§frag_6## Frag. VI (VII)
οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ὁμοίως δεινόν, εἴ τις ἔλαβεν, ἀλλʼ εἰ ὅθεν μὴ δεῖ, οὐδέ γʼ ὁμοίως ἀδικοῦσιν οἱ ἰδιῶται οἱ λαβόντες τὸ χρυσίον καὶ οἱ ῥήτορες καὶ οἱ στρατηγοί.
For it is not equally serious if someone received [money] as it is if he received it from where he ought not to; nor indeed do private citizens who received the gold commit an offense in the same way as the orators and the generals.
διὰ τί;
Why?
ὅτι τοῖς μὲν ἰδιώταις Ἅρπαλος ἔδωκεν φυλάττειν τὸ χρυσίον, οἱ δὲ στρατηγοὶ καὶ οἱ ῥήτορες πράξεων ἕνεκα εἰλήφασιν.
Because Harpalus gave the gold to the private citizens to keep, whereas the generals and the orators have received it for the sake of actions.
οἱ δὲ νόμοι τοῖς μὲν ἀδικοῦσιν ἁπλᾶ, τοῖς δὲ δωροδοκοῦσιν δεκαπλᾶ τὰ ὀφλήματα προστάττουσιν ἀποδιδόναι· ὥσπερ οὖν τὸ τίμημα τιμῆσαι ἔστιν ἐκ τῶν νόμων τούτοις ς, οὕτω καὶ αι παρʼ ὑμῶν σι κατʼ αὐτῶν αι.
The laws order those who commit simple offenses to pay single damages, but those who take bribes to pay tenfold; therefore, just as it is possible to assess the penalty for them from the laws, so also from you [... ] against them.
ὅπερ γὰρ καὶ ἐν τῷ δήμῳ εἶπον, πολλὰ ὑμεῖς, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, δίδοτε ἑκόντες τοῖς στρατηγοῖς καὶ τοῖς ῥήτορσιν ὠφελεῖσθαι, οὐ τῶν νόμων αὐτοῖς δεδωκότων τοῦτο ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας πραότητος καὶ φιλανθρωπίας· ἓν μόνον παραφυλάττοντες, ὅπως διʼ ὑμᾶς καὶ μὴ καθʼ ὑμῶν ἔσται τὸ λαμβανόμενον.
For as I said also before the assembly, you, gentlemen of the jury, voluntarily grant many opportunities to the generals and the orators to benefit themselves, not because the laws have given them permission to do this, but because of your mildness and humanity; watching over only one thing: that what is received shall be for your sake and not against you.
καὶ Δημοσθένη καὶ Δημάδην ἀπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ψηφισμάτων καὶ προξενιῶν οἶμαι πλείω ἢ ἑξήκοντα τάλαντα ἑκάτερον εἰληφέναι, ἔξω τῶν βασιλικῶν καὶ τῶν παρʼ Ἀλεξάνδρον.
And I think both Demosthenes and Demades have received more than sixty talents each from the very decrees and proxenies in the city, apart from the royal gifts and those from Alexander.
οἷς δὲ μήτε ταῦτα ἱκανά ἐστιν μήτʼ ἐκεῖνα, ἀλλʼ ἤδη ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τῷ σώματι τῆς πόλεως δῶρα εἰλήφασι, πῶς οὐκ ἄξιον τούτους κολάζειν ἐστίν;
But for those for whom neither the former nor the latter are sufficient, but who have now received bribes at the cost of the very body of the state, how is it not right to punish them?
ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν ἰδιωτῶν ὑμῶν ἐάν τις ἀρχήν τινα ἄρχων διʼ ἄγνοιαν ἢ διʼ ἀπειρίαν ἁμάρτῃ τι, οὗτος ὑπὸ τούτων καταρρητορευθεὶς ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ ἢ ἀποθανεῖται ἢ ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος ἐκπεσεῖται· αὐτοὶ δὲ τηλικαῦτα ἀδικήσαντες τὴν πόλιν οὐδεμιᾶς τιμωρίας τεύξονται;
But if any of you private citizens, while holding some office, commits an error through ignorance or inexperience, he, having been spoken down by these men in the court, will either be put to death or expelled from his country; and shall they themselves, having wronged the city to such an extent, obtain no punishment?
καὶ Κόνων μὲν ὁ Παιανιεύς, ὅτι ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὑοῦ ἔλαβεν τὸ θεωρικὸν ἀποδημοῦντος, πέντε δραχμῶν ἕνεκεν ἱκετεύων ὑμᾶς τάλαντον ὦφλεν ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ, τούτων κατηγορούντων· καὶ Ἀριστόμαχος ἐπιστάτης γενόμενος τῆς Ἀκαδημείας, ὅτι σκαφεῖον ἐκ τῆς παλαίστρας μετενεγκὼν εἰς τὸν κῆπον τὸν αὑτοῦ πλησίον ὄντα ἐχρῆτο καὶ ἐφη §frag_7## Frag.
And Conon of Paeania, because he received the festival-fund on behalf of his son who was abroad, was fined a talent in the court for the sake of five drachmas, though he entreated you, while these men were accusing him; and Aristomachus, having become the director of the Academy, because he transferred a spade from the palaestra to his own neighboring garden and used it, and said...
VII (VIII)
οὐ μέντοι ἡμᾶς ὁ δῆμος ἐν τῷ μετὰ ταῦτα χρόνῳ οὐκ εἴα προςιέναι αὑτῷ οὐδὲ διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ συμβούλοις ἐχρῆτο καὶ ςυνηγόροις τοῦ δὲ ἐπιόντος ἐπὶ τὴν διοίκησιν τῶν αὑτοῦ ἅπασαν ταμίαν ἐχειροτόνηςεν, ὑπολαμβάνων χάριν αὐτῷ παρʼ ἡμῶν ὀφείλεσθαι, ὅπερ δίκαιον ἦν.
However, the people did not prevent us in the following time from approaching them or speaking, but even employed us as advisers and advocates; and elected him treasurer over their entire administration for the coming year, conceiving that a debt of gratitude was owed to him by us, which was just.
καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἀγώνων ἡμῖν ὕστερον πολλῶν γεγενημένων ἐξ ἐκείνων τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πολέμου, οὐδεπώποτε ἡμῶν οὗτοι κατεψηφίσαντο, ἀλλʼ ἐκ πάντων ἔσωσαν, ὅπερ μέγιστον καὶ ἀξιοπιστότατον τῆς τοῦ δήμου εὐνοίας σημεῖον.
And in addition to this, when many trials afterwards befell us from those events and from the war itself, they never condemned us, but saved us from them all, which is the greatest and most reliable sign of the goodwill of the people.
καὶ γράψαι, ὦ Δημόσθενες ὑπὸ τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἡλωκέναι σε αὐτόματον, οὐκ ἐποίησαν γενομεν ὁ δῆμος ἐποίησεν, ὥστʼ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ τῆς τύχης ἀφαιρεθεὶς τὸν στέφανον, ἡμῶν ὃν ἔδωκεν οὐκ ἀφείλετο.
And as for writing, Demosthenes, [... ], they did not do so, but the people did, so that while he himself was deprived of his crown by fortune, the people did not take away the crown which they gave to us.
οὕτως οὖν ἡμῖν τοῦ δήμου προσενηνεγμένου, οὐ πάντα τὰ δίκαιʼ ἂν αὐτῷ ἡμεῖς ὑπηρετοῖμεν καὶ εἰ δέοι ἀποθνῄσκοιμεν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ;
Since the people have behaved towards us in this way, should we not serve them in all just ways and, if necessary, die on their behalf?
ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι·
I indeed think so.
ἀλλὰ ςὺ κατὰ τοῦ δήμου ςθαι εὐεργετήματα· οὐ γὰρ τὴν ἑτέρων πατρίδα εὖ ποιεῖν αὐτοὺς ἀλλὰ τὴν ἑαυτῶν, οὐδὲ αν καὶ λόγου δύναμιν ἀποδεικνύμενος διατετέλεκας·
But you [... ] benefits against the people [... ]; for it is not the country of others that they ought to benefit, but their own, nor [... ] and you have continued displaying the power of your speech.
καὶ ὅτε μὲν ἡγοῦ τὴν βουλὴν ἀποφανεῖν τοὺς ἔχοντας τὸ χρυσίον, πολεμικὸς ὢν καὶ ταράττων τὴν πόλιν, ἵνα τὴν ζήτησιν ἐκκρούοις· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀναβάλοιτο τὸ ἀποφῆναι ἡ βουλή, οὔπω φάσκουσα εὑρηκέναι, τότʼ ἐν τῷ δήμῳ συγχωρῶν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος εἶναι εἰ βούλοιτο, καὶ ἀφικομένου οστους ἐβούλετο στῆσαι εἰκόνα Ἀλεξάνδρου βασιλέως τοῦ ἀνικήτου θεοῦ και ἀγγελίαν Ὀλυμπίας. ἀπήγγειλε τῷ δήμῳ
And when you thought the Council would declare those who had the gold, you were hostile and threw the city into confusion, in order to thwart the inquiry; but when the Council postponed making the declaration, saying they had not yet found anything, you then conceded before the people that Alexander might be the son of Zeus and Poseidon too if he wished, and when [... ] arrived, you wished to set up a statue of King Alexander as an invincible god, and reported the message of Olympias to the people.