§29καὶ τοιαῦθʼ ἡμαρτηκότι καὶ οὕτω δεινὰ καὶ πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα πεποιηκότι οὔτε τῶν γεγενημένων αὐτῷ μέλει οὔτε τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ὃν ἔδει κοσμιώτατον εἶναι τῶν πολιτῶν, ἀπολογίαν ποιούμενον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἁμαρτημάτων, οὗτος ἑτέρους ὑβρίζειν πειρᾶται, ὥσπερ δυνάμενος ἂν πολλοστὸν μέρος τῶν ὀνειδῶν τῶν ἑαυτῷ προσηκόντων τοῖς ἄλλοις μεταδοῦναι, καὶ ταῦθʼ ὑὸς ὢν Ἀλκιβιάδου, §30ὃς ἔπεισε μὲν Δεκέλειαν Λακεδαιμονίους ἐπιτειχίσαι, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰς νήσους ἀποστήσων ἔπλευσε, διδάσκαλος δὲ τῶν τῆς πόλεως κακῶν ἐγένετο, πλεονάκις δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐπὶ τὴν πατρίδα ἐστρατεύσατο ἢ μετὰ τῶν πολιτῶν ἐπʼ ἐκείνους.
And for one who has committed such offenses and done things so terrible, so many, and so great, he cares neither for the past nor for what is going to be; but, when he ought to be the most orderly of the citizens, making his own life a defense against his father's sins, this man attempts to insult others, as if he were able to share with others any small fraction of the reproaches that belong to himself, and that too when he is the son of Alcibiades, who persuaded the Lacedaemonians to fortify Decelea, and sailed to the islands to make them revolt, and became a teacher of evils to the city, and campaigned with the enemy against his fatherland more often than with his fellow citizens against them.
ἀνθʼ ὧν καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ τοῖς μέλλουσιν ἔσεσθαι τιμωρεῖσθαι προσήκει ὅντινα λαμβάνετε τούτων.
In return for which, it is proper for both you and future generations to punish whichever of them you lay hands on.
§31καίτοι σφόδρα εἴθισται λέγειν ὡς οὐκ εἰκός ἐστι τὸν μὲν πατέρα αὐτοῦ κατελθόντα δωρεὰς παρὰ τοῦ δήμου λαβεῖν, τοῦτον δʼ ἀδίκως διὰ τὴν φυγὴν τὴν ἐκείνου διαβεβλῆσθαι.
And yet he is very much accustomed to say that it is not reasonable that, while his father on his return received gifts from the people, he himself should be unjustly slandered on account of his father's exile.
ἐμοὶ δὲ δοκεῖ δεινὸν εἶναι, εἰ τὰς μὲν δωρεὰς αὐτοῦ ἀφείλεσθε ὡς οὐ δικαίως δεδωκότες, τούτου δὲ ἀδικοῦντος ἀποψηφιεῖσθε ὡς τοῦ πατρὸς χρηστοῦ περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένου.
But to me it seems monstrous if, while you took away his father's gifts on the ground that you had not justly given them, you should acquit this man when he does wrong, on the ground that his father had been good toward the city.
§32καὶ μὲν δή, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἄλλων τε πολλῶν ἄξιον ἕνεκα αὐτοῦ καταψηφίσασθαι, καὶ ὅτι ταῖς ὑμετέραις ἀρεταῖς χρῆται παραδείγμασι περὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πονηρίας.
And indeed, gentlemen of the jury, it is worth while to condemn him for many other reasons, and especially because he uses your virtues as examples for his own wickedness.
τολμᾷ γὰρ λέγειν ὡς Ἀλκιβιάδης οὐδὲν δεινὸν εἴργασται ἐπὶ τὴν πατρίδα §33στρατεύσας· καὶ γὰρ ὑμᾶς φεύγοντας Φυλὴν καταλαβεῖν καὶ δένδρα τεμεῖν καὶ πρὸς τὰ τείχη προσβαλεῖν, καὶ ταῦτα ποιήσαντας οὐκ ὄνειδος τοῖς παισὶ καταλιπεῖν, ἀλλὰ τιμὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις κτήσασθαι, ὡς τῶν αὐτῶν ὄντας ἀξίους ὅσοι φυγόντες μετὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν ἐστράτευσαν, καὶ ὅσοι κατῄεσαν Λακεδαιμονίων ἐχόντων τὴν πόλιν.
For he dares to say that Alcibiades did nothing terrible in campaigning against his fatherland; for (he says) you too, when in exile, seized Phyle, cut down trees, and assaulted the walls, and by doing these things did not leave reproach to your children, but won honor among all men—as if those who in exile campaigned with the enemy against the country, and those who returned when the Lacedaemonians held the city, were worthy of the same treatment.
§34καὶ μὲν δὴ πᾶσιν ἡγοῦμαι δῆλον εἶναι ὅτι οὗτοι μὲν ἐζήτουν κατιέναι ὡς τὴν μὲν τῆς θαλάττης ἀρχὴν Λακεδαιμονίοις παραδώσοντες, αὐτοὶ δʼ ὑμῶν ἄρξοντες. τὸ δʼ ὑμέτερον πλῆθος κατελθὸν τοὺς μὲν πολεμίους ἐξήλασε, τῶν δὲ πολιτῶν καὶ τοὺς βουλομένους δουλεύειν ἠλευθέρωσεν·
Indeed, I think it is clear to all that these men sought to return with the intention of handing over the empire of the sea to the Lacedaemonians, and themselves ruling over you; whereas your democracy, when it returned, drove out the enemy and liberated even those of the citizens who wished to be slaves.
ὥστʼ οὐχ ὁμοίων τῶν ἔργων ἀμφοτέροις γεγενημένων τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖται.
Consequently, he makes his arguments though the deeds performed by both parties were not similar.
§35ἀλλʼ ὅμως τοσούτων συμφορῶν καὶ οὕτως αὐτῷ μεγάλων ὑπαρχουσῶν ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ πατρὸς πονηρία φιλοτιμεῖται, καὶ λέγει ὡς οὕτως ἐκεῖνος μέγα ἐδύνατο, ὥστε τῇ πόλει πάντων τῶν κακῶν αἴτιος γεγένηται.
But nevertheless, although so many and such great misfortunes belong to him because of his father's wickedness, he prides himself on it, and says that his father had such great power that he became the cause of all evils to the city.
καίτοι τίς οὕτως ἄπειρος τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδος, ὃς οὐκ ἂν βουλόμενος εἶναι πονηρὸς εἰσηγήσαιτο μὲν τοῖς πολεμίοις ἃ χρὴ καταλαβεῖν τῶν χωρίων, δηλώσειε δʼ ἂν ἃ κακῶς φυλάττεται τῶν φρουρίων, διδάξειε δʼ ἂν ἃ πονηρῶς ἔχει τῶν πραγμάτων, μηνύσειε δʼ ἂν τοὺς βουλομένους ἀφίστασθαι τῶν συμμάχων;
And yet who is so ignorant of his own fatherland that, if he wished to be wicked, he could not point out to the enemy which positions to occupy, show which of the forts are poorly guarded, teach which of our affairs are in bad shape, and disclose which of the allies wish to revolt?
§36οὐ γὰρ δήπου, ὅτε μὲν ἔφευγε, διὰ τὴν δύναμιν κακῶς οἷός τʼ ἦν ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν, ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσας κατῆλθε καὶ πολλῶν ἦρξε τριήρων, οὔτε τοὺς πολεμίους ἐδύνατο ἐκ τῆς χώρας ἐκβαλεῖν, οὔτε Χίους οὓς ἀπέστησε πάλιν φίλους ποιῆσαι, οὔτε ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἀγαθὸν ὑμᾶς ἐργάσασθαι.
For surely, when he was in exile, it was not because of his ability that he was able to do harm to the city, since after he returned by deceiving you and commanded many triremes, he was neither able to expel the enemy from the country, nor to make the Chians, whom he had caused to revolt, friends again, nor to perform any other good service for you.
§37ὥστʼ οὐ χαλεπὸν γνῶναι ὅτι Ἀλκιβιάδης δυνάμει μὲν οὐδὲν τῶν ἄλλων διέφερε, πονηρία δὲ τῶν πολιτῶν πρῶτος ἦν.
So it is not difficult to know that Alcibiades did not differ at all from others in ability, but was first of the citizens in wickedness.
ἃ μὲν γὰρ ᾔδει τῶν ὑμετέρων κακῶς ἔχοντα, μηνυτὴς αὐτῶν Λακεδαιμονίοις ἐγένετο· ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἔδει αὐτὸν στρατηγεῖν, οὐδὲν κακὸν ποιεῖν ἐκείνους ἐδύνατο, ἀλλʼ ὑποσχόμενος διʼ ἑαυτὸν παρέξειν βασιλέα χρήματα, πλεῖν ἢ διακόσια τάλαντα τῆς πόλεως ὑφείλετο.
For of those of your affairs which he knew to be in bad shape, he became the informer to the Lacedaemonians; but when he had to act as general, he was unable to do any harm to them, but after promising that he would provide money from the King through his own influence, he stole more than two hundred talents from the city.