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"Of the misfortunes of the war, men of
Syracuse, I have shared in a part, and not the
least; for being the father of two sons, I sent them into the struggle on behalf of the
fatherland, and I received back, in place of them, a message which announced their death.
[2]
Therefore, as I miss their companionship each day and call to
mind once more that they are dead, I deem them happy, but pity my own lot, believing myself to
be the most unfortunate of men.
[3]
For they, having expended for
the salvation of their fatherland the death which mankind owes to Nature, have left behind them
deathless renown for themselves, whereas I, bereft at the end of my days of those who were to
minister to my old age, bear a twofold sorrow, in that it is both the children of my own body
and their valour that I miss.
[4]
For the more gallant their
death, the more poignant the memory of themselves they have left behind. I have good reason,
then, for hating the Athenians, since it is because of them that I am being guided here, not by
my own sons, but, as you can see, by slaves.
[5]
Now if I
perceived, men of Syracuse, that the matter under
discussion was merely a decision affecting the Athenians, I with good reason, both because of
the misfortunes of our country, shared by all, and because of my personal afflictions, should
have dealt bitterly with them; but since, along with consideration of the pity which is shown
to unfortunates, the question at issue concerns both the good of the State and the fame of the
people of the Syracusans which will be spread abroad to all mankind, I shall direct my proposal
solely to the question of expediency.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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