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60.
‘I was not unprepared for the
indignation of which I have been the object, as I know its causes; and I have called an assembly for the purpose of reminding you upon certain
points, and of protesting against your being unreasonably irritated with me,
or cowed by your sufferings.
[2]
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of
private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public
humiliation.
[3]
A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined
he must be ruined with it; whereas a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to
unfortunate individuals.
[4]
Since then a state can support the misfortunes of private citizens, while
they cannot support hers, it is surely the duty of everyone to be forward in
her defence, and not like you to be so confounded with your domestic
afflictions as to give up all thoughts of the common safety, and to blame me
for having counselled war and yourselves for having voted it.
[5]
And yet if you are angry with me, it is with one who, as I believe, is
second to no man either in knowledge of the proper policy, or in the ability
to expound it, and who is moreover not only a patriot but an honest one.
[6]
A man possessing that knowledge without that faculty of exposition might as
well have no idea at all on the matter: if he had both these gifts, but no
love for his country, he would be but a cold advocate for her interests; while were his patriotism not proof against bribery, everything would go
for a price.
[7]
So that if you thought that I was even moderately distinguished for these
qualities when you took my advice and went to war, there is certainly no
reason now why I should be charged with having done wrong.
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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus, 911-1085
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 1165
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 189
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- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE ARTICLE—ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES (2193-2487)
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- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 8.1
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- LSJ, ἄν
- LSJ, ἀφίημι
- LSJ, ἀθρόος
- LSJ, αἰτί-α
- LSJ, διά
- LSJ, δι^δάσκω
- LSJ, δύσ-νοος
- LSJ, ἑρμην-εύω
- LSJ, ἐκκλησί-α
- LSJ, ἐνθυ_μ-έομαι
- LSJ, εὐπρα_γ-έω
- LSJ, φέρω
- LSJ, φι^λόπολις
- LSJ, ἥσσων
- LSJ, ἴσος
- LSJ, καί
- LSJ, κα^κοπρα_γ-ία
- LSJ, κα^κοτυ^χ-έω
- LSJ, κρείσσων
- LSJ, μέσος
- LSJ, ὀρθόω
- LSJ, οἶκος
- LSJ, οἰκεῖος
- LSJ, πωλ-έω
- LSJ, σύμπα_ς
- LSJ, συγγιγνώσκω
- LSJ, συνάγω
- LSJ, συναπόλλυ_μι
- LSJ, σωτηρ-ία
- LSJ, χρῆμα
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