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42.
Indeed if I have dwelt at some length upon
the character of our country, it has been to show that our stake in the
struggle is not the same as theirs who have no such blessings to lose, and
also that the panegyric of the men over whom I am now speaking might be by
definite proofs established.
[2]
That panegyric is now in a great measure complete; for the Athens that I have celebrated is only what the heroism of these and
their like have made her,
men whose fame, unlike at of most Hellenes, will
be found to be only commensurate with their deserts.
And if a test of worth be wanted, it is to be found in their closing scene,
and this not only in the cases in which it set the final seal upon their
merit, but also in those in which it gave the first intimation of their
having any.
[3]
For there is justice in the claim that steadfastness in his country's
battles should be as a cloak to cover a man's other imperfections; since the good action has blotted out the bad, and his merit as a citizen
more than outweighed his demerits as an individual.
[4]
But none of these allowed either wealth with its prospect of future
enjoyment to unnerve his spirit, or poverty with its hope of a day of
freedom and riches to tempt him to shrink from danger.
No, holding that vengeance upon their enemies was more to be desired than
any personal blessings, and reckoning this to be the most glorious of
hazards, they joyfully determined to accept the risk, to make sure of their
vengeance and to let their wishes wait; and while committing to hope the uncertainty of final success, in the
business before them they thought fit to act boldly and trust in themselves.
Thus choosing to die resisting, rather than to live submitting, they fled
only from dishonor, but met danger face to face, and after one brief moment,
while at the summit of their fortune, escaped, not from their fear, but from
their glory.
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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 102
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 439
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6, 6.33
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- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE CASES
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter II
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- LSJ, ἀφα^ν-ής
- LSJ, ἀκμή
- LSJ, ἀναβολ-ή
- LSJ, ἀνδραγαθ-ία
- LSJ, ἀπαλλάσσω
- LSJ, δι^δασκα^λ-ία
- LSJ, εὐλογ-ία
- LSJ, ἡγέομαι
- LSJ, ἰσόρροπ-ος
- LSJ, καθίστημι
- LSJ, καταστροφ-ή
- LSJ, κοινός
- LSJ, κοσμ-έω
- LSJ, λαμβάνω
- LSJ, μα^λα^κ-ίζομαι
- LSJ, μηκύν-ω
- LSJ, ποθεινός
- LSJ, προτίθημι
- LSJ, ὑμν-έω
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