[169]
Now if, men of
Athens, his public services and
his conduct were really what he will presently in court allege and boast them to
have been and not what I thus prove them to have been, even so surely he has no
right, under cover of his services, to escape the punishment due to his insolent
acts. For I know that there are many men who have done you great and useful
service—though not after the style of Meidias! Some have won naval
victories, others have captured cities, others have set up many glorious
trophies to the credit of the State.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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