§8ἀλλὰ περὶ τῆς παιδείας αὐτῶν ἐπιμνησθῶ, καὶ ὡς ἐν πολλῇ ςωφροσύνῃ παῖδες ὄντες ἐτράφησαν καὶ ἐπαιδεύθησαν ὅπερ εἰώθασίν τινες ποιεῖν;
Or should I mention their education, and how, being children, they were brought up and educated in great moderation, as some are accustomed to do?
ἀλλʼ οἶμαι πάντας εἰδέναι ὅτι τούτου ἕνεκα τοὺς παῖδας παιδεύομεν, ἵνα ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ γένωνται· τοὺς δὲ γεγενημένους ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ἄνδρας ὑπερβάλλοντας τῇ ἀρετῇ, πρόδηλόν ἐστιν ὅτι παῖδες ὄντες καλῶς ἐπαιδεύθησαν.
But I think everyone knows that we educate children for this purpose, so that they may become good men; and as for those who in the war have become men surpassing in virtue, it is manifest that, being children, they were well educated.
§9ἁπλούστατον οὖν ἡγοῦμαι εἶναι τὴν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ διεξελθεῖν ἀρετήν, καὶ ὡς πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν αἴτιοι γεγένηνται τῇ πατρίδι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησιν.
Therefore, I think it is simplest to go through their virtue in the war, and how they have become the authors of many blessings to their country and to the other Greeks.
ἄρξομαι δὲ πρῶτον ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ· καὶ γὰρ δίκαιον.
And I shall begin first with the general; for indeed it is just.
§10Λεωσθένης γὰρ ὁρῶν τὴν Ἑλλάδα πᾶσαν τεταπεινωμένην καὶ ἐπτηχυῖαν, κατεφθαρμένην ὑπὸ τῶν δωροδοκούντων παρὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου κατὰ τῶν πατρίδων τῶν αὑτῶν, καὶ τὴν μὲν πόλιν ἡμῶν δεομένην ἀνδρός, τὴν δʼ Ἑλλάδα πᾶσαν πόλεως, ἥτις προστῆναι δυνήσεται τῆς ἡγεμονίας, ἐπέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν μὲν τῇ πατρίδι, τὴν δὲ πόλιν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν εἰς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν· §11καὶ ξενικὴν μὲν δύναμιν συστησάμενος, τῆς δὲ πολιτικῆς ἡγεμὼν καταστάς, τοὺς πρώτους ἀντιταξαμένους τῇ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐλευθερίᾳ Βοιωτοὺς καὶ Μακεδόνας καὶ Εὐβοέας καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους συμμάχους αὐτῶν ἐνίκησε μαχόμενος ἐν τῇ Βοιωτίᾳ.
For Leosthenes, seeing the whole of Greece humiliated and cowering, ruined by those who received bribes from Philip and Alexander against their own homelands, and seeing our city in need of a man, and the whole of Greece in need of a city which would be able to stand at the head of leadership, gave himself to his country, and the city to the Greeks for their freedom; and having organized a mercenary force, and having been established as leader of the citizen army, he defeated in battle in Boeotia those who first arrayed themselves against the freedom of the Greeks: the Boeotians, Macedonians, Euboeans, and their other allies.
§12ἐντεῦθεν δʼ ἐλθὼν εἰς Πύλας καὶ καταλαβὼν τὰς παρόδους, διʼ ὧν καὶ πρότερον ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας οἱ βάρβαροι ἐπορεύθησαν, τῆς μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα πορείας Ἀντίπατρον ἐκώλυσεν, αὐτὸν δὲ καταλαβὼν ἐν τοῖς τόποις τούτοις καὶ μάχῃ νικήσας, ἐπολιόρκει κατακλείσας εἰς Λαμίαν.
Going thence to Pylae and occupying the passes through which the barbarians had formerly marched against the Greeks, he prevented Antipater from marching into Greece; and having trapped him in those places and defeated him in battle, he shut him up in Lamia and besieged him.
§13Θετταλοὺς δὲ καὶ Φωκέας καὶ Αἰτωλοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας τοὺς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ συμμάχους ἐποιήσατο, καὶ ὧν Φίλιππος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ἀκόντων ἡγούμενοι ἐσεμνύνοντο, τούτων Λεωσθένης ἑκόντων τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἔλαβεν.
And he made allies of the Thessalians, Phocians, Aetolians, and all the others in that region, and of those whom Philip and Alexander prided themselves on ruling against their will, Leosthenes obtained the leadership with their consent.
συνέβη δʼ αὐτῷ τῶν μὲν πραγμάτων ὧν προείλετο κρατῆσαι, τῆς δὲ εἱμαρμένης οὐκ ἦν περιγενέσθαι.
And it befell him to prevail in the enterprises which he chose, but it was not possible to overcome destiny.
§14δίκαιον δʼ ἐστὶν μὴ μόνον ὧν ἔπραξεν Λεωσθένην ἀεὶ χάριν ἔχειν αὐτῷ πρώτῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ὕστερον γενομένης μάχης μετὰ τὸν ἐκείνου θάνατον, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀγαθῶν τῶν ἐν τῇ ςτρατείᾳ ταύτῃ συμβάντων τοῖς Ἕλλησιν· ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῖς ὑπὸ Λεωσθένους τεθεῖσιν θεμελίοις οἰκοδομοῦσιν οἱ νῦν τὰς ὕστερον πράξεις.
And it is just to feel grateful always to Leosthenes first, not only for what he himself accomplished, but also for the subsequent battle which took place after his death, and for the other benefits which befell the Greeks in this campaign; for upon the foundations laid by Leosthenes, those of today are building their subsequent deeds.
§15καὶ μηδεὶς ὑπολάβῃ με τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν μηδένα λόγον ποιεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ Λεωσθένη μόνον ἐγκωμιάζειν.
And let no one suppose that I make no account of the other citizens, but praise Leosthenes alone.
συμβαίνει γὰρ τὸν Λεωσθένους ἔπαινον ἐπὶ ταῖς μάχαις ἐγκώμιον τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν εἶναι· τοῦ μὲν γὰρ βουλεύεσθαι καλῶς ὁ στρατηγὸς αἴτιος, τοῦ δὲ νικᾶν μαχομένους οἱ κινδυνεύειν ἐθέλοντες τοῖς σώμαςιν· ὥστε ὅταν ἐπαινῶ τὴν γεγονυῖαν νίκην, ἅμα τῇ Λεωσθένους ἡγεμονίᾳ καὶ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ἀρετὴν ἐγκωμιάςω.
For it happens that the praise of Leosthenes for the battles is an encomium of the other citizens; for of the good planning the general is the cause, but of winning in battle those who are willing to risk their bodies; so that whenever I praise the victory that has occurred, I shall at the same time praise the leadership of Leosthenes and the virtue of the others.
§16τίς γὰρ οὐκ ἂν δικαίως ἐπαινοίη τῶν πολιτῶν τοὺς ἐν τῷδε τῷ πολέμῳ τελευτήσαντας, οἳ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχὰς ἔδωκαν ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐλευθερίας, φανερωτάτην ἀπόδειξιν ταύτην ἡγούμενοι εἶναι τοῦ βούλεσθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν περιθεῖναι, τὸ μαχομένους τελευτῆσαι ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς.
For who would not justly praise those of the citizens who died in this war, who gave their own lives for the freedom of the Greeks, considering this to be the clearest proof of their desire to invest Greece with freedom, namely, to die fighting for her?