§2.1Idem cum prope ad annum octogesimum prospera pervenisset fortuna, extremis temporibus magnum in odium pervenit suorum civium, §2.2primo quod cum Demade de urbe tradenda Antipatro consenserat eiusque consilio Demosthenes cum ceteris, qui bene de re publica meriti existimabantur, populi scito in exilium erant expulsi.
When the same man had reached nearly his eightieth year in prosperous fortune, in his final days he fell into the great hatred of his fellow citizens, first because he had agreed with Demades about surrendering the city to Antipater, and by his advice Demosthenes, along with the others who were thought to have deserved well of the republic, had been driven into exile by a decree of the people.
neque in eo solum offenderat, quod patriae male consuluerat, sed etiam quod amicitiae fidem non praestiterat.
And he had offended not only in this, that he had counselled poorly for his country, but also that he had not maintained the loyalty of friendship.
§2.3namque auctus adiutusque a Demosthene eum, quem tenebat, ascenderat gradum, cum adversus Charetem eum subornaret: ab eodem in iudiciis, cum capitis causam diceret, defensus aliquotiens, liberatus discesserat.
For, having been elevated and helped by Demosthenes, he had ascended to that step which he held, when Demosthenes supported him against Chares; and having been defended several times by the same man in trials when he was pleading for his life, he had departed acquitted.
hunc non solum in periculis non defendit, sed etiam prodidit.
This man he not only failed to defend in dangers, but even betrayed.
§2.4concidit autem maxime uno crimine, quod, cum apud eum summum esset imperium populi iussu et Nicanorem, Cassandri praefectum, insidiari Piraeo a Dercylo moneretur idemque postularet ut provideret, ne commeatibus civitas privaretur, huic audiente populo Phocion negavit esse periculum seque eius rei obsidem fore pollicitus est.
But he fell especially because of one accusation: namely, that when the supreme command was in his hands by order of the people, and he was warned by Dercylus that Nicanor, the prefect of Cassander, was plotting against the Piraeus, and the same man demanded that he should take precautions so that the city would not be deprived of provisions, Phocion denied to him, in the hearing of the people, that there was any danger, and promised that he himself would be a surety for that matter.
§2.5neque ita multo post Nicanor Piraeo est potitus.
And not so long afterward, Nicanor made himself master of the Piraeus.
ad quem recuperandum cum populus armatus concurrisset, ille non modo neminem ad arma vocavit, sed ne armatis quidem praeesse voluit.
When the armed populace had rushed together to recover it, Phocion not only called no one to arms, but did not even wish to command those who were armed.