§frag_3#1## Frag. III
τὰς ἀποφάσεις.
the reports.
οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ πάντων φανήσονται μάλιστα δημοτικώτατα τῷ πράγματι κεχρημένοι·
This is not the case; on the contrary, they will be shown to have acted in the most democratic way possible in this matter.
τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἀδικοῦντας ἀπέφηναν, καὶ ταῦτʼ οὐχ ἑκόντες, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου πολλάκις ἀναγκαζόμενοι· τὸ δὲ κολάσαι τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας οὐκ ἐφʼ αὑτοῖς ἐποίησαν, ἀλλʼ ὑμῖν ἀπέδοσαν τοῖς κυρίοις.
For they reported those who committed injustice, and that not of their own free will, but being repeatedly urged by the people; and they did not keep the punishment of the wrongdoers in their own power, but handed it over to you who are sovereign.
δημοσθένης δʼ οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ τοῦ αὑτοῦ ἀγῶνος οἴεται δεῖν ὑμᾶς παρακρούσασθαι διαβαλὼν τὴν ἀπόφασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἀγῶνας ἅπαντας ἀφελέσθαι ζητεῖ τοὺς τῆς πόλεως· ὑπὲρ οὗ δεῖ ὑμᾶς νυνὶ βουλεύσασθαι προσέχοντας τὸν νοῦν, καὶ μὴ τῷ λόγῳ ὑπὸ τούτου ἐξαπατηθῆναι.
But Demosthenes not only thinks that he ought to deceive you in his own trial by slandering the report, but he also seeks to abolish all the other trials of the city; concerning which you must now deliberate with close attention, and not be deceived by this man's speech.
τὰς γὰρ ἀποφάσεις ταύτας τὰς ὑπὲρ τῶν χρημάτων Ἁρπάλου πάσας ὁμοίως ἡ βουλὴ πεποίηται καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς κατὰ πάντων, καὶ οὐδεμιᾷ προσγέγραφεν διὰ τί ἕκαστον ἀποφαίνει, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου γράψασα ὁπόσον ἕκαστος εἴληφεν χρυσίον, τοῦτʼ οὖν ὀφειλέτω. ἢ ἰσχύσει Δημοσθένης παρʼ ὑμῖν τῆς κατʼ αὐτοῦ ἀποφάσεως μεῖζον;
For the Council has made all these reports concerning Harpalus' money in the same manner and the same against everyone, and has not added to any of them the reason why it reports each person, but having written in summary how much gold each one received, it concluded: "let him therefore owe this." Or will Demosthenes have greater force among you than the report against him?
οὐκ ἐσ ἀπογι ἀπόφα ἔλαβεν σι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι πάντες· οὐ γὰρ δήπου Δημοσθένει μόνῳ τοῦτο ἰσχυρὸν ἔσται, τοῖς δʼ ἄλλοις οὔ.
If he is acquitted, then the report [will be void, and] all the others who [received the gold] will be too; for surely this will not be valid for Demosthenes alone, and not for the others.
καὶ γὰρ οὐχ ὑπὲρ εἴκοσι ταλάντων δικάζετε, ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ τετρακοσίων, οὐδʼ ὑπὲρ ἑνὸς ἀδικήματος, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων.
For indeed, you are not judging for the sake of twenty talents, but for four hundred, nor for one crime, but for all.
ἡ γὰρ σὴ ἀπόνοια, ὦ Δημόσθενες, ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων τῶν ἀδικούντων νῦν προκινδυνεύει καὶ προαναισχυντεῖ.
For your recklessness, Demosthenes, now risks itself on behalf of all the wrongdoers and takes the lead in shamelessness.
ἐγὼ δʼ ὅτι μὲν ἔλαβες τὸ χρυσίον ἱκανὸν οἶμαι εἶναι σημεῖον τοῖς δικασταῖς τὸ τὴν βουλήν σου καταγνῶναι, ᾗ σαυτὸν ἐπέτρεψας· τίνων δὲ ἕνεκα ἔλαβες, καὶ ἐπὶ τίσιν αἰτίαις πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν κα ενος χρυσί τος τοὺς ὥςπερ εἰ φανερὸν ποιήσω.
But for my part, I think that the fact that the Council, to which you referred yourself, condemned you is a sufficient proof for the judges that you took the gold; but for what purpose you took it, and on what charges you [put] the whole city [in danger... gold... as if...], I will make clear.
ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἦλθεν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, Ἅρπαλος εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν, καὶ οἱ παρὰ Φιλοξένου ἐξαιτοῦντες αὐτὸν ἅμα προσήχθηςαν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον, τότε παρελθὼν Δημοσθένης διεξῆλθεν μακρὸν λόγον, φάσκων οὔτε τοῖς παρὰ Φιλοξένου ἐλθοῦσι καλῶς ἔχειν τὸν Ἅρπαλον ἐκδοῦναι τὴν πόλιν, οὔτε δεῖν αἰτίαν οὐδεμίαν τῷ δήμῳ διʼ ἐκεῖνον παρʼ Ἀλεξάνδρου καταλείπεσθαι, ἀσφαλέστατον δʼ εἶναι τῇ πόλει τά τε χρήματα καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα φυλάττειν, καὶ ἀναφέρειν τὰ χρήματα ἅπαντα εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, ἃ ἦλθεν ἔχων Ἅρπαλος εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν, ἐν τῇ αὔριον ἡμέρᾳ· Ἅρπαλον δʼ ἤδη ἀποδεῖξαι τὰ χρήματα, ὁπόσα ἐστίν· οὐχ ὅπως πύθοιτο τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὁπόσα ἦν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα εἰδῇ ἀφʼ ὅσων αὐτὸν δεῖ τὸν μισθὸν πράττεσθαι.
For when Harpalus came, gentlemen of the jury, into Attica, and those from Philoxenus demanding him were at the same time brought before the people, Demosthenes then came forward and delivered a long speech, saying that it was not good for the city to hand Harpalus over to those who came from Philoxenus, nor should any blame be left from Alexander against the people on his account, but that it was safest for the city to guard both the money and the man, and to carry up all the money which Harpalus came with into Attica to the Acropolis on the following day; and that Harpalus should immediately declare how much the money was—not, as it seems, that he might learn the amount of it, how much it was, but that he might know from how much he ought to demand his payment.
καὶ καθήμενος κάτω ὑπὸ τῇ κατατομῇ, οὗπερ εἴωθε καθῆςθαι, ἐκέλευε Μνηςίθεον τὸν χορευτὴν ἐρωτῆσαι τὸν Ἅρπαλον, ὁπόσα εἴη τὰ χρήματα τὰ ἀνοισθησόμενα εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν.
And sitting down below the Katatome, where he is accustomed to sit, he ordered Mnesitheus the dancer to ask Harpalus how much the money was that was to be carried up to the Acropolis.