§6.78.1καὶ εἴ τῳ ἄρα παρέστηκε τὸν μὲν Συρακόσιον, ἑαυτὸν δ’ οὒ πολέμιον εἶναι τῷ Ἀθηναίῳ, καὶ δεινὸν ἡγεῖται ὑπέρ γε τῆς ἐμῆς κινδυνεύειν, ἐνθυμηθήτω οὐ περὶ τῆς ἐμῆς μᾶλλον, ἐν ἴσῳ δὲ καὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἅμα ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ μαχούμενος, τοσούτῳ δὲ καὶ ἀσφαλέστερον ὅσῳ οὐ προδιεφθαρμένου ἐμοῦ, ἔχων δὲ ξύμμαχον ἐμὲ καὶ οὐκ ἐρῆμος ἀγωνιεῖται· τόν τε Ἀθηναῖον μὴ τὴν τοῦ Συρακοσίου ἔχθραν κολάσασθαι, τῇ δ’ ἐμῇ προφάσει τὴν ἐκείνου φιλίαν οὐχ ἧσσον βεβαιώσασθαι βούλεσθαι. §6.78.2εἴ τέ τις φθονεῖ μὲν ἢ καὶ φοβεῖται (ἀμφότερα γὰρ τάδε πάσχει τὰ μείζω) διὰ δὲ αὐτὰ τὰς Συρακούσας κακωθῆναι μὲν ἵνα σωφρονισθῶμεν βούλεται, περιγενέσθαι δὲ ἕνεκα τῆς αὑτοῦ ἀσφαλείας, οὐκ ἀνθρωπίνης δυνάμεως βούλησιν ἐλπίζει· οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε ἅμα τῆς τε ἐπιθυμίας καὶ τῆς τύχης τὸν αὐτὸν ὁμοίως ταμίαν γενέσθαι. §6.78.3καὶ εἰ γνώμῃ ἁμάρτοι, τοῖς αὑτοῦ κακοῖς ὀλοφυρθεὶς τάχ’ ἂν ἴσως καὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ποτὲ βουληθείη αὖθις φθονῆσαι.
\nAnd if indeed it occurs to anyone that the Syracusan is an enemy to the Athenian, but that he himself is not, and thinks it a terrible thing to run risks on behalf of my land, let him reflect that he will be fighting in my land not more on behalf of mine, but equally and at the same time on behalf of his own, and by so much the more safely as, since I have not been previously destroyed, he will fight having me as an ally and not being desolate; and let him reflect that the Athenian wishes not to punish the enmity of the Syracusan, but under my pretext to secure no less the friendship of that other.\n\nAnd if anyone envies or even fears us (for greater powers suffer both of these passions), and for these very reasons wishes Syracuse to be harmed indeed so that we may be brought to our senses, but to survive for the sake of his own safety, he is hoping for a wish that is beyond human power; for it is not possible for the same man to be equally the dispenser both of his own desire and of fortune.\n\nAnd if he should err in judgment, lamenting his own misfortunes he might perhaps some day wish to envy my prosperity again.
ἀδύνατον δὲ προεμένῳ καὶ μὴ τοὺς αὐτοὺς κινδύνους οὐ περὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων, ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν ἔργων, ἐθελήσαντι προσλαβεῖν· λόγῳ μὲν γὰρ τὴν ἡμετέραν δύναμιν σῴζοι ἄν τις, ἔργῳ δὲ τὴν αὑτοῦ σωτηρίαν. §6.78.4καὶ μάλιστα εἰκὸς ἦν ὑμᾶς, ὦ Καμαριναῖοι, ὁμόρους ὄντας καὶ τὰ δεύτερα κινδυνεύσοντας προορᾶσθαι αὐτὰ καὶ μὴ μαλακῶς ὥσπερ νῦν ξυμμαχεῖν, αὐτοὺς δὲ πρὸς ἡμᾶς μᾶλλον ἰόντας, ἅπερ ἂν εἰ ἐς τὴν Καμαριναίαν πρῶτον ἀφίκοντο οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι δεόμενοι ἂν ἐπεκαλεῖσθε, ταῦτα ἐκ τοῦ ὁμοίου καὶ νῦν παρακελευομένους ὅπως μηδὲν ἐνδώσομεν φαίνεσθαι.
But it is impossible for one who has abandoned us and has not been willing to take upon himself the same dangers—not in words, but in deeds—to secure his safety; for though in word one might be saving our power, in deed he would be saving his own safety.\n\nAnd it was especially natural for you, Camarinaeans, being neighbors and likely to face the danger next, to foresee these things and not to ally with us half-heartedly as you do now, but rather coming to us yourselves, to appear now encouraging us on equal terms—so that we may not yield in anything—the very things which you would have begged and called upon us to do if the Athenians had come first against the Camarinaean territory.
ἀλλ’ οὔθ᾽ ὑμεῖς νῦν γέ πω οὔθ’ οἱ ἄλλοι ἐπὶ ταῦτα ὥρμησθε.
But neither you, at least up to now, nor the others have set yourselves to this.