§493μὴ ὅτι τἀκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τἀκ τῆς Μακεδονίας βοσκήματα ὑπὲρ τῶν ἑαυτῷ συμφερόντων διδόναι.
[He knows] to give not only the cattle from Attica, but also those from Macedonia for his own interests.
γνῶτε δὲ εἰς τὸν Ἀνθεμοῦντα βλέψαντες, ὃν τοῖς Ὀλυνθίοις προεῖτο κατʼ ἀρχάς.
You may know this by looking at Anthemus, which he surrendered to the Olynthians in the beginning.
εἶτά γʼ οἶμαι μεγάλους ἀνταπαιτεῖ τοὺς μισθοὺς ὕστερον· οὐ γὰρ μόνον βοσκήματα, ἀλλὰ καὶ παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ τείχη καὶ πόλεις καὶ πάντʼ ἔχει συλλαβὼν, ὥσπερ τοῖς ἐπιορκήσασιν Ὅμηρος ἔφη συμβαίνειν, σὺν πολλοῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ὕστερον ἐκτίνειν τὰς δίκας.
And then, I think, he demands great rewards in return later; for he gets not only cattle, but also children and wives and walls and cities and everything together, just as Homer said happens to those who break their oaths, to pay the penalties later with many and great losses.
διαφέρει δὲ τοσοῦτον, ὅτι οὐ τοῖς ἐπιορκοῦσι ταῦτα συμβαίνει νῦν, ἀλλʼ οὗτος ταῦτʼ ἐπιορκῶν ἐργάζεται.
But it differs in this much: that these things do not happen to the oath-breakers now, but he, breaking his oaths, produces them.
καὶ πρός γε τοῖς βοσκήμασιν οἶδε καὶ χρυσίον τὸ ἐκ τῆς Μακεδονίας διδοὺς οὕτω τὰς πράξεις ὠνεῖσθαι, ὥσπερ τοὺς Ὀλυνθίων ἱππέας τούτων ἐπρίατο· καὶ ξύλων γε, ὥς φασιν, εὐφυῶν ἐκ τῆς Μακεδονίας, ἃ τοῖς ὑπάρχοις αὐτῶν προεῖτο.
And in addition to the cattle, he knows how to buy transactions by giving gold from Macedonia, just as he bought the cavalry of the Olynthians with these; and also, as they say, fine timber from Macedonia, which he surrendered to their rulers.
ἀλλʼ ὅμως οὐδὲν ἦν πλέον τοῖς Ὀλυνθίοις, τῶν ἐκ Μακεδονίας ξύλων ὡς αὐτοὺς ἐλθόντων, ἀλλʼ ἀνθʼ ὧν ἤρεψέ τις αὐτῶν τὴν οἰκίαν ἑαυτοῦ, ἀντὶ τούτων ἡ πόλις πᾶσα καθῃρεῖτο εἰς ἔδαφος.
But nevertheless, there was no advantage to the Olynthians when the timber from Macedonia came to them, but instead of those things with which some of them roofed their own houses, in return for these the whole city was razed to the ground.
καὶ μὴν ὁ καὶ τὴν Ποτίδαιάν γε αὐτοῖς δεδωκὼς τἀκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς τρόπον τινὰ βοσκήματα ἐδεδώκει, ἐδεδώκει γὰρ τὰ ἡμέτερα· εἶτά γε αὐτοῖς ὡς βοσκήμασιν οἶμαι τοῦθʼ ὅ τι ἐβούλετο ἐχρῆτο.
Indeed, he who had also given Potidaea to them had in a way given the cattle from Attica, for he had given our possessions; and then, I think, he treated them like cattle, doing whatever he wished.
ταῦτʼ οὖν πότερον δωρεὰς καὶ φιλανθρωπίαν καὶ κέρδη τῶν λαβόντων, καὶ ὡς ἄν τις εὐφήμως ὑποκορίσαιτο, ἢ δέλεαρ καὶ πάγην καὶ πραγμάτων θήραν καὶ τιμὴν τῶν ἀτίμων καὶ τῶν ὑπαχθέντων ὄλεθρον καὶ συμφορῶν ὑποθέσεις καὶ μηχανήματα ἐπὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησι καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα ἄμεινον καλεῖν;
Whether, then, is it better to call these things gifts and philanthropy and gains for those who received them, and however one might euphemistically call them, or a bait and a trap and a hunt for affairs and honor for the dishonorables and destruction for the led-astray and pretexts for disasters and engines against the Greeks and all such things?
ὥσπερ τὸν ἵππον φασὶ τὸν δούρειον δῶρον τοῖς Τρωσὶ δοθῆναι παρὰ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν.
Just as they say the wooden horse was given to the Trojans as a gift from the Achaeans.
οὐκοῦν ταῦτʼ ἐστὶ τὰ τοῦ κακοδαίμονος δῶρα καὶ ὧν ἥκιστʼ ἄν τις ἑκὼν εἶναι πόλει δέξαιτο καὶ ταύτας τὰς δωρεὰς, ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν πρὸς Φωκέας πραγμάτων—καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἐξαίφνης ἀκούσας ἐκπλαγῇ, ἀλλʼ ἑπέσθω τῷ λόγῳ καθάπερ ψήφους τιθεὶς ἀεὶ τὸ δεύτερον τῷ προτέρῳ συναρμόττων—καὶ τούτων δίκην ὑποσχεῖν, ἀλλʼ οὐ χάριν κομίσασθαι δίκαιος ὢν, ἐὰν ὀρθῶς ἐξετάζητε, φανήσεται.
Are these not, then, the gifts of a wretch, and such as one would least of all willingly accept for a city, even these gifts?
εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκείνους ὑμῖν συγκαθελὼν, μετὰ
Since indeed concerning the affairs of the Phocians—and let none of you be suddenly shocked upon hearing this, but let him follow the argument, as if placing voting pebbles, always fitting the second to the first—he will appear, if you examine correctly, to be just in submitting to punishment for these, but not in receiving gratitude.
§494ταῦτʼ ἦγεν ἡσυχίαν καὶ μηδὲν περιειργάζετο, τάχʼ ἄν τις ἔφη συμφέρονθʼ ὑμῖν αὐτὸν εἰργάσθαι· εἰ δʼ ἀρχῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐπιθυμῶν, καὶ ἵνʼ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀδεέστερον καὶ ῥᾷον ὁπηνίκα βούλοιτο ἀφίκοιτο, τί οὐκ ἀπʼ ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐχθρὸν αὐτὸν ὅμοιον τίθεσθε ἀφʼ ἧς τοὺς Φωκέας προανεῖλεν;
For if, having joined you in destroying them, after this he had kept quiet and had not busied himself with anything, perhaps someone might have said that he had done what was advantageous to you; but if, desiring the rule of the Greeks, and in order that he might come against you themselves more fearlessly and more easily whenever he wished, why from that day do you not hold him as a similar enemy from which he pre-emptively destroyed the Phocians?
οὐ γὰρ μᾶλλον τοὺς Φωκέας ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐτιμωρεῖτο ἢ νῦν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ Φωκέων ἀφικνεῖται.
For he was not punishing the Phocians on your behalf any more than he now comes against you on behalf of the Phocians.
καὶ γὰρ οὐδʼ ἐκεῖνό γʼ ἔστʼ εἰπεῖν ὡς οἱ μὲν Φωκεῖς φόβον αὐτῷ παρεῖχον καὶ συμφέρειν ἡγεῖτο ἀνελεῖν αὐτοὺς, ἅτε καὶ πρότερον περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀρχῆς διανοηθέντας καὶ δόξαν θαυμαστὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἔργοις λαβόντας, τὴν δὲ τῶν Θηβαίων πόλιν, οὗ ποθʼ ὡμήρευσε, παρὰ φαῦλον ἡγεῖτο διʼ αὑτοῦ ποιήσασθαι καὶ κατασχεῖν.
For neither is it possible to say that the Phocians caused him fear and he thought it advantageous to destroy them, inasmuch as they had previously meditated on the rule of the Greeks and had won wonderful glory for their deeds, whereas the city of the Thebans, where he once was a hostage, he thought of little account to make his own and hold down.
τρεῖς γάρ εἰσι πόλεις πρὸς ἃς ἀναγκαῖον αὐτῷ συντείνειν τοὺς λογισμούς· ὧν ἡ μὲν Λακεδαιμονίων πορρωτάτω καὶ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἤδη σχεδὸν ἐξεληλεγμένη καὶ διʼ ἄμφω ταῦτα ἐλάττονος αὐτῷ λόγου, τὴν δʼ ἡμετέραν οὐδʼ αὐτὸς ἐγχειρεῖ λέγειν ὡς οὐκ ἐχθρὰν ἄγει· ἡ δʼ ὑμετέρα τῇ τε θέσει πρώτη καὶ κατὰ τοῦτʼ ἀναγκαία προλαβεῖν, καὶ τύχης ἕνεκα οὐκ ἀδεὲς τοῦτο, οὐδʼ ἧττον τῆς ἡμετέρας ὕποπτος, ἣν ἑτέρωσε ὁρῶσαν λαβεῖν ζητεῖ καὶ τοὺς εἰωθότας μισθοὺς τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν κομίσασθαι.
For there are three cities to which he must direct his calculations: of which that of the Lacedaemonians is furthest away and already almost tested and defeated by you, and for both these reasons is of less account to him; ours he does not even himself attempt to say that he does not treat as an enemy; and yours is first in position and for this reason necessary to take beforehand, and because of fortune this is not free from fear, nor is it less suspected than ours, which he seeks to take while it is looking elsewhere, and to recover the accustomed rewards for his services.
διὰ ταῦτα οἱ Φωκεῖς καὶ τὸ Τιλφωσσαῖον ὑμνεῖται.
For these reasons the Phocians and Tilphossaeum are celebrated.
οἷς γὰρ λογισμοῖς ἐχαρίζετο, τούτοις ἀναμιμνήσκει τὴν χρείαν ὠνούμενος, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ καὶ οἱ θηρευταὶ πρὸς τοὺς ὄρνιθας λέγοιεν ὡς οὐκ ὀλίγον πόνον διʼ αὐτοὺς ἐπόνησαν, καὶ ἅμα δεικνύντες τὸ δέλεαρ τὴν χάριν ἀνταπαιτοῖεν.
For by the calculations with which he was pleasing you, with these he reminds you of his service while buying it, just as if hunters should say to the birds that they had undergone no small labor on their account, and at the same time, showing the bait, should demand gratitude in return.
ὃν χρῆν εἰ τὰ μάλιστα ταῦθʼ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐτύγχανεν εἰργασμένος, αὐτὸν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ὑμᾶς, ἀναμιμνήσκειν, νῦν δʼ ἅπαντα ταῦτα ὑπερβὰς προσάγει μεθʼ ὅπλων τὴν αὑτοῦ κακίαν ἐπιδεικνὺς καὶ τὰ τέλη καθάπερ δράματος παρʼ ἐλπίδας ἐξάγων.
Whom it behooved, if indeed he had happened to do these things for you in the highest degree, himself, and not you, to remember, but now, having bypassed all these things, he advances with arms, displaying his own wickedness and leading out the ends of the drama, as it were, contrary to expectation.
θαυμαστὰ δέ μοι δοκοῦσι λέγειν οἱ πρέσβεις καὶ παντάπασιν ἐναντία ἑαυτοῖς, οἵτινες τῷ μὲν Φιλίππῳ φασὶ δεῖν χάριν ὑμᾶς ἔχειν, εἴ τι πώποτʼ ἐποίησεν ὑμᾶς εὖ, αὐτοὺς δὲ κελεύουσι προέσθαι πάντα τὰ πράγματα
And the ambassadors seem to me to say wonderful things and entirely contrary to themselves, who say that you ought to have gratitude to Philip, if ever he did any good to you, but command you themselves to surrender all your affairs.