§9καὶ μὴν εἴ τις ὑμῶν ταῦτα μὲν οὕτως ἔχειν ἡγεῖται, οἴεται δὲ βίᾳ καθέξειν αὐτὸν τὰ πράγματα τῷ τὰ χωρία καὶ λιμένας καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα προειληφέναι, οὐκ ὀρθῶς οἴεται.
And indeed, if any of you believes that these things are so, but thinks that he will hold his grip on affairs by force, because he has pre-occupied the strongholds, harbors, and such like, he does not think correctly.
ὅταν μὲν γὰρ ὑπʼ εὐνοίας τὰ πράγματα συστῇ καὶ πᾶσι ταὐτὰ συμφέρῃ τοῖς μετέχουσι τοῦ πολέμου, καὶ συμπονεῖν καὶ φέρειν τὰς συμφορὰς καὶ μένειν ἐθέλουσιν ἅνθρωποι· ὅταν δʼ ἐκ πλεονεξίας καὶ πονηρίας τις ὥσπερ οὗτος ἰσχύσῃ, ἡ πρώτη πρόφασις καὶ μικρὸν πταῖσμα ἅπαντʼ ἀνεχαίτισε καὶ διέλυσεν.
For when affairs are held together by goodwill, and the same interests belong to all who share in the war, men are willing to labor together, to bear disasters, and to abide; but when anyone, like this man, has grown strong from greed and wickedness, the first pretext and a small stumble trips up and dissolves everything.
§10οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν, οὐκ ἔστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀδικοῦντα κἀπιορκοῦντα καὶ ψευδόμενον δύναμιν βεβαίαν κτήσασθαι, ἀλλὰ τὰ τοιαῦτʼ εἰς μὲν ἅπαξ καὶ βραχὺν χρόνον ἀντέχει, καὶ σφόδρα γʼ ἤνθησʼ ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν, ἂν τύχῃ, τῷ χρόνῳ δὲ φωρᾶται καὶ περὶ αὑτὰ καταρρεῖ.
For it is not, it is not possible, men of Athens, to acquire lasting power by doing injustice, committing perjury, and lying; but such things hold out for once and for a short time, and indeed flourish greatly upon hopes, if it so happens, but in time they are detected and collapse around themselves.
ὥσπερ γὰρ οἰκίας, οἶμαι, καὶ πλοίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων τὰ κάτωθεν ἰσχυρότατʼ εἶναι δεῖ, οὕτω καὶ τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις ἀληθεῖς καὶ δικαίας εἶναι προσήκει.
For just as, I think, in a house, a ship, and other such structures, the lower parts must be strongest, so also it is fitting that the beginnings and foundations of actions should be true and just.
τοῦτο δʼ οὐκ ἔνι νῦν ἐν τοῖς πεπραγμένοις Φιλίππῳ.
But this does not now exist in the deeds of Philip.
§11φημὶ δὴ δεῖν ἡμᾶς τοῖς μὲν Ὀλυνθίοις βοηθεῖν, καὶ ὅπως τις λέγει κάλλιστα καὶ τάχιστα, οὕτως ἀρέσκει μοι· πρὸς δὲ Θετταλοὺς πρεσβείαν πέμπειν, ἣ τοὺς μὲν διδάξει ταῦτα, τοὺς δὲ παροξυνεῖ· καὶ γὰρ νῦν εἰσιν ἐψηφισμένοι Παγασὰς ἀπαιτεῖν καὶ περὶ Μαγνησίας λόγους ποιεῖσθαι.
I say, then, that we must help the Olynthians, and in whatever way one says is best and speediest, in that way it pleases me; and to the Thessalians we must send an embassy, which will inform some of these things, and excite others; for even now they have voted to demand Pagasae back and to make speeches concerning Magnesia.
§12σκοπεῖσθε μέντοι τοῦτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅπως μὴ λόγους ἐροῦσιν μόνον οἱ παρʼ ἡμῶν πρέσβεις, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔργον τι δεικνύειν ἕξουσιν ἐξεληλυθότων ὑμῶν ἀξίως τῆς πόλεως καὶ ὄντων ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν, ὡς ἅπας μὲν λόγος, ἂν ἀπῇ τὰ πράγματα, μάταιόν τι φαίνεται καὶ κενόν, μάλιστα δʼ ὁ παρὰ τῆς ἡμετέρας πόλεως· ὅσῳ γὰρ ἑτοιμότατʼ αὐτῷ δοκοῦμεν χρῆσθαι, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπιστοῦσι πάντες αὐτῷ.
Look to this, however, men of Athens, that our ambassadors do not only speak words, but also have some action to show by your having gone forth in a manner worthy of the city and being engaged in affairs; since all speech, if deeds are lacking, appears empty and vain, and especially that from our city; for by how much we seem most ready to employ it, by so much the more all men distrust it.
§13πολλὴν δὴ τὴν μετάστασιν καὶ μεγάλην δεικτέον τὴν μεταβολήν, εἰσφέροντας, ἐξιόντας, ἅπαντα ποιοῦντας ἑτοίμως, εἴπερ τις ὑμῖν προσέξει τὸν νοῦν.
Much change, therefore, and a great turnaround must be shown, by contributing money, by marching out, and by doing everything readily, if anyone is to pay attention to you.
κἂν ταῦτʼ ἐθελήσηθʼ ὡς προσήκει καὶ δὴ περαίνειν, οὐ μόνον, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὰ συμμαχικὰ ἀσθενῶς καὶ ἀπίστως ἔχοντα φανήσεται Φιλίππῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τῆς οἰκείας ἀρχῆς καὶ δυνάμεως κακῶς ἔχοντʼ ἐξελεγχθήσεται.
And if you are willing to carry these things through as is fitting and indeed to accomplish them, not only, men of Athens, will the alliances of Philip appear weak and untrustworthy, but also the affairs of his own home-rule and power will be exposed as being in a bad state.
§14ὅλως μὲν γὰρ ἡ Μακεδονικὴ δύναμις καὶ ἀρχὴ ἐν μὲν προσθήκῃ μερίς ἐστί τις οὐ μικρά, οἷον ὑπῆρξέ ποθʼ ὑμῖν ἐπὶ Τιμοθέου πρὸς Ὀλυνθίους· πάλιν αὖ πρὸς Ποτείδαιαν Ὀλυνθίοις ἐφάνη τι τοῦτο συναμφότερον· νυνὶ δὲ Θετταλοῖς νοσοῦσι καὶ τεταραγμένοις ἐπὶ τὴν τυραννικὴν οἰκίαν ἐβοήθησεν·
For, in general, the Macedonian power and rule, when in the role of an addition, is a part of no small importance, as it once was for you under Timotheus against the Olynthians; and again, against Potidaea, this combination appeared to the Olynthians as something of value; and recently, he helped the Thessalians, who were diseased and in disorder, against the tyrannical house.
καὶ ὅποι τις ἄν, οἶμαι, προσθῇ κἂν μικρὰν δύναμιν, πάντʼ ὠφελεῖ· αὐτὴ δὲ καθʼ αὑτὴν ἀσθενὴς καὶ πολλῶν κακῶν ἐστι μεστή.
And wherever one adds even a small power, I think, it helps in every way; but by itself it is weak and full of many evils.
§15καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἅπασι τούτοις, οἷς ἄν τις μέγαν αὐτὸν ἡγήσαιτο, τοῖς πολέμοις καὶ ταῖς στρατείαις, ἔτʼ ἐπισφαλεστέραν ἢ ὑπῆρχε φύσει κατεσκεύακεν αὑτῷ.
For indeed, by all these things for which one might consider him great—by his wars and campaigns—he has rendered his own power even more precarious than it was by nature.
μὴ γὰρ οἴεσθʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τοῖς αὐτοῖς Φίλιππόν τε χαίρειν καὶ τοὺς ἀρχομένους, ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν δόξης ἐπιθυμεῖ καὶ τοῦτʼ ἐζήλωκε, καὶ προῄρηται πράττων καὶ κινδυνεύων, ἂν συμβῇ τι, παθεῖν, τὴν τοῦ διαπράξασθαι ταῦθʼ ἃ μηδεὶς πώποτʼ ἄλλος Μακεδόνων βασιλεὺς δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ἀσφαλῶς ᾑρημένος·
For do not suppose, men of Athens, that Philip and his subjects rejoice in the same things; but he desires glory and has made this his ambition, and has chosen to act and run risks, and to suffer whatever may happen, preferring the glory of having achieved what no other king of the Macedonians ever did, to a life of safety.
§16τοῖς δὲ τῆς μὲν φιλοτιμίας τῆς ἀπὸ τούτων οὐ μέτεστι, κοπτόμενοι δʼ ἀεὶ ταῖς στρατείαις ταύταις ταῖς ἄνω κάτω λυποῦνται καὶ συνεχῶς ταλαιπωροῦσιν, οὔτʼ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἔργοις οὔτʼ ἐπὶ τοῖς αὑτῶν ἰδίοις ἐώμενοι διατρίβειν, οὔθʼ ὅσʼ ἂν ποιήσωσιν οὕτως ὅπως ἂν δύνωνται, ταῦτʼ ἔχοντες διαθέσθαι κεκλειμένων τῶν ἐμπορίων τῶν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ διὰ τὸν πόλεμον.
But to them, there is no share in the honor resulting from these things, and, continually worn down by these campaigns up and down, they suffer and endure constant hardships, being allowed neither to attend to their occupations nor to their own private affairs, nor to dispose of whatever they may produce in such a way as they can, because the markets in the country have been closed on account of the war.