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The political situation in which Agoratus, according to the prosecution, committed his crimes. |
δεῖ δ’ ὑμᾶς, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐξ ἀρχῆς τῶν πραγμάτων ἁπάντων ἀκοῦσαι, ἵν’ εἰδῆτε πρῶτον μὲν ᾧ τρόπῳ ὑμῖν ἡ δημοκρατία κατελύθη καὶ ὑφ’ ὅτου, ἔπειτα ᾧ τρόπῳ οἱ ἄνδρες ὑπ’ Ἀγοράτου ἀπέθανον, καὶ δὴ ὅ τι ἀποθνῄσκειν μέλλοντες ἐπέσκηψαν· ἅπαντα γὰρ ταῦτα ἀκριβῶς ἂν μαθόντες ἥδιον καὶ ὁσιώτερον Ἀγοράτου τουτουὶ καταψηφίζοισθε. ὅθεν οὖν ἡμεῖς τε ῥᾷστα διδάξομεν καὶ ὑμεῖς μαθήσεσθε, ἐντεῦθεν ὑμῖν ἄρξομαι διηγεῖσθαι. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ αἱ νῆες αἱ ὑμέτεραι διεφθάρησαν καὶ τὰ πράγματα τὰ ἐν τῇ πόλει ἀσθενέστερα ἐγεγένητο, οὐ πολλῷ χρόνῳ ὕστερον αἵ τε νῆες αἱ Λακεδαιμονίων ἐπὶ τὸν Πειραιᾶ ἀφικνοῦνται, καὶ ἅμα λόγοι πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης ἐγίγνοντο. ἐν δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ οἱ βουλόμενοι νεώτερα πράγματα ἐν τῇ πόλει γίγνεσθαι ἐπεβούλευον, νομίζοντες κάλλιστον καιρὸν εἰληφέναι καὶ μάλιστ’ ἂν ἐν τῷ τότε χρόνῳ τὰ πράγματα, ὡς αὐτοὶ ἐβούλοντο, καταστήσασθαι. |
ἐπισκήπτω - instruct, urge (someone to do something) οὑτοσι - οὗτος strengthened with -ι καταψηφίζομαι + gen - vote in condemnation of ἐντεῦθεν - from this place or from that place, correlative with ὅθεν Πειραῖα - accusative of nominative Πειραιεύς εἰρήνη, ης f. - peace νεώτερα πράγματα = Lat. res novae καί - here co-ordinates and links the two infinitives that depend on νομιζοντες τὰ πράγματα καθίσταμαι - establish a government, establish a political order |
(1A 2 2008) |
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Constructions illustrated in this passage:
- correlatives (sentence 228)
- primary purpose clauses (sentence 195)
- circumstantial participles (sentence 227)
- ὁστις (sentence 195)
- relative clauses (sentence 195)
- δεῖ (sentence 195)
- the genitive of hearing (sentence 195)
- μέλλω (sentence 195)
- deictic iota (sentence 227)