- Source
- Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-22
Pericles concludes his speech by stating that he has fulfilled the requirement in word, declaring that the city will support the children of the deceased at public expense as a prize for virtue, and telling the citizens to depart after mourning.
‘εἴρηται καὶ ἐμοὶ λόγῳ κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὅσα εἶχον1 πρόσφορα, καὶ ἔργῳ οἱ θαπτόμενοι τὰ μὲν ἤδη κεκόσμηνται, τὰ δὲ2 αὐτῶν τοὺς παῖδας τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦδε δημοσίᾳ ἡ πόλις μέχρι ἥβης θρέψει, ὠφέλιμον στέφανον3 τοῖσδέ τε καὶ τοῖς λειπομένοις τῶν τοιῶνδε ἀγώνων προτιθεῖσα· ἆθλα γὰρ οἷς κεῖται ἀρετῆς μέγιστα, τοῖς δὲ4 καὶ ἄνδρες ἄριστοι πολιτεύουσιν.
‘I too have spoken in word, according to the law, what I held to be fitting; and in deed, those who are being buried have on the one hand already been honored, and on the other hand, the city will support their children at the public expense from now on until they reach manhood, offering this as a useful crown to these men and to those who are left behind after such contests. For where the greatest prizes for virtue are offered, there also the best men live as citizens.
νῦν δὲ ἀπολοφυράμενοι ὃν προσήκει ἑκάστῳ5 ἄπιτε.’
And now, when you have finished lamenting each for his own, depart.’
- 2.46.1εἶχον
It can be interpreted either as the 1st person singular imperfect ("I had") or as the 3rd person plural with the relative pronoun ὅσα as its subject ("they had"). It is standard to take it as 1st person singular, meaning "as much as I had ready as appropriate to say," which fits the personal tone of the speaker.
- 2.46.1τὰ μὲν ... τὰ δὲ
Adverbial accusatives used to contrast two aspects of the action ("on the one hand... on the other hand..."). Rather than agreeing directly with the subject οἱ θαπτόμενοι, they divide the two treatments provided for them: the funeral already completed and the future public maintenance of their children.
- 2.46.1ὠφέλιμον στέφανον
An accusative in apposition to the action expressed by the verb θρέψει (will support), symbolically indicating the result or purpose of the state's public maintenance of the children.
- 2.46.1οἷς ..., τοῖς δὲ ...
The relative pronoun οἷς contains its own antecedent ([to those] for whom). The subsequent demonstrative pronoun τοῖς δὲ refers back to and strongly emphasizes the same group of people (or the state) designated by the relative clause.
- 2.46.2ὃν προσήκει ἑκάστῳ
The relative pronoun ὃν is in the accusative, containing its antecedent ([him] whom), and serves as the direct object of the participle ἀπολοφυράμενοι (having lamented). ἑκάστῳ is the dative complement of the impersonal verb προσήκει (it belongs to, is fitting for). Together, the phrase means "him whom it is fitting for each to lament."