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        <head>Φιλίππῳ, 2</head>
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<p rend="align(indent)">ἐγὼ διελέχθην μὲν καὶ πρὸς Ἀντίπατρον περί τε τῶν τῇ πόλει καὶ τῶν σοὶ συμφερόντων ἐξαρκούντως, ὡς ἐμαυτὸν ἔπειθον, ἠβουλήθην δὲ καὶ πρὸς σὲ γράψαι περὶ ὧν μοι δοκεῖ πρακτέον εἶναι μετὰ τὴν εἰρήνην, παραπλήσια μὲν τοῖς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ γεγραμμένοις, πολὺ δ’ ἐκείνων συντομώτερα.</p></div>
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             <p rend="align(indent)">κατ’ ἐκεῖνον μὲν γὰρ τὸν χρόνον συνεβούλευον ὡς χρὴ διαλλάξαντά σε τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἡμετέραν καὶ τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ τὴν Θηβαίων καὶ τὴν Ἀργείων εἰς ὁμόνοιαν καταστῆσαι τοὺς Ἕλληνας, ἡγούμενος, ἂν τὰς προεστώσας πόλεις πείσῃς οὕτω φρονεῖν, ταχέως καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἐπακολουθήσειν. τότε μὲν οὖν ἄλλος ἦν καιρός, νῦν δὲ συμβέβηκε μηκέτι δεῖν πείθειν·  διὰ γὰρ τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν γεγενημένον ἠναγκασμένοι πάντες εἰσὶν εὖ φρονεῖν καὶ τούτων ἐπιθυμεῖν ὧν ὑπονοοῦσί σε βούλεσθαι πράττειν καὶ λέγειν, ὡς δεῖ παυσαμένους τῆς μανίας καὶ τῆς πλεονεξίας, ἣν ἐποιοῦντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους, εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν τὸν πόλεμον ἐξενεγκεῖν.</p></div>
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<p>καὶ πολλοὶ πυνθάνονται παρ’ ἐμοῦ πότερον ἐγώ σοι παρῄνεσα ποιεῖσθαι τὴν στρατείαν τὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους ἢ σοῦ διανοηθέντος συνεῖπον·  ἐγὼ δ’ οὐκ εἰδέναι μέν φημι τὸ σαφές, οὐ γὰρ συγγεγενῆσθαί σοι πρότερον, οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ οἴεσθαι σὲ μὲν ἐγνωκέναι περὶ τούτων, ἐμὲ δὲ συνειρηκέναι ταῖς σαῖς ἐπιθυμίαις. ταῦτα δ’ ἀκούοντες ἐδέοντό μου πάντες παρακελεύεσθαί σοι καὶ προτρέπειν ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτῶν τούτων μένειν, ὡς οὐδέποτ’ ἂν γενομένων οὔτε καλλιόνων ἔργων οὔτ’ ὠφελιμωτέρων τοῖς Ἕλλησιν οὔτ’ ἐν καιρῷ μᾶλλον πραχθησομένων.</p></div>
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            <p rend="align(indent)">εἰ μὲν οὖν εἶχον τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἥνπερ πρότερον, καὶ μὴ παντάπασιν ἦν ἀπειρηκώς, οὐκ ἂν δι’  ἐπιστολῆς διελεγόμην, ἀλλὰ παρὼν αὐτὸς παρώξυνον ἄν σε καὶ παρεκάλουν ἐπὶ τὰς πράξεις ταύτας. νῦν δ’ ὡς δύναμαι παρακελεύομαί σοι μὴ καταμελῆσαι τούτων, πρὶν ἂν τέλος ἐπιθῇς αὐτοῖς. ἔστι δὲ πρὸς μὲν ἄλλο τι τῶν ὄντων ἀπλήστως ἔχειν οὐ καλόν, αἱ γὰρ μετριότητες παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς εὐδοκιμοῦσι, δόξης δὲ μεγάλης καὶ καλῆς ἐπιθυμεῖν καὶ μηδέποτ’ ἐμπίπλασθαι προσήκει τοῖς πολὺ τῶν ἄλλων διενεγκοῦσιν·  ὅπερ σοὶ συμβέβηκεν.</p></div>
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<p>ἡγοῦ δὲ τόθ’ ἕξειν ἀνυπέρβλητον αὐτὴν καὶ τῶν σοὶ πεπραγμένων ἀξίαν, ὅταν τοὺς μὲν βαρβάρους ἀναγκάσῃς εἱλωτεύειν τοῖς Ἕλλησι πλὴν τῶν σοὶ συναγωνισαμένων, τὸν δὲ βασιλέα τὸν νῦν μέγαν προσαγορευόμενον ποιήσῃς τοῦτο πράττειν ὅ τι ἂν σὺ προστάττῃς. οὐδὲν γὰρ ἔσται λοιπὸν ἔτι πλὴν θεὸν γενέσθαι. ταῦτα δὲ κατεργάσασθαι πολὺ ῥᾷόν ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ἢ προελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἣν νῦν ἔχεις, ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας τῆς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑμῖν ὑπαρξάσης.</p></div>
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                <p rend="align(indent)">χάριν δ’ ἔχω τῷ γήρᾳ ταύτην μόνην,  ὅτι προήγαγεν εἰς τοῦτό μου τὸν βίον, ὥσθ’ ἃ νέος ὢν διενοούμην καὶ γράφειν ἐπεχείρουν ἔν τε τῷ πανηγυρικῷ λόγῳ καὶ τῷ πρὸς σὲ πεμφθέντι, ταῦτα νῦν τὰ μὲν ἤδη γιγνόμενα διὰ τῶν σῶν ἐφορῶ πράξεων, τὰ δ’ ἐλπίζω γενήσεσθαι.</p></div>
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