§7.1#2ἦν δὲ καὶ παρρησιαστὴς διὰ τὴν εὐγένειαν· Ἀθηναίων γὲ τοί ποτε οὐκ ἀνεχομένων αὐτοῦ δημηγοροῦντος, ἀνέκραγεν ἐκβαλλόμενος
ὦ Κερκυραία μάστιξ, ὡς πολλῶν ταλάντων εἶ ἀξία
πάλιν δὲ θεὸν ἀναγορευόντων Ἀλέξανδρον
καὶ ποδαπὸς ἂν εἴη
εἶπεν
ὁ θεός, οὗ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐξιόντας δεήσει περιρραίνεσθαι; ἀποθανόντος δʼ αὐτοῦ, παρέδωκαν τοὺς παῖδας τοῖς ἕνδεκα, Μενεσαίχμου μὲν κατηγορήσαντος γραψαμένου δὲ Θρασυκλέους· Δημοσθένους δὲ καθʼ ὃν ἔφευγε χρόνον ἐπιστείλαντος τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις, ὡς κακῶς ἀκούοιεν ἐπὶ τοῖς Λυκούργου παιδίοις, μετενόησαν καὶ ἀφῆκαν αὐτούς, Δημοκλέους τοῦ Θεοφράστου μαθητοῦ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀπολογησαμένου.
He was also outspoken on account of his noble birth; indeed, when the Athenians once would not tolerate him as he was speaking in the assembly, and he was being hooted down, he cried out: "O Corcyraean whip, how many talents you are worth!" And again, when they were proclaiming Alexander a god, ¦15 he said, "And what kind of god would he be, from whose temple those departing must purify themselves by sprinkling?" And after his death, ¦842e they delivered his children to the Eleven, Menesaechmus having accused them and Thrasycles having brought a written indictment; but Demosthenes, during the time of his exile, ¦20 having written to the Athenians that they were in ill repute because of the children of Lycurgus, they repented and released them, Democles the pupil of Theophrastus having spoken in their defense.
ἐτάφη δʼ αὐτὸς καὶ τῶν ἐκγόνων τινὲς δημοσίᾳ· καὶ ἔστιν αὐτῶν τὰ μνήματα ἀντικρὺ τῆς Παιωνίας Ἀθηνᾶς ἐν τῷ Μελανθίου τοῦ φιλοσόφου κήπῳ, τράπεζαι πεποιημέναι, αὐτοῦ τε τοῦ Λυκούργου καὶ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ ἐπιγεγραμμέναι καὶ εἰς ἡμᾶς ἔτι σῳζόμεναι.
He himself and some of his descendants were buried at public expense; and their monuments are opposite Athena Paeonia in the garden of Melanthius the philosopher, constructed as stone tables, with inscriptions for Lycurgus himself and his children ¦5 and preserved even to our time.
τὸ μέγιστον, χίλια διακόσια τάλαντα προσόδου τῇ πόλει κατέστησε, πρότερον ἑξήκοντα προσιόντων.
¦842f The greatest thing of all, he established a revenue of twelve hundred talents for the city, whereas sixty had previously come in.
μέλλων δὲ τελευτήσειν εἰς· τὸ μητρῷον καὶ τὸ βουλευτήριον ἐκέλευσεν αὑτὸν κομισθῆναι, βουλόμενος· εὐθύνας δοῦναι τῶν πεπολιτευμένων οὐδενὸς δὲ κατηγορῆσαι τολμήσαντος πλὴν Μενεσαίχμου, τὰς διαβολὰς ἀπολυσάμενος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἀπεκομίσθη καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐπιεικὴς νομισθεὶς; παρὰ πάντα τὸν τοῦ βίου χρόνον καὶ ἐν λόγοις ἐπαινεθείς· καὶ μηδένα ἀγῶνα ἁλούς, καίτοι πολλῶν κατηγορησάντων.
And when he was about to die, he ordered himself to be carried to the Metroon and the Senate-house, wishing ¦10 to give an account of his administration; and when no one dared to accuse him except Menesaechmus, having cleared himself of the slanders, he was carried back to his house and died, having been regarded as upright throughout his whole life and praised in speeches; and without having lost any ¦15 lawsuit, although many had accused him.
ἔσχε δὲ τρεῖς παῖδας ἐκ Καλλιστοῦς τῆς Ἅβρωνος μὲν θυγατρός, Καλλίου δὲ τοῦ Ἅβρωνος Βατῆθεν ἀδελφῆς, τοῦ ταμιεύσαντος στρατιωτικῶν ἐπὶ Χαιρώνδου ἄρχοντος· περὶ δὲ τῆς κηδείας ταύτης λέγει ὁ Δείναρχος ἐν τῷ κατὰ Πιστίου. κατέλιπε δὲ παῖδας Ἅβρωνα Λυκοῦργον Λυκόφρονα·
He had three children by Callisto, the daughter of Habron and sister of Callias, the son of Habron of Bate, who was treasurer of military funds under the archonship of Chaerondas; ¦843a Deinarchus speaks about this marriage alliance ¦20 in his speech "Against Pistias." He left behind children: Habron, Lycurgus, and Lycophron.
ὧν ὁ Ἅβρων καὶ ὁ Λυκοῦργος ἄπαιδες μετήλλαξαν· ἀλλʼ ὃ γʼ Ἅβρων καὶ πολιτευσάμενος ἐπιφανῶς μετήλλαξε, Λυκόφρων δὲ γήμας Καλλιστομάχην Φιλίππου Αἰξωνέως ἐγέννησε Καλλιστώ.
Of these, Habron and Lycurgus died childless; but Habron died after having also entered public life with distinction, while Lycophron, marrying Callistomache, the daughter of Philip of Aexone, begot Callisto.
ταύτην δὲ γήμας Κλεόμβροτος Δεινοκράτους Ἀχαρνεύς, ἐγέννησε Λυκόφρονα· τοῦτον δʼ ὁ πάππος εἰσεποιήσατο Λυκόφρων· οὗτος δʼ ἐτελεύτησεν ἄπαις·
Cleombrotus, the son of Deinocrates of Acharnae, married her and begot Lycophron; and his grandfather Lycophron adopted him; and he ¦5 died childless.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν Λυκόφρονος τελευτὴν ἔγημε τὴν Καλλιστὼ Σωκράτης καὶ ἔσχεν υἱὸν Σύμμαχον· τοῦ δʼ ἐγένετο Ἀριστώνυμος, τοῦ δὲ Χαρμίδης τοῦ δὲ Φιλίππη· ταύτης δὲ καὶ Λυσάνδρου Μήδειος, ὁ καὶ ἐξηγητὴς ἐξ Εὐμολπιδῶν γενόμενος· τούτου δὲ καὶ Τιμοθέας τῆς Γλαύκου παῖδες Λαοδάμεια καὶ Μήδειος, ὃς τὴν ἱερωσύνην Ποσειδῶνος Ἐρεχθέως εἶχε, καὶ Φιλίππη, ἥτις ἱεράσατο τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ὕστερον· πρότερον δ’ αὐτὴν γήμας Διοκλῆς ὁ Μελιτεὺς ἐγέννησε Διοκλέα, τὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὁπλίτας στρατηγήσαντα· γήμας δʼ οὗτος Ἡδίστην Ἅβρωνος Φιλιππίδην καὶ Νικοστράτην ἐγέννησε γήμας δὲ τὴν Νικοστράτην Θεμιστοκλῆς ὁ Θεοφράστου ὁ δᾳδοῦχος ἐγέννησε Θεόφραστον καὶ Διοκλέα· διετάξατο δὲ καὶ τὴν ἱερωσύνην τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος Ἐρεχθέως.
After the death of Lycophron, ¦843b Socrates married Callisto and had a son, Symmachus; and of him was born Aristonymus, and of him Charmides, and of him Philippe; and of her and Lysander was born Medius, who also became an exegete from the Eumolpidae; and of him and Timothea, the daughter of Glaucus, the children were Laodameia and Medius, who held the priesthood of Poseidon Erechtheus, and Philippe, who afterwards served as priestess of Athena; but previously Diocles of Melite, marrying her, begat Diocles, who served as general over the ¦15 hoplites; and the latter, marrying Hediste, the daughter of Habron, begot Philippides and Nicostrate; ¦843c and Themistocles, the son of Theophrastus, the torch-bearer, marrying Nicostrate, begot Theophrastus and Diocles; and he also arranged the priesthood of Poseidon ¦20 Erechtheus.
φέρονται δὲ τοῦ ῥήτορος λόγοι δεκαπέντε.
Fifteen speeches of the orator are in circulation.
ἐστεφανώθη δʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου πολλάκις καὶ εἰκόνων ἔτυχεν· ἀνάκειται δʼ αὐτοῦ χαλκῆ εἰκὼν ἐν Κεραμεικῷ κατὰ ψήφισμα ἐπʼ Ἀναξικράτους ἄρχοντος· ἐφʼ οὗ ἔλαβε καὶ σίτησιν ἐν πρυτανείῳ αὐτός τε ὁ Λυκοῦργος καὶ ὁ πρεσβύτατος αὐτοῦ τῶν ἐκγόνων κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ψήφισμα· ἀποθανόντος τε Λυκούργου, 5 πρεσβύτατος τῶν παίδων Λυκόφρων ἠμφισβήτησε τῆς δωρεᾶς.
He was crowned by the people many times and was awarded statues; and a bronze statue of him stands in the Cerameicus according to a decree passed under the archonship of Anaxicrates; under whom Lycurgus himself and the eldest of his descendants also received public maintenance in the prytaneum according to the same decree; and when Lycurgus died, Lycophron, the eldest of his children, ¦843d claimed the gift.
εἶπε δὲ καὶ περὶ ἱερῶν πολλάκις, γραψάμενος; Αὐτόλυκον τὸν Ἀρεοπαγίτην καὶ Λυσικλέα τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ Δημάδη τὸν Δημέου καὶ Μενέσαιχμον ἄλλους τε πολλούς, καὶ πάντας εἷλεν.
He also spoke concerning sacred matters many times, having indicted Autolycus the Areopagite, Lysicles the general, Demades the son of Demeas, ¦5 and Menesaechmus, and many others, and he convicted them all.
ἔκρινε δὲ καὶ Δίφιλον, ἐκ τῶν ἀργυρείων μετάλλων τοὺς μεσοκρινεῖς, οἳ ἐβάσταζον τὰ ὑπερκείμενα βάρη, ὑφελόντα καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν πεπλουτηκότα παρὰ τοὺς νόμους· καὶ θανάτου ὄντος ἐπιτιμίου ἁλῶναι ἐποίησε, καὶ πεντήκοντα δραχμὰς ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας αὐτοῦ ἑκάστῳ τῶν πολιτῶν διένειμε, τῶν πάντων συναχθέντων ταλάντων ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα· · ἤ, ὥς τινες, μνᾶν.
He also brought Diphilus to trial for having removed from the silver mines the supporting pillars which sustained the weight above, and having enriched himself from them contrary to the laws; and although death was the penalty, ¦10 he secured his conviction, and distributed fifty drachmas from his estate to each of the citizens, the total sum collected being a hundred and sixty talents, ¦843e or, as some say, a mina.
5 δʼ εὐθύνας Ἀριστογείτονα καὶ Λεωκράτην καὶ Αὐτόλυκον δειλίας.
And he convicted Aristogeiton at his audit, and Leocrates, and Autolycus for cowardice.
ἐπεκαλεῖτο δʼ ὁ Λυκοῦργος ἶβις
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ἶβις Λυκούργῳ, Χαιρεφῶντι νυκτερὶς
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κατῆγον δὲ τὸ γένος ἀπὸ τούτων καὶ Ἐρεχθέως τοῦ Γῆς καὶ Ἡφαίστου· τὰ δʼ ἐγγυτάτω ἀπὸ Λυκομήδους καὶ Λυκούργου, οὓς ὁ δῆμος ταφαῖς ἐτίμησε δημοσίᾳ·
And Lycurgus was ¦15 nicknamed "Ibis", as in: "An ibis to Lycurgus, a bat to Chaerephon." And they traced their descent from these and from Erechtheus, the son of Ge and Hephaestus; and more immediately from Lycomedes and Lycurgus, whom the people honored with public ¦20 funerals.
καὶ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ καταγωγὴ τοῦ γένους τῶν ἱερασαμένων τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ἐν πίνακι τελείῳ, ὃς ἀνάκειται ἐν Ἐρεχθείῳ, γεγραμμένος ὑπʼ Ἰσμηνίου τοῦ Χαλκιδέως· καὶ εἰκόνες ξύλιναι τοῦ τε Λυκούργου καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, Ἅβρωνος Λυκούργου Λυκόφρονος, ἃς εἰργάσαντο Τίμαρχος καὶ Κηφισόδοτος, οἱ Πραξιτέλους υἱεῖς· τὸν δὲ πίνακα ἀνέθηκεν Ἅβρων ὁ παῖς; αὐτοῦ, λαχὼν ἐκ τοῦ γένους τὴν ἱερωσύνην καὶ παραχωρήσας τῷ ἀδελφῷ Λυκόφρονι· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πεποίηται ὁ Ἅβρων προσδιδοὺς αὐτῷ τὴν τρίαιναν.
And this genealogy of the family of those who served as priests of Poseidon is on a complete tablet dedicated in the Erechtheum, painted by Ismenias of Chalcis; and there are wooden statues of Lycurgus and his sons, Habron, Lycurgus, ¦5 ¦843f and Lycophron, which Timarchus and Cephisodotus, the sons of Praxiteles, made; and the tablet was dedicated by Habron his son, who, having obtained the priesthood by lot from the family, yielded it to his brother Lycophron; and for this reason Habron is represented ¦10 as handing over the trident to him.
πάντων δʼ ὧν διῴκησεν ἀναγραφὴν ποιησάμενος ἀνέθηκεν ἐν στήλῃ πρὸ τῆς ὑπʼ; αὐτοῦ κατασκευασθείσης παλαίστρας σκοπεῖν τοῖς βουλομένοις· οὐδεὶς μέντοι ἐδυνήθη ἐλέγξαι τὸν ἄνδρα νοσφισμοῦ.
And having made a record of all things that he administered, he set it up on a stele in front of the palaestra constructed by him, for those who wished to inspect; yet no one was able to convict the man of embezzlement.
ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ Νεοπτόλεμον Ἀντικλέους στεφανῶσαι καὶ εἰκόνα ἀναθεῖναι, ὅτι ἐπηγγείλατο χρυσώσειν τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἐν ἀγορᾷ κατὰ τὴν μαντείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
And he also proposed a decree to crown Neoptolemus, ¦15 the son of Anticles, and to set up a statue of him, because he promised to gild the altar of ¦844a Apollo in the Agora according to the oracle of the god.
ἐψηφίσατο δὲ καὶ Διοτίμῳ Διοπείθους Εὐωνυμεῖ τιμὰς ἐπὶ Κτησικλέους ἄρχοντος.
And he also proposed honors for Diotimus, the son of Diopeithes of Euonymon, under the archonship of Ctesicles.