Φίλιππος

Sections

1 – 2 3 – 4 5 – 6 7 – 8 9 – 11 12 – 13 14 – 16 17 – 18 19 – 21 22 – 23 24 – 26 27 – 28 29 – 30 31 – 32 33 – 34 35 – 37 38 – 39 40 – 41 42 – 43 44 – 45 46 – 48 49 – 50 51 – 51 52 – 52 53 – 53 54 – 55 56 – 57 58 – 59 60 – 61 62 – 63 64 – 65 66 – 67 68 – 69 70 – 72 73 – 73 74 – 74 75 – 76 77 – 79 80 – 81 82 – 83 84 – 85 86 – 88 89 – 90 91 – 92 93 – 94 95 – 96 97 – 98 99 – 100 101 – 102 103 – 104 105 – 106 107 – 108 109 – 110 111 – 112 113 – 114 115 – 117 118 – 119 120 – 121 122 – 123 124 – 126 127 – 128 129 – 130 131 – 133 134 – 136 137 – 139 140 – 142 143 – 145 146 – 148 149 – 151 152 – 153 154 – 155

İngilizce İngilizce

3 For they were spurring you on to the war by seconding your covetousness, while I, on the contrary, expressed no opinion whatever on the points in controversy, but occupied myself with a plea which I conceived to be more than all others conducive to peace, maintaining that both you and the Athenians were mistaken about the real state of affairs and that you were fighting in support of our interests, and our city in support of your power; for it was to your advantage, I urged, that we should possess the territory of Amphipolis, while it was in no possible way to our advantage to acquire it.

4 Yes, and I so impressed my hearers by my statement of the case that not one of them thought of applauding my oratory or the finish and the purity of my style, as some are wont to do, but instead they marvelled at the truth of my arguments, and were convinced that only on certain conditions could you and the Athenians be made to cease from your contentious rivalry.