§1ὤιμην μέν, ὦ βουλή, οὐκ ἄν ποτʼ εἰς τοῦτο τόλμης Φίλωνα ἀφικέσθαι, ὥστε ἐθελῆσαι εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν δοκιμασθησόμενον· ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐχ ἕν τι μόνον ἀλλὰ πολλὰ τολμηρός ἐστιν, §2ἐγὼ δὲ ὀμόσας εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ βουλευτήριον τὰ βέλτιστα βουλεύσειν τῇ πόλει, ἔνεστί τε ἐν τῷ ὅρκῳ ἀποφανεῖν εἴ τίς τινα οἶδε τῶν λαχόντων ἀνεπιτήδειον ὄντα βουλεύειν, ἐγὼ τὴν κατὰ τουτουὶ Φίλωνος ποιήσομαι κατηγορίαν, οὐ μέντοι γε ἰδίαν ἔχθραν οὐδεμίαν μεταπορευόμενος, οὐδὲ τῷ δύνασθαι καὶ εἰωθέναι λέγειν ἐν ὑμῖν ἐπαρθείς, ἀλλὰ τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αὐτοῦ πιστεύων, καὶ τοῖς ὅρκοις οἷς ὤμοσα ἐμμένειν ἀξιῶν.
I thought indeed, members of the Council, that Philon would never have reached such a pitch of audacity as to be willing to come before you to be examined; but since he is audacious not in one thing only but in many, and since I entered the council chamber having sworn to give the best counsel to the city, and it is contained in the oath to declare if anyone knows any of those chosen by lot to be unfit to serve on the Council, I shall make the accusation against this Philon, not pursuing any personal enmity, nor elated because of my ability and habit of speaking before you, but trusting in the multitude of his misdeeds, and deeming it right to abide by the oaths which I swore.
§3γνώσεσθε μὲν οὖν ὅτι οὐκ ἀπὸ ἴσης παρασκευῆς ἐγώ τε τοῦτον ἐλέγξω οἷός ἐστι, καὶ οὗτος ἐπεχείρησε πονηρὸς εἶναι· ὅμως δʼ εἴ τι ἐγὼ ἐλλείποιμι τῷ λόγῳ τῆς κατηγορίας, οὐκ ἂν δίκαιος εἴη οὗτος διὰ τοῦτο ὠφεληθῆναι, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον, ὅ τι ἱκανῶς διδάξαιμι, §4ἐκ τούτων ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι.
You will know, then, that it is not with equal preparation that I shall expose what kind of man he is, and that he attempted to be wicked; nevertheless, if I should fall short in any way in the speech of the accusation, it would not be just for him to benefit on this account, but rather, on the basis of what I should sufficiently demonstrate, he should be rejected.
ἐνδεῶς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τὴν ἀπειρίαν πάντων τῶν τούτῳ πεπραγμένων, ἱκανῶς δὲ διὰ τὴν περὶ αὐτὸν κακίαν εἰρηκὼς ἂν εἴην.
For on the one hand, I might speak inadequately because of my inexperience of all that has been done by him, but on the other hand, I would have spoken sufficiently because of his own wickedness.
ἀξιῶ δὲ καὶ ὑμῶν οἵτινες δυνατώτεροι ἐμοῦ εἰσι λέγειν, ἀποφῆναι μείζω ὄντα αὐτοῦ τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, καὶ ἐξ ἂν ἐγὼ ὑπολίπω, πάλιν αὐτοὺς περὶ ὧν ἴσασι κατηγορῆσαι Φίλωνος· οὐ γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ μόνου λεγομένων δεῖ ὑμᾶς περὶ αὐτοῦ ὁποῖός ἐστι σκέψασθαι.
And I ask also those of you who are more capable of speaking than I, to show that his misdeeds are greater, and from what I leave out, to accuse Philon again in turn about what they know; for you must not judge what kind of man he is solely from what is said by me alone.
§5ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ ἄλλους τινάς φημι δίκαιον εἶναι βουλεύειν περὶ ἡμῶν, ἢ τοὺς πρὸς τῷ εἶναι πολίτας καὶ ἐπιθυμοῦντας τούτου.
For I declare that it is not just for any others to serve on the Council concerning us than those who, in addition to being citizens, also desire to be so.
τούτοις μὲν γὰρ μεγάλα τὰ διαφέροντά ἐστιν εὖ τε πράττειν τὴν πόλιν τήνδε καὶ ἀνεπιτηδείως διὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἡγεῖσθαι εἶναι μετέχειν τὸ μέρος τῶν δεινῶν, §6ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν μετέχουσι·
For to these men it makes a great difference whether this city fares well or ill, because they consider it necessary for themselves to share in their portion of the dangers, just as they share in the goods.
ὅσοι δὲ φύσει μὲν πολῖταί εἰσι, γνώμῃ δὲ χρῶνται ὡς πᾶσα γῆ πατρὶς αὐτοῖς ἐστιν ἐν ᾗ ἂν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἔχωσιν, οὗτοι δῆλοί εἰσιν ὅτι κἂν παρέντες τὸ τῆς πόλεως κοινὸν ἀγαθὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἑαυτῶν ἴδιον κέρδος ἔλθοιεν διὰ τὸ μὴ τὴν πόλιν ἀλλὰ τὴν οὐσίαν πατρίδα ἑαυτοῖς ἡγεῖσθαι.
But as many as are citizens by nature, yet hold the opinion that every land is their fatherland in which they may have their necessities, these are clearly the ones who would even neglect the common good of the city and go after their own private gain, because they consider not the city but their property to be their fatherland.
§7ἐγὼ τοίνυν ἀποφανῶ Φίλωνα τουτονὶ περὶ πλείονος ποιησάμενον τὴν ἰδίαν ἀσφάλειαν ἢ τὸν κοινὸν τῆς πόλεως κίνδυνον, καὶ ἡγησάμενον κρεῖττον εἶναι αὐτὸν ἀκινδύνως τὸν βίον διάγειν ἢ τὴν πόλιν σῴζειν ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις πολίταις κινδυνεύοντα.
I will therefore show that this Philon valued his private safety more than the common danger of the city, and deemed it better for himself to pass his life without danger than to save the city by facing danger in the same manner as the other citizens.
§8οὗτος γάρ, ὦ βουλή, ὅτε ἡ συμφορὰ τῇ πόλει ἦν (ἧς ἐγώ, καθʼ ὅσον ἀναγκάζομαι, κατὰ τοσοῦτον μέμνημαι), ἐκκεκηρυγμένος ἐκ τοῦ ἄστεως ὑπὸ τῶν τριάκοντα μετὰ τοῦ ἄλλου πλήθους τῶν πολιτῶν τέως μὲν ᾤκει ἐν ἀγρῷ, ἐπειδὴ δὲ οἱ ἀπὸ Φυλῆς κατῆλθον εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ, καὶ οὐ μόνον οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἐκ τῆς ὑπερορίας οἱ μὲν εἰς τὸ ἄστυ οἱ δʼ εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ συνελέγοντο, καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ἕκαστος οἷός τʼ ἦν, κατὰ τοσοῦτον ἐβοήθει τῇ πατρίδι, τὰ ἐναντία ἅπασι τοῖς ἄλλοις πολίταις ἐποίησε·
For, members of the Council, when the disaster befell the city (of which I make mention only so far as I am compelled), this man, having been banished from the city by the Thirty together with the rest of the multitude of the citizens, dwelt for a time in the country; but when the men from Phyle returned to Piraeus, and not only those from the country but also those from foreign parts assembled, some into the city and others into Piraeus, and each helped the fatherland so far as he was able, he did the opposite of all the other citizens.