§1ἔδησε τὸν ἵππον ἐκ τοῦ ῥόπτρου τοῦ ἱεροῦ ὡς ἀποδιδούς, τῇ δʼ ἐπιούσῃ ὑφείλετο.
He tied his horse to the knocker of the temple door as if returning it, but on the next day he stole it away.
οὗτος οὖν ὁ ταῦτα ποιήσας θανάτῳ τῷ ἀλγίστῳ ἀπώλετο, λιμῷ·
Therefore, the one who did this perished by the most painful death, namely by hunger.
πολλῶν γὰρ καὶ ἀγαθῶν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν παρατιθεμένων ὄζειν ἐδόκει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τῆς μάζης κάκιστον, καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐσθίειν.
For although many excellent things were placed before him on his table, the bread and the barley cake seemed to him to smell most foully, and he was unable to eat.
§2καὶ ταῦτα πολλοὶ ἡμῶν ἤκουον τοῦ ἱεροφάντου λέγοντος.
And many of us heard the hierophant telling this.
§3δίκαιον οὖν μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι νῦν ἐπὶ τούτῳ τὰ τότε λεχθέντα ἀναμνῆσαι, καὶ μὴ μόνον τοὺς τούτου φίλους ὑπὸ τούτου καὶ τῶν τούτου λόγων ἀπόλλυσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸν τοῦτον ὑφʼ ἑτέρου.
It seems to me, therefore, to be just now to recall what was said then regarding this man, and that not only his friends should be destroyed by him and by his words, but also this man himself by another.
ἀδύνατον δὲ καὶ ὑμῖν ἐστι, περὶ τοιούτου πράγματος φέρουσι τὴν ψῆφον, ἢ κατελεῆσαι ἢ καταχαρίσασθαι Ἀνδοκίδῃ, ἐπισταμένοις ὅτι ἐναργῶς τὼ θεὼ τούτω τιμωρεῖτον τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας· ἐλπίσαι οὖν χρὴ πάντα ἄνθρωπον ταὐτὰ καὶ ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἑτέρῳ ἔσεσθαι.
And it is also impossible for you, who are casting your vote on such a matter, either to pity or to show favor to Andocides, knowing well that these two goddesses clearly punish those who do wrong; therefore, every man must expect that the same things will happen both to himself and to others.
§4φέρε γάρ, ἐὰν νυνὶ Ἀνδοκίδης ἀθῷος ἀπαλλαγῇ διʼ ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦδε τοῦ ἀγῶνος καὶ ἔλθῃ κληρωσόμενος τῶν ἐννέα ἀρχόντων καὶ λάχῃ βασιλεύς, ἄλλο τι ἢ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ θυσίας θύσει καὶ εὐχὰς εὔξεται κατὰ τὰ πάτρια, τὰ μὲν ἐν τῷ ἐνθάδε Ἐλευσινίω, τὰ δὲ ἐν τῷ Ἐλευσῖνι ἱερῷ, καὶ τῆς ἑορτῆς ἐπιμελήσεται μυστηρίοις, ὅπως ἂν μηδεὶς ἀδικῇ μηδὲ ἀσεβῇ τὰ ἱερά;
For come, if Andocides should now escape unpunished through you from this trial and should go to draw lots for the nine archons and should be chosen king, would he do anything else than offer sacrifices and make prayers on your behalf according to ancestral customs, partly in the Eleusinion here, and partly in the temple at Eleusis, and take charge of the festival at the mysteries, so that no one may wrong or desecrate the sacred things?
§5καὶ τίνα γνώμην οἴεσθε ἕξειν τοὺς μύστας τοὺς ἀφικνουμένους, ἐπειδὰν ἴδωσι τὸν βασιλέα ὅστις ἐστὶ καὶ ἀναμνησθῶσι πάντα τὰ ἠσεβημένα αὐτῷ, ἢ τοὺς ἄλλους Ἕλληνας, οἳ ἕνεκα ταύτης τῆς ἑορτῆς ἔρχονται ἢ θύειν εἰς ταύτην τὴν πανήγυριν βουλόμενοι ἢ θεωρεῖν;
And what state of mind do you think the arriving initiates will have when they see who the king is and remember all the impieties committed by him, or the other Greeks who come for the sake of this festival, wishing either to sacrifice at this assembly or to view the spectacles?
§6οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀγνὼς ὁ Ἀνδοκίδης οὔτε τοῖς ἔξω οὔτε τοῖς ἐνθάδε διὰ τὰ ἠσεβημένα.
For Andocides is not unknown either to those abroad or to those here because of his impieties.
ἀναγκαίως γὰρ ἔχει ἀπὸ τῶν πολὺ διαφερόντων ἢ κακῶν ἢ ἀγαθῶν ἔργων τοὺς ποιήσαντας γιγνώσκεσθαι.
For it is necessary that those who perform them should be known from their deeds that are greatly different, whether bad or good.
ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ διώχληκε πόλεις πολλὰς ἐν τῇ ἀποδημίᾳ, Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν, Ἑλλήσποντον, Ἰωνίαν, Κύπρον·
And furthermore, he has harassed many cities in his travels abroad: Sicily, Italy, Peloponnese, Thessaly, Hellespont, Ionia, Cyprus.
βασιλέας πολλοὺς κεκολάκευκεν, ᾧ ἂν συγγένηται, πλὴν τοῦ Συρακοσίου Διονυσίου.
He has flattered many kings with whom he associated, except Dionysius the Syracusan.
§7οὗτος δὲ ἢ πάντων εὐτυχέστατός ἐστιν ἢ πλεῖστον γνώμῃ διαφέρει τῶν ἄλλων, ὃς μόνος τῶν συγγενομένων Ἀνδοκίδῃ οὐκ ἐξηπατήθη ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς τοιούτου, ὃς τέχνην ταύτην ἔχει, τοὺς μὲν ἐχθροὺς μηδὲν ποιεῖν κακόν, τοὺς δὲ φίλους ὅ τι ἂν δύνηται κακόν.
And this man is either the most fortunate of all or far excels others in judgment, who alone of those who associated with Andocides was not deceived by such a man, who has this art: to do no harm to his enemies, but to do whatever harm he can to his friends.
ὥστε μὰ τὸν Δία οὐ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν ὑμῖν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν χαρισαμένοις παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον λαθεῖν τοὺς Ἕλληνας.
Therefore, by Zeus, it is not easy for you, by granting him any favor contrary to justice, to escape the notice of the Greeks.
§8νῦν οὖν ὑμῖν ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ἐστὶ βουλεύσασθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ·
Now, therefore, it is necessary for you to deliberate about him.
εὖ γὰρ ἐπίστασθε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι οὐχ οἷόν τε ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἅμα τοῖς τε νόμοις τοῖς πατρίοις καὶ Ἀνδοκίδῃ χρῆσθαι, ἀλλὰ δυοῖν θάτερον, ἢ τοὺς νόμους ἐξαλειπτέον ἐστὶν ἢ ἀπαλλακτέον τοῦ ἀνδρός.
For you know well, men of Athens, that it is not possible for you to use both the ancestral laws and Andocides at the same time, but of two things one: either the laws must be wiped out or the man must be removed.
§9εἰς τοσοῦτον δὲ τόλμης ἀφῖκται, ὥστε καὶ λέγει περὶ τοῦ νόμου, ὡς καθῄρηται ὁ περὶ αὐτοῦ κείμενος καὶ ἔξεστιν αὐτῷ ἤδη εἰσιέναι εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ εἰς τὰ ἱερά ἂν ἔτι καὶ νῦν Ἀθηναίων ἐν τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ.
And he has arrived at such a pitch of daring that he even speaks about the law, saying that the one established concerning him has been repealed, and that it is now permitted for him to enter the agora and the temples, even now in the council chamber of the Athenians.
§10καίτοι Περικλέα ποτέ φασι παραινέσαι ὑμῖν περὶ τῶν ἀσεβούντων, μὴ μόνον χρῆσθαι τοῖς γεγραμμένοις νόμοις περὶ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἀγράφοις, καθʼ οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται, οὓς οὐδείς πω κύριος ἐγένετο καθελεῖν οὐδὲ ἐτόλμησεν ἀντειπεῖν, οὐδὲ αὐτὸν τὸν θέντα ἴσασιν· ἡγεῖσθαι γὰρ ἂν αὐτοὺς οὕτως οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς διδόναι δίκην.
And yet they say that Pericles once advised you concerning the impious, that you should use not only the written laws concerning them, but also the unwritten ones, according to which the Eumolpidae expound, which no one has ever had the authority to repeal nor dared to contradict, nor do they even know the setter of them himself; for he believed that in this way they would pay the penalty not only to men but also to the gods.
§11Ἀνδοκίδης δὲ τοσοῦτον καταπεφρόνηκε τῶν θεῶν καὶ ὧν ἐκείνοις δεῖ τιμωρεῖν, ὥστε πρὶν ἢ ἐπιδεδημηκέναι δέκα ἡμέρας ἐν τῇ πόλει προσεκαλέσατο δίκην ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἔλαχεν Ἀνδοκίδης ὢν καὶ πεποιηκὼς ἃ οὗτος πεποίηκε περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ (ἵνα μᾶλλον πρόσσχητε τὸν νοῦν) φάσκων τὸν Ἄρχιππον ἀσεβεῖν περὶ τὸν Ἑρμῆν τὸν αὑτοῦ πατρῷον.
But Andocides has so greatly despised the gods and what they must avenge, that before he had been in the city for ten days, he summoned a suit of impiety before the king, and drew lots, being Andocides and having done what he has done concerning the gods, and (so that you may pay more attention) claiming that Archippus committed impiety concerning his own ancestral Hermes.
ὁ δὲ Ἄρχιππος ἠντεδίκει ἦ μὴν τὸν Ἑρμῆν ὑγιᾶ τε καὶ ὅλον εἶναι, καὶ μηδὲν παθεῖν ὧνπερ οἱ ἄλλοι Ἑρμαῖ·
But Archippus counter-sued, swearing that the Hermes was sound and whole, and had suffered none of the things that the other Hermae did.