§11ἴστε γὰρ δήπου τοῦθʼ ὅτι οὐδενὶ τῶν πάντων πλέον κεκράτηκε Φίλιππος, ἢ τῷ πρότερος πρὸς τοῖς πράγμασι γίγνεσθαι.
For surely you know this, that Philip has prevailed by nothing more than by being prior in his actions.
ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἔχων δύναμιν συνεστηκυῖαν ἀεὶ περὶ αὑτὸν καὶ προειδὼς ἃ βούλεται πρᾶξαι, ἐξαίφνης ἐφʼ οὓς ἂν αὐτῷ δόξῃ πάρεστιν· ἡμεῖς δʼ ἐπειδὰν πυθώμεθά τι γιγνόμενον, τηνικαῦτα θορυβούμεθα καὶ παρασκευαζόμεθα.
For he, having an organized force always around him and knowing beforehand what he wishes to do, is suddenly present upon whomsoever he pleases; but we, whenever we learn of something happening, only then start to make a clamor and prepare.
§12εἶτʼ, οἶμαι, συμβαίνει τῷ μὲν ἐφʼ ἃν ἔλθῃ, ταῦτʼ ἔχειν κατὰ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν, ἡμῖν δʼ ὑστερίζειν, καὶ ὅσʼ ἂν δαπανήσωμεν, ἅπαντα μάτην ἀνηλωκέναι, καὶ τὴν μὲν ἔχθραν καὶ τὸ βούλεσθαι κωλύειν ἐνδεδεῖχθαι, ὑστερίζοντας δὲ τῶν ἔργων αἰσχύνην προσοφλισκάνειν.
Then, I think, it happens that he holds in peace whatever he may have gone against, while we are too late; and whatever we may spend, we have wasted all in vain, and while we have shown our hostility and our desire to prevent him, we incur additional shame by being too late for the actions.
§13μὴ τοίνυν ἀγνοεῖτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι καὶ τὰ νῦν τἄλλα μέν ἐστι λόγοι ταῦτα καὶ προφάσεις, πράττεται δὲ καὶ κατασκευάζεται τοῦτο, ὅπως ὑμῶν μὲν οἴκοι μενόντων, ἔξω δὲ μηδεμιᾶς οὔσης τῇ πόλει δυνάμεως, μετὰ πλείστης ἡσυχίας ἅπανθʼ ὅσα βούλεται Φίλιππος διοικήσεται.
Therefore, men of Athens, do not fail to understand that now these other matters are indeed words and pretexts, but this is being practiced and prepared: that while you remain at home, and the city has no force abroad, Philip may manage all things he wishes with the greatest ease.
θεωρεῖτε γὰρ τὸ παρὸν πρῶτον, ὃ γίγνεται.
For observe first the present thing which is happening.
§14νυνὶ δύναμιν μεγάλην ἐκεῖνος ἔχων ἐν Θρᾴκῃ διατρίβει, καὶ μεταπέμπεται πολλήν, ὥς φασιν οἱ παρόντες, ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας καὶ Θετταλίας.
At present, holding a large force, he is staying in Thrace, and is sending for a large one, as those present say, from Macedonia and Thessaly.
ἐὰν οὖν περιμείνας τοὺς ἐτησίας ἐπὶ Βυζάντιον ἐλθὼν πολιορκῇ, πρῶτον μὲν οἴεσθε τοὺς Βυζαντίους μενεῖν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀνοίας τῆς αὐτῆς ὥσπερ νῦν, καὶ οὔτε παρακαλεῖν ὑμᾶς οὔτε βοηθεῖν αὑτοῖς ἀξιώσειν;
If, then, having waited for the Etesian winds, he should go against Byzantium and besiege it, do you think, first of all, that the Byzantines will remain in the same folly as now, and will neither call upon you nor demand that you help them?
§15ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἴομαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἴ τισι μᾶλλον ἀπιστοῦσιν ἢ ἡμῖν, καὶ τούτους εἰσφρήσεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ʼκείνῳ παραδώσειν τὴν πόλιν, ἄν περ μὴ φθάσῃ λαβὼν αὐτούς.
I do not think so; on the contrary, even if there are some whom they distrust more than us, they will admit even them rather than surrender the city to him, unless indeed he takes them beforehand.
οὐκοῦν ἡμῶν μὲν μὴ δυναμένων ἐνθένδʼ ἀναπλεῦσαι, ἐκεῖ δὲ μηδεμιᾶς ὑπαρχούσης ἑτοίμου βοηθείας, οὐδὲν αὐτοὺς ἀπολωλέναι κωλύσει.
Therefore, if we are unable to sail up from here, and there is no ready help existing there, nothing will prevent them from being destroyed.
§16νὴ Δία, κακοδαιμονῶσι γὰρ ἅνθρωποι καὶ ὑπερβάλλουσιν ἀνοίᾳ. πάνυ γε, ἀλλʼ ὅμως αὐτοὺς δεῖ σῶς εἶναι· συμφέρει γὰρ τῇ πόλει.
'By Zeus,' someone will say, 'for the men are wretched and exceed in folly.' Quite so, but nevertheless they must be kept safe; for it is beneficial to the city.
καὶ μὴν οὐδʼ ἐκεῖνό γε δῆλόν ἐστιν ἡμῖν, ὡς ἐπὶ Χερρόνησον οὐχ ἥξει· ἀλλʼ εἴγʼ ἐκ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς δεῖ σκοπεῖν ἧς ἔπεμψε πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἀμυνεῖσθαί φησι τοὺς ἐν Χερρονήσῳ.
And indeed, neither is it clear to us that he will not come against the Chersonese; rather, if we must judge from the letter which he sent to you, he says he will avenge himself on those in the Chersonese.
§17ἂν μὲν τοίνυν ᾖ τὸ συνεστηκὸς στράτευμα, καὶ τῇ χώρᾳ βοηθῆσαι δυνήσεται καὶ τῶν ἐκείνου τι κακῶς ποιῆσαι· εἰ δʼ ἅπαξ διαλυθήσεται, τί ποιήσομεν, ἂν ἐπὶ Χερρόνησον ἴῃ;
Therefore, if the organized army is kept, it will be able both to help the territory and to do some harm to his possessions; but if it is once dissolved, what shall we do if he goes against the Chersonese?
κρινοῦμεν Διοπείθη νὴ Δία. καὶ τί τὰ πράγματʼ ἔσται βελτίω;
'By Zeus, we shall put Diopithes on trial.' And how will that make affairs better?
ἀλλʼ ἐνθένδʼ ἂν βοηθήσαιμεν αὐτοί. ἂν δʼ ὑπὸ τῶν πνευμάτων μὴ δυνώμεθα;
'But we ourselves will bring help from here.' But what if we are unable to do so because of the winds?
ἀλλὰ μὰ Δίʼ οὐχ ἥξει. §18καὶ τίς ἐγγυητής ἐστι τούτου;
'But, by Zeus, he will not come.' And who is the guarantor of this?
ἆρʼ ὁρᾶτε καὶ λογίζεσθʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ὥραν τοῦ ἔτους, εἰς ἣν ἔρημόν τινες οἴονται δεῖν τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ὑμῶν ποιῆσαι καὶ παραδοῦναι Φιλίππῳ;
Do you see and calculate, men of Athens, the coming season of the year, in which some think we ought to make the Hellespont empty of you and deliver it to Philip?
τί δʼ, ἂν ἀπελθὼν ἐκ Θρᾴκης καὶ μηδὲ προσελθὼν Χερρονήσῳ μηδὲ Βυζαντίῳ (καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα λογίζεσθε) ἐπὶ Χαλκίδα καὶ Μέγαρʼ ἥκῃ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ὅνπερ ἐπʼ Ὠρεὸν πρώην, πότερον κρεῖττον ἐνθάδʼ αὐτὸν ἀμύνεσθαι καὶ προσελθεῖν τὸν πόλεμον πρὸς τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐᾶσαι, ἢ κατασκευάζειν ἐκεῖ τινʼ ἀσχολίαν αὐτῷ;
And what if, having departed from Thrace and not even approaching either the Chersonese or Byzantium (for you must calculate this too), he should come against Chalcis and Megara in the same manner as against Oreus lately? Whether is it better to defend ourselves against him here and allow the war to approach Attica, or to create some trouble for him there?
ἐγὼ μὲν οἴομαι τοῦτο.
I indeed think it is the latter.
§19ταῦτα τοίνυν ἅπαντας εἰδότας καὶ λογιζομένους χρή, οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐχ ἣν Διοπείθης πειρᾶται τῇ πόλει δύναμιν παρασκευάζειν, ταύτην βασκαίνειν καὶ διαλῦσαι πειρᾶσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἑτέραν αὐτοὺς προσπαρασκευάζειν καὶ συνευποροῦντας ἐκείνῳ χρημάτων καὶ τἄλλʼ οἰκείως συναγωνιζομένους.
Therefore, all of us knowing and calculating these things must not, by Zeus, envy the force which Diopithes is trying to prepare for the city and try to dissolve it, but we must ourselves prepare another force in addition, and help him by providing funds and fighting along with him in all other ways with friendly devotion.
§20εἰ γάρ τις ἔροιτο Φίλιππον,
εἰπέ μοι, πότερʼ ἂν βούλοιο τούτους τοὺς στρατιώτας οὓς Διοπείθης νῦν ἔχει, τοὺς ὁποιουστινασοῦν (οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀντιλέγω) εὐθενεῖν καὶ παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις εὐδοξεῖν καὶ πλείους γίγνεσθαι τῆς πόλεως συναγωνιζομένης, ἢ διαβαλλόντων τινῶν καὶ κατηγορούντων διασπασθῆναι καὶ διαφθαρῆναι; ταῦτʼ ἂν οἶμαι φήσειεν.
For if someone should ask Philip: 'Tell me, would you prefer these soldiers whom Diopithes now has, of whatever sort they may be (for I raise no objection), to thrive and be in high repute among the Athenians, and to become more numerous through the cooperation of the city, or that they should be dispersed and destroyed through the slanders and accusations of certain people?' I think he would say the latter.
εἶθʼ ἃ Φίλιππος ἂν εὔξαιτο τοῖς θεοῖς, ταῦθʼ ἡμῶν τινες ἐνθάδε πράττουσιν;
Then, are some of us here doing the very things which Philip would pray to the gods for?
εἶτʼ ἔτι ζητεῖτε πόθεν τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἀπόλωλεν ἅπαντα;
And then do you still seek from what source all the affairs of the city have been ruined?