§38καὶ οὕτω πολλὰ ἐνόμιζεν εἰς ὑμᾶς ἡμαρτηκέναι, ὥστε λέγειν δυνάμενος καὶ φίλων ὄντων καὶ χρήματα κεκτημένος οὐδέποτʼ ἐλθὼν εὐθύνας ἐτόλμησε δοῦναι, ἀλλὰ φυγὴν αὑτοῦ καταγνοὺς καὶ Θράκης καὶ πάσης πόλεως ἐβούλετο πολίτης γενέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς πατρίδος εἶναι τῆς ἑαυτοῦ.
And he believed that he had committed so many offenses against you that, although he was able to speak, had friends, and possessed wealth, he never dared to come and render his accounts; instead, condemning himself to exile, he wished to become a citizen of Thrace or of any other city rather than to belong to his own fatherland.
καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὑπερβολὴν ποιησάμενος τῆς προτέρας πονηρίας ἐτόλμησε τὰς ναῦς Λυσάνδρῳ μετὰ Ἀδειμάντου προδοῦναι.
And finally, gentlemen of the jury, going beyond his former wickedness, he dared to betray the ships to Lysander along with Adeimantus.
§39ὥστε εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἢ τοὺς τεθνεῶτας ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ ἐλεεῖ, ἢ ὑπὲρ τῶν δουλευσάντων τοῖς πολεμίοις αἰσχύνεται, ἢ τῶν τειχῶν καθῃρημένων ἀγανακτεῖ, ἢ Λακεδαιμονίους μισεῖ, ἢ τοῖς τριάκοντα ὀργίζεται, τούτων ἁπάντων χρὴ τὸν τούτου πατέρα αἴτιον ἡγεῖσθαι, καὶ ἐνθυμηθῆναι ὅτι Ἀλκιβιάδην μὲν τὸν πρόπαππον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν πατρὸς πρὸς μητρὸς πάππον Μεγακλέα οἱ ὑμέτεροι πρόγονοι δὶς ἀμφοτέρους ἐξωστράκισαν, τοῦ δὲ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν θάνατον κατέγνωσαν,
So, if any of you either pities those who died in the naval battle, or feels shame for those who became slaves to the enemy, or is indignant at the destruction of the walls, or hates the Lacedaemonians, or is angry with the Thirty, he must hold this man's father responsible for all these things, and bear in mind that your ancestors twice ostracized both his great-grandfather Alcibiades and his maternal grandfather Megacles, and that the elders among you condemned his father to death.
§40ὥστε νῦν χρὴ ἡγησαμένους πατρικὸν ἐχθρὸν τοῦτον εἶναι τῇ πόλει καταψηφίσασθαι, καὶ μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χάριν μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων τῶν κειμένων καὶ τῶν ὅρκων οὓς ὠμόσατε.
Therefore, you must now consider this man to be an ancestral enemy of the city and find him guilty, and hold neither pity nor pardon nor any favor of more importance than the established laws and the oaths you have sworn.
§41σκέψασθαι δὲ χρή, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, διὰ τί ἄν τις τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν φείσαιτο;
And you must consider, gentlemen of the jury, for what reason one should spare such men.
πότερον ὡς πρὸς μὲν τὴν πόλιν δεδυστυχήκασιν, ἄλλως δὲ κόσμοί εἰσι καὶ σωφρόνως βεβιώκασιν;
Is it because they have been unfortunate indeed toward the city, but otherwise lead orderly and temperate lives?
οὐχ οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ αὐτῶν ἡταιρήκασιν, οἱ δʼ ἀδελφαῖς συγγεγόνασι, τοῖς δʼ ἐκ θυγατέρων παῖδες γεγόνασιν,
Have not most of them prostituted themselves, while some have lain with their sisters, and others have had children by their daughters?
§42οἱ δὲ μυστήρια πεποιήκασι καὶ τοὺς Ἑρμᾶς περικεκόφασι καὶ περὶ πάντας τοὺς θεοὺς ἠσεβήκασι καὶ εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν πόλιν ἡμαρτήκασιν, ἀδίκως καὶ παρανόμως καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους πολιτευόμενοι καὶ πρὸς σφᾶς αὐτοὺς διακείμενοι, οὐδεμιᾶς τόλμης ἀπεχόμενοι, οὐδὲ ἔργου δεινοῦ ἄπειροι γεγενημένοι;
Have they not performed the mysteries, mutilated the Hermae, committed impiety toward all the gods, and sinned against the whole city, acting unjustly and unlawfully both toward the other citizens and in their relations with one another, refraining from no audacity and remaining inexperienced in no terrible deed?
ἀλλὰ καὶ πεπόνθασιν καὶ πεποιήκασιν ἅπαντα.
Indeed, they have suffered and done all things.
οὕτω γὰρ διάκεινται, ὥστʼ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῖς καλοῖς αἰσχύνεσθαι, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς κακοῖς φιλοτιμεῖσθαι.
For they are so disposed as to be ashamed of honorable things, but to pride themselves on evil ones.
§43καὶ μὲν δή, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἤδη τινῶν ἀπεψηφίσασθε ἀδικεῖν μὲν νομίσαντες, οἰόμενοι δʼ εἰς τὸ λοιπὸν χρησίμους ὑμῖν ἔσεσθαι.
And indeed, gentlemen of the jury, you have already acquitted some, although you believed they were doing wrong, because you thought they would be useful to you in the future.
τίς οὖν ἐλπὶς ὑπὸ τούτου τι ἀγαθὸν πείσεσθαι τὴν πόλιν, ὃν ὑμεῖς, ὅτι μὲν οὐδενὸς ἄξιός ἐστιν, ἐπειδὰν ἀπολογῆται, εἴσεσθε, ὅτι δὲ πονηρός ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἤσθησθε;
What hope is there, then, that the city will receive any benefit from this man, whom you will know to be worth nothing when he makes his defense, and whom you have already perceived to be wicked from his other practices?
§44ἀλλὰ μὲν δὴ οὐδʼ ἂν ἐξελθὼν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως οὐδὲν δύναιτο κακὸν ὑμᾶς ἐργάσασθαι, δειλὸς ὢν καὶ πένης καὶ πράττειν ἀδύνατος καὶ τοῖς οἰκείοις διάφορος καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων μισούμενος.
But indeed, even if he went out of the city, he would be unable to do you any harm, being a coward, poor, incapable of action, at variance with his relatives, and hated by everyone else.
ὥστʼ οὐδὲ τούτων ἕνεκα αὐτὸν ἄξιον φυλάττεσθαι, §45ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον παράδειγμα ποιῆσαι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ τοῖς τούτου φίλοις, οἳ τὰ μὲν προσταττόμενα ποιεῖν οὐκ ἐθέλουσι, τοιούτων δʼ ἔργων ἐπιθυμοῦσι, καὶ περὶ τῶν σφετέρων αὐτῶν κακῶς βουλευσάμενοι περὶ τῶν ὑμετέρων δημηγοροῦσιν.
Consequently, not even for these reasons is it worth while to guard him, but much more to make him an example both to the others and to his friends, who do not wish to do what is commanded but desire such deeds, and having counselled badly about their own affairs, make speeches before the assembly about yours.
§46ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ὡς ἐδυνάμην ἄριστα κατηγόρηκα, ἐπίσταμαι δʼ ὅτι οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι τῶν ἀκροωμένων θαυμάζουσιν, ὅπως ποθʼ οὕτως ἀκριβῶς ἐδυνήθην ἐξευρεῖν τὰ τούτων ἁμαρτήματα, οὗτος δέ μου καταγελᾷ, ὅτι οὐδὲ πολλοστὸν μέρος εἴρηκα τῶν τούτοις ὑπαρχόντων κακῶν.
I, for my part, have made the accusation as best I could; and I know that while the others among the listeners wonder how on earth I was able to discover their offenses so accurately, this man laughs at me because I have not spoken of even a small fraction of the evils that belong to them.
§47ὑμεῖς οὖν καὶ τὰ εἰρημένα καὶ τὰ παραλελειμμένα ἀναλογισάμενοι πολὺ μᾶλλον αὐτοῦ καταψηφίσασθε, ἐνθυμηθέντες ὅτι ἔνοχος μέν ἐστι τῇ γραφῇ, μεγάλη δʼ εὐτυχία τὸ τοιούτων πολιτῶν ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῇ πόλει.
You, therefore, considering both what has been said and what has been omitted, must find him guilty much more, reflecting that he is liable under the indictment, and that it is a great piece of fortune for the city to be rid of such citizens.
ἀνάγνωθι δʼ αὐτοῖς τοὺς νόμους καὶ τοὺς ὅρκους καὶ τὴν γραφήν· καὶ τούτων μεμνημένοι ψηφιοῦνται τὰ δίκαια.
Read to them the laws, the oaths, and the indictment; and remembering these, they will vote for what is just.
Νόμοι
Ὅρκοι
Γραφή
Laws Oaths Indictment