§59καὶ τί δεῖ τὰ πολλὰ λέγειν;
And what need is there to speak of many cases?
ἀλλʼ ἐν Ὠρεῷ Φιλιστίδης μὲν ἔπραττε Φιλίππῳ καὶ Μένιππος καὶ Σωκράτης καὶ Θόας καὶ Ἀγαπαῖος, οἵπερ νῦν ἔχουσι τὴν πόλιν (καὶ ταῦτʼ ᾔδεσαν ἅπαντες), Εὐφραῖος δέ τις ἄνθρωπος καὶ παρʼ ἡμῖν ποτʼ ἐνθάδʼ οἰκήσας, ὅπως ἐλεύθεροι καὶ μηδενὸς δοῦλοι ἔσονται.
But in Oreus, Philistides, Menippus, Socrates, Thoas, and Agapaeus were acting for Philip—the very men who now hold the city (and everyone knew this)—while Euphraeus, a certain man who once lived here among us, was striving that they should be free and slaves to no one.
§60οὗτος τὰ μὲν ἄλλʼ ὡς ὑβρίζετο καὶ προυπηλακίζεθʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου, πόλλʼ ἂν εἴη λέγειν· ἐνιαυτῷ δὲ πρότερον τῆς ἁλώσεως ἐνέδειξεν ὡς προδότην τὸν Φιλιστίδην καὶ τοὺς μετʼ αὐτοῦ, αἰσθόμενος ἃ πράττουσιν.
How he was insulted and dragged through the mud by the populace in other respects would be a long story to tell; but a year before the capture, he indicted Philistides and his associates as traitors, having perceived what they were doing.
συστραφέντες δʼ ἄνθρωποι πολλοὶ καὶ χορηγὸν ἔχοντες Φίλιππον καὶ πρυτανευόμενοι ἀπάγουσι τὸν Εὐφραῖον εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον, ὡς συνταράττοντα τὴν πόλιν.
But a large number of men, having banded together, with Philip as their paymaster and director, dragged Euphraeus off to prison, on the ground that he was throwing the city into confusion.
§61ὁρῶν δὲ ταῦθʼ ὁ δῆμος ὁ τῶν Ὠρειτῶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ τῷ μὲν βοηθεῖν, τοὺς δʼ ἀποτυμπανίσαι, τοῖς μὲν οὐκ ὠργίζετο, τὸν δʼ ἐπιτήδειον ταῦτα παθεῖν ἔφη καὶ ἐπέχαιρεν.
Seeing this, the people of Oreus, instead of helping the one and beating the others to death, were not angry with the latter, but said that the former deserved to suffer this treatment, and they exulted over him.
μετὰ ταῦθʼ οἱ μὲν ἐπʼ ἐξουσίας ὁπόσης ἐβούλοντʼ ἔπραττον ὅπως ἡ πόλις ληφθήσεται, καὶ κατεσκευάζοντο τὴν πρᾶξιν· τῶν δὲ πολλῶν εἴ τις αἴσθοιτο, ἐσίγα καὶ κατεπέπληκτο, τὸν Εὐφραῖον οἷʼ ἔπαθεν μεμνημένοι.
After this, those men acted with as much license as they pleased to secure the capture of the city, and made preparations for the deed; while if any of the multitude perceived it, he remained silent and paralyzed, remembering what Euphraeus had suffered.
οὕτω δʼ ἀθλίως διέκειντο, ὥστʼ οὐ πρότερον ἐτόλμησεν οὐδεὶς τοιούτου κακοῦ προσιόντος ῥῆξαι φωνήν, πρὶν διασκευασάμενοι πρὸς τὰ τείχη προσῇσαν οἱ πολέμιοι· τηνικαῦτα δʼ οἱ μὲν ἠμύνοντο, οἱ δὲ προὐδίδοσαν.
And they were in such a wretched plight that no one dared to utter a word as such a disaster approached, until the enemy, having completed their preparations, advanced against the walls; then indeed some defended themselves, while others betrayed the city.
§62τῆς πόλεως δʼ οὕτως ἁλούσης αἰσχρῶς καὶ κακῶς οἱ μὲν ἄρχουσι καὶ τυραννοῦσι, τοὺς τότε σῴζοντας ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τὸν Εὐφραῖον ἑτοίμους ὁτιοῦν ποιεῖν ὄντας τοὺς μὲν ἐκβαλόντες, τοὺς δʼ ἀποκτείναντες, ὁ δʼ Εὐφραῖος ἐκεῖνος ἀπέσφαξεν ἑαυτόν, ἔργῳ μαρτυρήσας ὅτι καὶ δικαίως καὶ καθαρῶς ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀνθειστήκει Φιλίππῳ.
The city having been captured so shamefully and miserably, those men rule and act as tyrants; having banished some and put others to death of those who were then trying to save themselves and who, along with Euphraeus, were ready to do anything; while that Euphraeus cut his own throat, testifying by his deed that he had resisted Philip on behalf of his fellow-citizens both justly and purely.
§63τί οὖν ποτʼ αἴτιον, θαυμάζετʼ ἴσως, τὸ καὶ τοὺς Ὀλυνθίους καὶ τοὺς Ἐρετριέας καὶ τοὺς Ὠρείτας ἥδιον πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου λέγοντας ἔχειν ἢ τοὺς ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν;
What then was the cause, you perhaps wonder, why both the Olynthians, the Eretrians, and the Oreitans looked more with favor upon those who spoke on Philip's behalf than upon those who spoke on their own?
ὅπερ καὶ παρʼ ὑμῖν, ὅτι τοῖς μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ βελτίστου λέγουσιν οὐδὲ βουλομένοις ἔνεστιν ἐνίοτε πρὸς χάριν οὐδὲν εἰπεῖν· τὰ γὰρ πράγματʼ ἀνάγκη σκοπεῖν ὅπως σωθήσεται· οἱ δʼ ἐν αὐτοῖς οἷς χαρίζονται Φιλίππῳ συμπράττουσιν.
The cause is the same as it is among you: that those who speak for the best interest cannot, sometimes even if they wish, say anything to win favor—for they are forced to consider how the state may be saved; while the others, in the very things by which they gratify Philip, cooperate with him.
§64εἰσφέρειν ἐκέλευον, οἱ δʼ οὐδὲν δεῖν ἔφασαν· πολεμεῖν καὶ μὴ πιστεύειν, οἱ δʼ ἄγειν εἰρήνην, ἕως ἐγκατελήφθησαν.
The former urged them to pay taxes, the latter said there was no need; the former to make war and not to trust him, the latter to keep peace, until they were caught in the trap.
τἄλλα τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον οἶμαι πάνθʼ, ἵνα μὴ καθʼ ἕκαστα λέγω· οἱ μὲν ἐφʼ οἷς χαριοῦνται, ταῦτʼ ἔλεγον, οἱ δʼ ἐξ ὧν ἔμελλον σωθήσεσθαι.
In all other matters, I think, it was the same way, so as not to speak of each in detail: the one party said things by which they would gratify the people, the other those by which they were to be saved.
πολλὰ δὲ καὶ τὰ τελευταῖα οὐχ οὕτως πρὸς χάριν οὐδὲ διʼ ἄγνοιαν οἱ πολλοὶ προσίεντο, ἀλλʼ ὑποκατακλινόμενοι, ἐπειδὴ τοῖς ὅλοις ἡττᾶσθαι ἐνόμιζον.
And in the end, the multitude accepted many things, not so much to gain favor or through ignorance, but bowing to necessity, when they thought they were completely defeated.
§65ὃ νὴ τὸν Δία καὶ τὸν Ἀπόλλω δέδοικʼ ἐγὼ μὴ πάθηθʼ ὑμεῖς, ἐπειδὰν εἰδῆτʼ ἐκλογιζόμενοι μηδὲν ἔθʼ ὑμῖν ἐνόν.
And this, by Zeus and Apollo, is what I fear you may suffer, when you realize upon calculation that there is no resource left to you.
καίτοι μὴ γένοιτο μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὰ πράγματʼ ἐν τούτῳ·
And yet, Athenian men, may things never come to this pass!
τεθνάναι δὲ μυριάκις κρεῖττον ἢ κολακείᾳ τι ποιῆσαι Φιλίππου καὶ προέσθαι τῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν λεγόντων τινάς.
It would be ten thousand times better to die than to do anything out of flattery to Philip, or to sacrifice any of those who speak in your interest.
καλήν γʼ οἱ πολλοὶ νῦν ἀπειλήφασιν Ὠρειτῶν χάριν, ὅτι τοῖς Φιλίππου φίλοις ἐπέτρεψαν αὑτούς, τὸν δʼ Εὐφραῖον ἐώθουν· §66καλήν γʼ ὁ δῆμος ὁ Ἐρετριέων, ὅτι τοὺς ὑμετέρους πρέσβεις ἀπήλασε, Κλειτάρχῳ δʼ ἐνέδωκεν αὑτόν· δουλεύουσί γε μαστιγούμενοι καὶ σφαττόμενοι.
A beautiful return, indeed, the majority of the Oreitans have received for committing themselves to Philip's friends and pushing Euphraeus aside; a beautiful return the Eretrian people have received for driving away your ambassadors and giving themselves up to Clitarchus; they are slaves, indeed, being scourged and slaughtered!
καλῶς Ὀλυνθίων ἐφείσατο τῶν τὸν μὲν Λασθένην ἵππαρχον χειροτονησάντων, τὸν δʼ Ἀπολλωνίδην ἐκβαλόντων.
Beautifully did he spare the Olynthians, who elected Lasthenes commander of the cavalry and banished Apollonides!
§67μωρία καὶ κακία τὰ τοιαῦτʼ ἐλπίζειν, καὶ κακῶς βουλευομένους καὶ μηδὲν ὧν προσήκει ποιεῖν ἐθέλοντας, ἀλλὰ τῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐχθρῶν λεγόντων ἀκροωμένους, τηλικαύτην ἡγεῖσθαι πόλιν οἰκεῖν τὸ μέγεθος ὥστε μηδέν, μηδʼ ἂν ὁτιοῦν ᾖ, δεινὸν πείσεσθαι.
It is folly and cowardice to harbor such hopes, and while taking bad counsel and refusing to do any of your duties, but listening to those who speak for the enemy, to think that you inhabit a city so great in size that you will suffer nothing terrible, no matter what happens.