{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0284.tlg036.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg036.local001","title":"Λευκτρικὸς Δ. (ὑπὲρ Θηβαίων δεύτερος)","titleGreek":"Λευκτρικὸς Δ. (ὑπὲρ Θηβαίων δεύτερος)","alternateTitles":[],"author":"Aelius Aristides","authorityName":"Aelius ARISTIDES Rhet.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0284-aelius-aristides/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0284-aelius-aristides/","editors":["Wilhelm Dindorf"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Trustees of Tufts University","sourceTitle":"Aristides","edition":null,"publisher":"Reimer","place":"Leipzig","date":"1829","volume":"1","series":null,"citation":null,"citationShort":null},"rights":{"text":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},"provenance":{"authority":"Perseus Project","sponsors":["Perseus Project, Tufts University"],"funders":["Google Digital Humanities Awards Program"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Prepared under the supervision of","names":["Bridget Almas","Lisa Cerrato"]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4287026&view=2up&seq=701","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Aelius Aristides. Λευκτρικὸς Δ. (ὑπὲρ Θηβαίων δεύτερος). ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. Aristides, Leipzig, Reimer, 1829. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg036.local001","excerpt":"εἰκότως, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλῶν λόγων ἐδέησε τοῖς ὑπὲρ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων λέγουσιν, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἄρα ἁπλᾶ ὥσπερ τὰ Θηβαίων, ἀλλʼ ἐδεῖτό τινος κομψοτέρου μοι δοκεῖν ῥήτορος. ἐγὼ δʼ εἰμὶ μὲν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, τῶν οὐ πρότερον φίλους Θηβαίους ἤπερ ὑμεῖς ἅπαντες κρινάντων, ὁρῶ δὲ τοῖς μὲν Λακεδαιμονίοις ἐνυπάρχον εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν τὸ μὴ δεῖν μνησικακεῖν, τοῖς δὲ Θηβαίοις αὐτό τε τοῦτο καὶ τὸ ὧν εὖ πεπόνθαμεν δεῖν μεμνῆσθαι. ὥστʼ εἰ πεπαῦσθαι δεῖ μισοῦντας, πάλαι πεπαύμεθα Θηβαίους· καὶ εἰ Λακεδαιμονίοις ἰσχυρὸν τὸ μηκέθʼ ὑμᾶς κακῶς ποιεῖν δύνασθαι, πολὺ Θηβαίοις ἰσχυρότερον τὸ βουλομένους εὖ ποιεῖν ἐκ πολλοῦ πεφηνέναι. ἐκείνους μὲν οὖν μηκέτʼ ἐχθροὺς νομίζειν παραινοῦσιν οὗτοι, τούτους δʼ ὁρῶ φίλους ὑπάρχοντας πρὶν καὶ καλεῖν ἡμᾶς. εἰ δὲ τοσοῦτον δύναται τὸ τὴν ἔχθραν καταθέσθαι, ὥστʼ εὐθὺς συμμάχους ἔχειν ὑμᾶς, τό γε ἐσχηκέναι πρότερον τοὺς ἑτέρους, ὃ νῦν οὗτοι σπουδάζουσι, ποῦ θήσομεν; καὶ οὐκ…","divisions":[{"label":"Jebb Page 457","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-457"},{"label":"Jebb Page 458","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-458"},{"label":"Jebb Page 459","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-459"},{"label":"Jebb Page 460","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-460"},{"label":"Jebb Page 461","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-461"},{"label":"Jebb Page 462","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-462"},{"label":"Jebb Page 463","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-463"},{"label":"Jebb Page 464","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-464"},{"label":"Jebb Page 465","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/#tlg0284-tlg036-local001-465"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0284.tlg036.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0284/tlg036/local001.json.gz"}}