Isocrates, Against Euthynus, ed. Larue Van Hook, 2

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[2] The circumstances in which the transaction between Nicias and Euthynus came to be made I shall relate to you in as few words as I can. This Nicias, the plaintiff, after the Thirty Tyrants came into power and his enemies threatened to expunge his name from the number of those who were to have the rights of citizenship, and to include him in Lysander’s¹ list, being in fear of the state of affairs, mortgaged his house, sent his slaves outside of Attica, conveyed his furniture to my house, gave in trust three talents of silver to Euthynus, and went to live in the country.

Against Euthynus. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Against Euthynus (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1945 (printing).)

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Πρὸς Εὐθύνους ἀμάρτυρος Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 2 focus

[2] ὅθεν οὖν τὸ συμβόλαιον αὐτῷ πρὸς Εὐθύνουν γεγένηται, διηγήσομαι ὑμῖν ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων. Νικίας γὰρ οὑτοσί, ἐπειδὴ οἱ τριάκοντα κατέστησαν καὶ αὐτὸν οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἐκ μὲν τῶν μετεχόντων τῆς πολιτείας ἐξήλειφον, εἰς δὲ τὸν μετὰ Λυσάνδρου κατάλογον ἐνέγραφον, δεδιὼς τὰ παρόντα πράγματα τὴν μὲν οἰκίαν ὑπέθηκε, τοὺς δʼ οἰκέτας ἔξω τῆς γῆς ἐξέπεμψε, τὰ δʼ ἔπιπλα ὡς ἐμὲ ἐκόμισε, τρία δὲ τάλαντα ἀργυρίου Εὐθύνῳ φυλάττειν ἔδωκεν, αὐτὸς δʼ εἰς ἀγρὸν ἐλθὼν διῃτᾶτο.

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Against Euthynus

1. A list of citizens deprived of civic rights and enrolled for military service under the Spartan general Lysander, who after taking Athens had set up the government of the Thirty. Cf. Xen. Hell. 2.3 .

Isocrates Against Euthynus 2

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