ἑτέρων γὰρ ἡγεμόνων γενομένων ἐνίκησαν μὲν ναυμαχοῦντες τοὺς Ἕλληνας οἱ πρότερον εἰς τὴν θάλατταν οὐκ ἐμβαίνοντες, ἔπλευσαν δ᾽ εἰς τὴν Εὐρώπην, δουλεύουσι δὲ πόλεις τῶν Ἑλλήνων, τύραννοι δ᾽ ἐγκαθεστᾶσιν, οἱ μὲν μετὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν συμφοράν, οἱ δὲ μετὰ τὴν νίκην τῶν βαρβάρων. [60] ὥστ᾽ ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ τότε κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι καὶ πενθῆσαι τοὺς ἐνθάδε κειμένους, ὡς συγκαταθαπτομένης τῆς αὑτῶν ἐλευθερίας τῇ τούτων ἀρετῇ: ὡς δυστυχὴς μὲν ἡ Ἑλλὰς τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν ὀρφανὴ γενομένη, εὐτυχὴς δ᾽ ὁ τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλεὺς ἑτέρων ἡγεμόνων λαβόμενος: τῇ μὲν γὰρ τούτων στερηθείσῃ δουλεία περιέστηκε, τῷ δ᾽ ἄλλων ἀρξάντων ζῆλος ἐγγίγνεται τῆς τῶν προγόνων διανοίας.
All three translations I consulted take the underlined words as irreal: "So it would have been fitting for Greece..." But what cue is there to take it like that, rather than "So it was fitting for Greece...". Shouldn't we have ἄν or something somewhere?
Thanks.
Lysias 2. 60
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Re: Lysias 2. 60
This is explained in Smyth 2313:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... thp%3D2313
See this, too:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... thp%3D1774
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... thp%3D2313
See this, too:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... thp%3D1774
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Re: Lysias 2. 60
Thanks! We can always count on you!