the Greeks, nor was a Greek city enslaved by the barbarians. Such was the
moderation and fear their valor produced on all men. For this reason they
alone must be the champions of the Greeks and leaders of the cities.

56. And also in adversity they showed their valor. For when the ships
were lost in the Hellespont, either through the fault of the commander or
by the will of the gods, and when that great disaster resulted to us and
all the Greeks, they showed not long after that the power of the city was
the safety of Greece. 59. For under the leadership of others those
conquered the Greeks in naval battle who formerly had not embarked upon
the sea, and they sailed to Europe, and enslaved Greek cities and
established tyrannies, some after our disaster, and some after the
victory of the barbarians. 60. So it would be fitting for Greece to
grieve at his tomb, and bewail those who lie there, as if her freedom
were buried with their valor, so unfortunate is Greece in being bereft of
such men, and so fortunate is the king of Asia in meeting other leaders;
for bereft of these, slavery is their fate, while in the others a desire
springs up to emulate the wisdom of their ancestors.

61. But I have been led off to lament for all Greece; but it is fitting
to remember these men both in private and in public, who hated slavery
and fought for justice and struggled for the democracy, and having made
all men their enemies they went to the Piraeus, not compelled by law, but
impelled by instinct, imitating in fresh dangers the valor of their
ancestors, (62) and by their own courage securing the city as a common
possession for the rest also, choosing death and liberty rather than life
and slavery, no less through shame of their lack of success than through
anger at their enemies, preferring to die in their own country to living
in a foreign land, having as allies oaths and agreements, and as enemies
both the former ones and their own citizens. 63. But not fearing the