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ill effects。 Countless sources of revenue have failed察or if they have still
flowed in察been lavishly expended on a multiplicity of things。 Whereas撮20А
now that peace is established by sea察our revenues have expanded and the
citizens of Athens have it in their power to turn these to account as they
like best。
19АReading epanoskopoin。
20АOr察 But the moment peace has been restored。;
But if you turn on me with the question察 Do you really mean that
even in the event of unjust attacks upon our city on the part of any察we are
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still resolutely to observe peace towards that offender拭─I answer distinctly察
No But察on the contrary察I maintain that we shall all the more promptly
retaliate on such aggression in proportion as we have done no wrong to
any one ourselves。 Since that will be to rob the aggressor of his allies。21А
21АReading察after Cobet察。ei medena uparkhoimen adikountes。 Or察
if the vulgate ei medena parakhoimen adikounta察transl。 ;if we can
show complete innocence on our own side。;
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VI
But now察if none of these proposals be impracticable or even difficult
of execution察if rather by giving them effect we may conciliate further the
friendship of Hellas察 whilst we strengthen our own administration and
increase our fame察if by the same means the people shall be provided with
the necessaries of life察and our rich men be relieved of expenditure on war察
if with the large surplus to be counted on察we are in a position to conduct
our festivals on an even grander scale than heretofore察 to restore our
temples察 to rebuild our forts and docks察 and to reinstate in their ancient
privileges our priests察 our senators察 our magistrates察 and our knights
surely it were but reasonable to enter upon this project speedily察so that we
too察even in our own day察may witness the unclouded dawn of prosperity
in store for our city。
But if you are agreed to carry out this plan察there is one further counsel
which I would urge upon you。 Send to Dodona and to Delphi察I would beg
you察and consult the will of Heaven whether such a provision and such a
policy on our part be truly to the interest of Athens both for the present
and for the time to come。 If the consent of Heaven be thus obtained察we
ought then察I say察to put a further question此whose special favour among
the gods shall we seek to secure with a view to the happier execution of
these measures拭
And in accordance with that answer察let us offer a sacrifice of happy
omen to the deities so named察 and commence the work察 since if these
transactions be so carried out with the will of God察have we not the right to
prognosticate some further advance in the path of political progress for
this whole state拭
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