§19καίτοι πολλαὶ καὶ μεγάλαι καὶ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων γεγόνασι, καὶ οὐδὲν ὅμοιαι τοῖς ὑπὸ τούτων περὶ τὴν πόλιν πεπραγμένοις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί.
And yet, gentlemen of the jury, (the virtues of your ancestors) have been many and great and on behalf of all the Greeks, and in no way similar to what has been done by these men against the city.
εἰ δʼ ἐκεῖνοι δοκοῦσι βελτίους εἶναι σῴζοντες τοὺς φίλους, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀμείνους δόξετε εἶναι τιμωρούμενοι τοὺς ἐχθρούς.
And if those men seem to be better by saving their friends, it is clear that you too will seem to be better by punishing your enemies.
§20ἀξιῶ δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐὰν μέν τινες τῶν συγγενῶν αὐτὸν ἐξαιτῶνται, ὀργίζεσθαι ὅτι τούτου μὲν οὐκ ἐπεχείρησαν δεηθῆναι (ἢ δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι) ποιεῖν τὰ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως προσταττόμενα, ὑμᾶς δὲ πείθειν πειρῶνται ὡς οὐ §21χρὴ παρὰ τῶν ἀδικούντων δίκην λαμβάνειν· ἐὰν δέ τινες τῶν ἀρχόντων βοηθῶσιν αὐτῷ ἐπίδειξιν μὲν τῆς ἑαυτῶν δυνάμεως ποιούμενοι, φιλοτιμούμενοι δὲ ὅτι καὶ τοὺς φανερῶς ἡμαρτηκότας σῴζειν δύνανται, ὑμᾶς, χρὴ ὑπολαμβάνειν πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι, εἰ πάντες Ἀλκιβιάδῃ ὅμοιοι ἐγένοντο, οὐδὲν ἂν ἔδει τῶν στρατηγῶν (οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν εἶχον ὅτου ἡγοῦντο), ἔπειθʼ ὅτι πολὺ μᾶλλον αὐτοὺς προσήκει τῶν λιπόντων τὴν τάξιν κατηγορεῖν ἢ ὑπὲρ τῶν τοιούτων ἀπολογεῖσθαι.
And I think it right, gentlemen of the jury, that if some of his relatives beg him off, you should be angry on the ground that they did not attempt to ask this man to do what was commanded by the city (or having asked, they were unable to obtain it), but they try to persuade you that you should not exact punishment from the wrongdoers; and if some of the generals help him, making a demonstration of their own power, and taking pride in being able to save even those who have openly offended, you must understand, first, that if everyone had become like Alcibiades, there would have been no need for generals (for they would have had no one to lead), and next, that it is much more proper for them to accuse those who abandon their posts than to make a defense for such men.
τίς γὰρ ἔστιν ἐλπὶς τοὺς ἄλλους ἐθελήσειν ποιεῖν τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγῶν προσταττόμενα, ὅταν αὐτοὶ οὗτοι τοὺς ἀκοσμοῦντας σῴζειν πειρῶνται;
For what hope is there that the others will wish to do what is commanded by the generals, when these very men attempt to save those who are disorderly?
§22ἐγὼ τοίνυν ἀξιῶ, ἐὰν μὲν ἀποδείξωσιν οἱ λέγοντες καὶ αἰτούμενοι ὑπὲρ Ἀλκιβιάδου ὡς ἐστρατεύσατο ἐν τοῖς ὁπλίταις ἢ ὡς ἵππευε δεδοκιμασμένος, ἀποψηφίσασθαι· ἐὰν δὲ μηδὲν ἔχοντες δίκαιον κελεύωσιν αὑτοῖς χαρίζεσθαι, μεμνῆσθαι χρὴ ὅτι διδάσκουσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπιορκεῖν καὶ τοῖς νόμοις μὴ πείθεσθαι, καὶ ὅτι λίαν προθύμως τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι βοηθοῦντες πολλοὺς τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων ἐπιθυμεῖν ποιήσουσι.
I, therefore, think it right that if those who speak and beg on behalf of Alcibiades show that he served in the hoplites or served in the cavalry after passing his scrutiny, you should acquit him; but if they, having no justice, order you to grant them a favor, you must remember that they are teaching you to break your oaths and not to obey the laws, and that by helping the wrongdoers too eagerly they will make many desire the same actions.
§23θαυμάζω δὲ μάλιστα, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἴ τις ὑμῶν τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ἀξιώσει διὰ μὲν τοὺς βοηθοῦντας σῴζεσθαι, διὰ δὲ τὴν αὐτοῦ πονηρίαν μὴ ἀπολέσθαι.
And I wonder most of all, gentlemen of the jury, if any of you thinks it right that Alcibiades should be saved because of those who help him, but should not perish because of his own wickedness.
ἧς ἄξιον ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι, ἵνʼ ἐπίστησθε ὅτι οὐκ ἂν εἰκότως αὐτοῦ ἀποψηφίζοισθε, ὡς ταῦτα μὲν ἡμαρτηκότος, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα πολίτου χρηστοῦ γεγενημένου· ἐκ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τούτῳ πεπραγμένων δικαίως ἂν αὐτοῦ θάνατον καταψηφίζοισθε.
Of which it is worth your while to hear, so that you may know that you would not reasonably acquit him on the ground that he offended in this matter but had been a good citizen in other respects; for from the other things done by this man you would justly condemn him to death.
§24προσήκει δʼ ὑμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν εἰδέναι· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ καὶ τῶν ἀπολογουμένων ἀποδέχεσθε λεγόντων τὰς σφετέρας αὐτῶν ἀρετὰς καὶ τὰς τῶν προγόνων εὐεργεσίας, εἰκὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ τῶν κατηγόρων ἀκροᾶσθαι, ἐὰν ἀποφαίνωσι τοὺς φεύγοντας πολλὰ εἰς ὑμᾶς ἡμαρτηκότας καὶ τοὺς προγόνους αὐτῶν πολλῶν κακῶν αἰτίους γεγενημένους.
And it is proper for you to know about them; for since you accept those who make a defense when they speak of their own virtues and the benefactions of their ancestors, it is reasonable that you also listen to the accusers, if they show that the defendants have offended much against you and that their ancestors have been the cause of many evils.
§25οὗτος γὰρ παῖς μὲν ὢν παρʼ Ἀρχεδήμῳ τῷ γλάμωνι, τῷ οὐκ ὀλίγα τῶν ὑμετέρων ὑφῃρημένῳ, πολλῶν ὁρώντων ἔπινεν ὑπὸ τῷ αὐτῷ ἱματίῳ κατακείμενος, ἐκώμαζε δὲ μεθʼ ἡμέραν, ἄνηβος ἑταίραν ἔχων, μιμούμενος τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ προγόνους, καὶ ἡγούμενος οὐκ ἂν δύνασθαι πρεσβύτερος ὢν λαμπρὸς γενέσθαι, εἰ μὴ νέος ὢν πονηρότατος δόξει εἶναι.
For this man, when he was a boy at the house of Archedemus the blear-eyed, who had stolen not a little of your property, was drinking in the sight of many, lying under the same cloak, and went revelling by day, keeping a courtesan though under age, imitating his own ancestors, and believing that he would not be able to become illustrious when older unless he should seem most wicked when young.
§26μετεπέμφθη δʼ ὑπὸ Ἀλκιβιάδου, ἐπειδὴ φανερῶς ἐξημάρτανε.
And he was summoned back by Alcibiades, because he was openly offending.
καίτοι ποῖόν τινα χρὴ αὐτὸν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν νομίζεσθαι εἶναι, ὅστις κἀκείνῳ τοιαῦτʼ ἐπιτηδεύων διεβέβλητο ὃς τοὺς ἄλλους ταῦτʼ ἐδίδασκε;
And yet what kind of person must he be considered by you, who, by practicing such things, was hated even by that father who taught others these very things?
μετὰ Θεοτίμου δὲ ἐπιβουλεύσας τῷ πατρὶ Ὄρνους προὔδωκεν.
And having plotted with Theotimus against his father, he betrayed Orneae.
ὁ δὲ παραλαβὼν τὸ χωρίον πρότερον μὲν ὕβριζεν αὐτὸν ὡραῖον ὄντα, τελευτῶν δὲ δήσας ἀργύριον εἰσεπράττετο.
But the latter, having received the place, at first abused him because he was in his prime of youth, and finally, having bound him, extorted money.
§27ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτὸν οὕτως ἐμίσει σφόδρα, ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἂν ἀποθανόντος ἔφασκε τὰ ὀστᾶ κομίσασθαι.
And his father hated him so much that he said he would not even gather his bones if he died.
τελευτήσαντος δʼ ἐκείνου ἐραστὴς γενόμενος Ἀρχεβιάδης αὐτὸν ἐλύσατο.
But when he died, Archebiades, having become his lover, ransomed him.
οὐ πολλῷ δὲ χρόνῳ ὕστερον κατακυβεύσας τὰ ὄντα, ἐκ Λευκῆς ἀκτῆς ὁρμώμενος τοὺς φίλους κατεπόντιζεν.
And not much time after, having lost his property at dice, setting out from Leuke Akte, he threw his friends into the sea.
§28ὅσα μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἢ εἰς τοὺς πολίτας ἢ εἰς τοὺς ξένους ἢ περὶ τοὺς αὑτοῦ οἰκείους ἢ περὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἡμάρτηκε, μακρὸν ἂν εἴη λέγειν· Ἱππόνικος δὲ πολλοὺς παρακαλέσας ἐξέπεμψε τὴν αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα, φάσκων τοῦτον οὐχ ὡς ἀδελφὸν αὐτῆς ἀλλʼ ὡς ἄνδρα ἐκείνης εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν εἰσιέναι τὴν αὑτοῦ.
Now, gentlemen of the jury, all the offenses he committed either against the citizens, or against the strangers, or concerning his own relatives, or concerning the others, it would be long to tell; but Hipponicus, having summoned many witnesses, sent away his own wife, claiming that this man entered his own house not as her brother, but as her husband.