§59ὅτε γὰρ ἡ πόλις ἀπώλεσε τὰς ναῦς τὰς ἐν Ἐλλησπόντῳ καὶ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐστερήθη, τῶν μὲν πλείστων τριηράρχων τοσοῦτον διήνεγκον, ὅτι μετʼ ὀλίγων ἔσωσα τὴν ναῦν, αὐτῶν δὲ τούτων, ὅτι καταπλεύσας εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ μόνος οὐ κατέλυσα τὴν τριηραρχίαν, §60ἀλλὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἀσμένως ἀπαλλαττομένων τῶν λῃτουργιῶν καὶ πρὸς τὰ παρόντʼ ἀθύμως διακειμένων, καὶ τῶν μὲν ἀνηλωμένων αὐτοῖς μεταμέλον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ἀποκρυπτομένων, καὶ νομιζόντων τὰ μὲν κοινὰ διεφθάρθαι, τὰ δʼ ἴδια σκοπουμένων, οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκείνοις γνώμην ἔσχον, ἀλλὰ πείσας τὸν ἀδελφὸν συντριηραρχεῖν, παρʼ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν μισθὸν διδόντες τοῖς ναύταις κακῶς ἐποιοῦμεν τοὺς πολεμίους.
For when the city lost its ships in the Hellespont and was deprived of its power, I differed so much from most of the trierarchs that I saved my ship along with a few others, and among these very few, that after sailing into Piraeus, I alone did not lay down my trierarchy, but while the others were gladly getting rid of their public services and were despondently disposed toward the present situation, regretting what they had spent and hiding what remained, and thinking that public affairs were ruined while they looked out for their private interests, I did not hold the same opinion as they did, but having persuaded my brother to share the trierarchy, giving pay to the sailors from our own means, we did harm to the enemies.
§61τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον πρὸ εἰπόντος Λυσάνδρου, εἴ τις εἰσάγοι σῖτον ὡς ὑμᾶς, θάνατον τὴν ζημίαν, οὕτω φιλοτίμως εἴχομεν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ὥστε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδὲ τὸν σφέτερον αὐτῶν εἰσάγειν τολμώντων ἡμεῖς τὸν ὡς ἐκείνους εἰσπλέοντα λαμβάνοντες εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ κατήγομεν.
And finally, before Lysander declared that if anyone imported grain to you, the penalty would be death, we were so devoted to the city that, while the others did not dare to import even their own, we captured those sailing towards them and brought them into Piraeus.
ἀνθʼ ὧν ὑμεῖς ἐψηφίσασθʼ ἡμᾶς στεφανῶσαι καὶ πρόσθε τῶν ἐπωνύμων ἀνειπεῖν ὡς μεγάλων ἀγαθῶν αἰτίους ὄντας.
In return for this, you voted to crown us and to proclaim before the Eponymous Heroes that we were the causes of great goods.
§62καίτοι χρὴ τούτους δημοτικοὺς νομίζειν, οὐχ ὅσοι κρατοῦντος τοῦ δήμου μετασχεῖν τῶν πραγμάτων ἐπεθύμησαν, ἀλλʼ οἳ δυστυχησάσης τῆς πόλεως προκινδυνεύειν ὑμῶν ἠθέλησαν, καὶ χάριν ἔχειν, οὐκ εἴ τις αὐτὸς κακῶς πέπονθεν, ἀλλʼ εἴ τις ὑμᾶς εὖ πεποίηκε, καὶ πένητας γενομένους ἐλεεῖν οὐ τοὺς ἀπολωλεκότας τὴν οὐσίαν ἀλλὰ τοὺς εἰς ὑμᾶς ἀνηλωκότας.
And yet, one should regard as friends of the people not those who desired to share in public affairs when the democracy was powerful, but those who were willing to risk danger before you when the city was unfortunate; and to feel grateful, not if someone has suffered ill himself, but if someone has done good to you; and to pity, among those who have become poor, not those who have lost their property, but those who have spent it on you.
§63ὧν εἷς ἐγὼ φανήσομαι γεγενημένος, ὃς πάντων ἂν εἴην δυστυχέστατος, εἰ πολλὰ τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ δεδαπανημένος εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἶτα δόξαιμι τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἐπιβουλεύειν καὶ περὶ μηδενὸς ποιεῖσθαι τὰς παρʼ ὑμῖν διαβολάς, ὃς οὐ μόνον τὴν οὐσίαν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ περὶ ἐλάττονος φαίνομαι ποιούμενος τοῦ παρʼ ὑμῖν εὐδοκιμεῖν.
Of whom I shall be shown to be one, and I would be the most unfortunate of all men if, having spent much of my own property on the city, I should then seem to plot against the property of others, and to care nothing for the slanders among you, I who clearly hold not only my property but even my own life of less account than being well-esteemed among you.
§64τῷ δʼ οὐκ ἂν ὑμῶν μεταμελήσειεν, εἰ καὶ μὴ παραχρῆμα ἀλλʼ ὀλίγον ὕστερον, εἰ τὸν μὲν συκοφάντην ἴδοιτε πλούσιον γεγενημένον, ἐμὲ δʼ ἐξ ὧν ὑπέλιπον λῃτουργῶν, καὶ τούτων ἐκπεπτωκότα;
And who among you would not regret it, if not immediately, then a little later, if you should see the sycophant become rich, while I, because of the public services I undertook with what I had left, have been deprived of even these?
καὶ τὸν μὲν μηδὲ πώποτε ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν κινδυνεύσαντα μεῖζον καὶ τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν συνθηκῶν δυνάμενον, §65ἐμὲ δὲ τὸν οὕτω πρόθυμον περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένον μηδὲ τῶν δικαίων ἀξιούμενον τυγχάνειν;
And the one who never risked danger for you having greater power than both the laws and the treaties, while I, who have been so eager for the city, am not even deemed worthy of obtaining justice?
τίς δʼ οὐκ ἂν ὑμῖν ἐπιτιμήσειεν, εἰ πεισθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν Καλλιμάχου λόγων τοσαύτην πονηρίαν ἡμῶν καταγνοίητε, οὓς ἐκ τῶν ἔργων κρίναντες διʼ ἀνδραγαθίαν ἐστεφανώσατε, ὅτʼ οὐδʼ οὕτω ῥᾴδιον ἦν ὥσπερ νῦν τυχεῖν ταύτης τῆς τιμῆς;
And who would not censure you, if, persuaded by the words of Callimachus, you should condemn us of such great wickedness, whom you crowned for our valor, judging us by our deeds, when it was not even as easy to obtain this honor as it is now?
§66τοὐναντίον δʼ ἡμῖν συμβέβηκεν ἢ τοῖς ἄλλοις· οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι τοὺς εἰληφότας τὰς δωρεὰς ὑπομιμνῄσκουσιν, ἡμεῖς δʼ ὑμᾶς τοὺς δεδωκότας ἀξιοῦμεν μνημονεύειν, ἵνʼ ὑμῖν τεκμήριον τῶν εἰρημένων ἁπάντων καὶ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων τῶν ἡμετέρων γένηται.
But the opposite has happened to us compared to the others; for while the others remind those who have received the gifts, we ask you, who have given them, to remember, so that it may be for you an evidence of all that has been said and of our practices.
§67δῆλον δʼ ὅτι ταύτης τῆς τιμῆς ἀξίους ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς παρείχομεν, οὐχ ἵνʼ ὀλιγαρχίας γενομένης τἀλλότρια διαρπάζοιμεν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα σωθείσης τῆς πόλεως οἵ τʼ ἄλλοι τὰ σφέτερʼ αὐτῶν ἔχοιεν, ἡμῖν τε παρὰ τῷ πλήθει τῶν πολιτῶν χάρις ὀφείλοιτο· ἣν ὑμᾶς νῦν ἀπαιτοῦμεν, οὐ πλέον ἔχειν τοῦ δικαίου ζητοῦντες, ἀλλʼ ἀποφαίνοντες μὲν ὡς οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦμεν, ἀξιοῦντες δὲ τοῖς ὅρκοις καὶ ταῖς συνθήκαις ἐμμένειν.
And it is clear that we showed ourselves worthy of this honor, not so that, when an oligarchy arose, we might plunder the property of others, but so that, when the city was saved, the others might have their own, and gratitude might be owed to us by the multitude of citizens; which we now demand from you, not seeking to have more than what is just, but showing that we are doing no wrong, and asking you to abide by the oaths and the treaties.
§68καὶ γὰρ ἄν εἴη δεινὸν εἰ τοὺς μὲν ἠδικηκότας τιμωρίας ἀφεῖναι κύριαι γένοιντο, ἐφʼ ἡμῖν δὲ τοῖς εὖ πεποιηκόσιν ἄκυροι κατασταθεῖεν.
For indeed it would be a terrible thing if the treaties should be valid to release those who have done wrong from punishment, but should be established as invalid over us who have done good.
ἄξιον δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν τύχην διαφυλάττειν, ἐνθυμουμένους, ὅτι ἑτέρας μὲν πόλεις ἐποίησαν ἤδη συνθῆκαι μᾶλλον στασιάσαι, τὴν δʼ ἡμετέραν μᾶλλον ὁμονοεῖν.
And it is worthwhile to preserve the present fortune, reflecting that while treaties have already caused other cities to fall into faction, they have caused ours to be more in harmony.
ὧν χρὴ μεμνημένους ἅμα τά τε δίκαια καὶ τὰ συμφέροντα ψηφίσασθαι.
Remembering these things, you must vote for what is both just and advantageous.