Wednesday, April 05, 2023
Question
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.17.3 (tr. Earnest Cary):
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"What other power, indeed," he asked, "shall we have after this, if we are not allowed even that of speaking?"Id.:
"τίνος γὰρ ἂν ἔτι γενοίμεθ", ἔφη, "κύριοι τῶν ἄλλων, εἰ μηδὲ τοῦ λέγειν ἐσόμεθα;"
For words, I presume, are the beginning of all action; and it is obvious that those who are not allowed to say what they think will not be allowed to do, either, what they please.
ἄρχουσι γὰρ δήπου παντὸς ἔργου λόγοι, καὶ οὐκ ἄδηλον, ὅτι οἷς εἰπεῖν ἃ φρονοῦσιν οὐκ ἔξεστιν, οὐδὲ πρᾶξαι ἂν ἐξείη, ἃ βούλονται.
