορίνθιοι καὶ οἱ ἐκείνων σύμμαχοι, ἡγούμενοι ἢ εἰς ἔρημον τὴν χώραν ἐμβαλεῖν ἢ ἐξ Αἰγίνης ἄξειν τὸ στρατόπεδον, ἐξελθόντες πανδημεὶ Γεράνειαν κατέλαβον·
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Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ τῶν μὲν ἀπόντων, τῶν δʼ ἐγγὺς ὄντων, οὐδένα ἐτόλμησαν μεταπέμψασθαι· ταῖς δʼ αὑτῶν ψυχαῖς πιστεύσαντες καὶ τῶν ἐπιόντων καταφρονήσαντες οἱ γεραίτεροι καὶ οἱ τῆς ἡλικίας ἐντὸς γεγονότες ἠξίουν αὐτοὶ μόνοι τὸν κίνδυνον ποιήσασθαι, οἱ μὲν ἐμπειρία τὴν ἀρετήν,
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