§frag_4## Frag. IV (V)
τερατεύῃ, καὶ οὐχ ἅπασιν οἴει φανερὸν εἶναι ὅτι φάσκων ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου λέγειν ὑπὲρ Ἀλεξάνδρου φανερῶς ἐδημηγόρεις;
You are talking nonsense, and do not you think it is manifest to all that while pretending to speak on behalf of the people, you were openly haranguing for Alexander?
ἐγὼ γὰρ οἶμαι καὶ ἔμπροσθεν γνῶναι ἅπαντας ὅτι τοῦτʼ ἐποίησας καὶ περὶ Θηβαίων καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων, καὶ ὅτι χρήματα εἰς ταῦτα δοθέντα ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας αὐτὸς σαυτῷ ἰδίᾳ περιποιησάμενος κατανήλωσας τὰ πολλά, καὶ νῦν δὲ ναυτικοῖς ἐργάζῃ χρήμασιν καὶ ἐκδόσεις δίδως, καὶ πριάμενος οἰκίαν μο υπα ν τω ρωι, οὐκ οἰκεῖς ἐν Πειραιεῖ, ἀλλʼ ἐξορμεῖς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως.
For I think everyone knew even before this that you did this both in the case of the Thebans and in all other cases, and that having privately acquired for yourself the money sent from Asia for these purposes, you squandered most of it, and even now you make money by maritime loans and give out investments, and having bought a house in [Peiraeus], you do not live in Peiraeus, but lie at anchor outside the city.
δεῖ δὲ τὸν δίκαιον δημαγωγὸν σωτῆρα τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδος εἶναι, μὴ δραπέτην.
But the just popular leader ought to be the savior of his own country, not a runaway.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ νῦν Ἅρπαλος οὕτως ἐξαίφνης πρὸς τὴν Ἑλλάδα προσέπεσεν ὥστε μηδένα προαισθέσθαι, τὰ δʼ ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ Ἑλλάδι οὕτως ἔχοντα κατέλαβεν ὑπὸ τῆς ἀφίξεως τῆς Νικάνορος καὶ τῶν ἐπιταγμάτων ὧν ἧκεν φέρων παρʼ Ἀλεξάνδρου περί τε τῶν φυγάδων καὶ περὶ τοῦ τοὺς κοινοὺς συλλόγους Ἀχαιῶν τε καὶ Ἀρκάδων καὶ Βοιωτῶν ταῦτα σὺ παρεσκεύακας τῷ ψηφίσματι, συλλαβὼν τὸν Ἅρπαλον, καὶ τοὺς μὲν Ἕλληνας ἅπαντας πρεςβεύεσθαι πεποίηκας ὡς Ἀλέξανδρον, οὐκ ἔχοντας ἄλλην οὐδεμίαν ἀποςτροφήν, τοὺς δὲ ςατράπας, οἳ αὐτοὶ ἂν ἧκον ἑκόντες πρὸς ταύτην τὴν δύναμιν, ἔχοντες τὰ χρήματα καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας ὅσους ἕκαστος αὐτῶν εἶχεν, τούτους σύμπαντας οὐ μόνον κεκώλυκας ἀποστῆναι ἐκείνου τῇ συλλήψει τῇ Ἁρπάλου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν.
And now, since Harpalus fell upon Greece so suddenly that no one perceived it beforehand, and found the affairs in the Peloponnese and the rest of Greece in such a state by the arrival of Nicanor and the decrees which he came bringing from Alexander concerning the exiles and concerning the common assemblies of the Achaeans, Arcadians, and Boeotians—this you have prepared by your decree, by arresting Harpalus, and you have caused all the Greeks to send embassies to Alexander, since they have no other refuge left, and the satraps, who would have come of their own free will to this force, bringing the money and as many soldiers as each of them had, you have not only prevented all of them from revolting from him by the arrest of Harpalus, but also each one of them.
§frag_5## Frag. V (VI)
ὑπὸ δημοσθένους ἀποσταλείς, παρὰ δʼ Ὀλυμπιάδι Καλλίας ὁ Χαλκιδεύς, ὁ Ταυροσθένους ἀδελφός· τούτους γὰρ ἔγραψε Δημοσθένης Ἀθηναίους εἶναι καὶ χρῆται τούτοις πάντων μάλιστα.
[... ] sent by Demosthenes, and with Olympias, Callias the Chalcidian, the brother of Taurosthenes; for Demosthenes proposed that these men should be Athenian citizens and employs them most of all.
καὶ οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν· οὐδέποτε γὰρ οἶμαι ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτῶν μένων εἰκότως φίλους τοὺς ἀπʼ Εὐρίπου κέκτηται.
And it is no wonder; for I think he never reasonably possesses friends from Euripus while remaining on the same terms.
εἶτα σὺ περὶ φιλίας πρὸς ἐμὲ τολμήσεις αὐτίκα μάλα λέγειν ταύτην τὴν φιλίαν διέλυσας αὐτός, ὅτε χρυσίον κατὰ τῆς πατρίδος ἔλαβες καὶ μετεβάλου.
Then will you dare to speak to me about friendship very soon, when you yourself dissolved this friendship, when you took gold against your country and changed sides?
καὶ καταγέλαστον μὲν σαυτὸν ἐποίησας, κατῄσχυνας δὲ τοὺς ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν χρόνων τῶν αὐτῶν τί σοι προελομένους· καὶ ἐξὸν ἡμῖν λαμπροτάτοις εἶναι παρὰ τῷ δήμῳ καὶ τὸν ὑπόλοιπον βίον ὑπὸ δόξης χρηστῆς παραπεμφθῆναι, ἅπαντα ταῦτα ἀνέτρεψας, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνει νυνὶ τηλικοῦτος ὢν ὑπὸ μειρακίων κρινόμενος περὶ δωροδοκίας.
And you made yourself ridiculous, and put to shame those who in former times chose the same policy as you; and when it was possible for us to be most illustrious before the people and to be escorted through the rest of our life by a good reputation, you overturned all this, and you are not ashamed now, being of such an age, to be judged by youngsters for bribery.
καίτοι ἔδει τοὐναντίον ὑφʼ ὑμῶν παιδεύεσθαι τοὺς νεωτέρους τῶν ῥητόρων, καὶ εἴ τι προπετέστερον ἔπραττον ἐπιτιμᾶσθαι καὶ κολάζεσθαι.
And yet, on the contrary, the younger of the orators ought to have been educated by you, and if they did anything too headlong, they should have been censured and punished.
νῦν δὲ τοὐναντίον οἱ νέοι τοὺς ὑπὲρ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη σωφρονίζουσιν.
But now, on the contrary, the young chastise those who are over sixty years old.
διόπερ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, δικαίως ἂν ὀργίζοισθε Δημοσθένει, εἰ καὶ δόξης ἱκανῆς καὶ πλούτου πολλοῦ διʼ ὑμᾶς μετεσχηκὼς μηδʼ ἐπὶ γήρως ὀδῷ κήδεται τῆς πατρίδος.
Therefore, gentlemen of the jury, you would justly be angry with Demosthenes, if he, having shared in sufficient glory and much wealth through you, does not even at the threshold of old age care for his country.
ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς μὲν ᾐσχύνεσθε ἐπὶ ης υ τοὺς περιεστηκότας τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ὅτε τινῶν κατεχειροτονεῖτε, εἰ τοιούτους καὶ δημαγωγοὺς καὶ στρατηγοὺς καὶ φύλακας τῶν πραγμάτων
But you were ashamed before the surrounding Greeks when you condemned any, if you [chose] such men as popular leaders, generals, and guardians of your affairs [... ]