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. 1875 edition.: ...possible, it is not possible that you erred, men of Athens, in taking on yourselves the danger in behalf of the liberty and safety of all; no! by those of your ancestors who were foremost in the danger at Marathon, and by those who drew up their lines in battle array at Platrca, and by those who fought in the naval engagement at Salamis, and by those at Artemisium, and many others, those who rest in our public cemeteries, brave men, all of whom without distinction the city, deeming (them all) worthy of the same honor, has buried, iEschines, --not alone those of them who were successful, not those alone who were victorious. 3. Ov fiovhofiai Bvo-)(epes evrreLv ovSev apofievo? Tov Xoyov. I do not wish to say anything unpleasant in the beginning of my speech. 4. Kvpos Ovtom ereevTtjaev, avt)p cov UepaSsv rcov fiera Kvpov Tov apaiov yevofiepcop ffaaiXiKajaro Te Kal apeiv dgianaros. Cyrus thus died, being a1 man, of the Persians who have lived since the ancient Cyrus, both most royal and most worthy to rule. Vocabulary. Cemetery, pvijpa, aros, To: strictly, a monument, especially in memory of the dead; then, a place of monuments, a cemetery. Brave, dyaOds, r), ov, in a military sense. Without distinction, in like manner, 6/iotW Bury, ddrrra. It is possible, ?o-riv (note the accent). It is not possible that, Ovk eoriv Snas, w. indie. No! by, pd w. acc. Ancestor, irpoyovos, ov, 6. Marathon, Mapadtov, avos, r). At Marathon, Mapadavi (notice here the dat. of place). To say, to speak, emelv (only in aor., pres. qvpi). Unpleasant, 8vo-xepr)s, is. Beginning, in the beginning of, dpxnpcvos, n, ov, w. gen. Speech, 6yos, ov, 6. To be Written. 1. Those who hear are for the most part masters of the power of those who speak. 2. He who hears, one might almost say, is master of the power of him who speaks. 3. Those who fought in the naval engagement at Salamis did not err in taking on themselves the danger in behalf of the liberty and safety of all. 4. Not..
