Isocrates, Against Euthynus, ed. Larue Van Hook, 21

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[21] Euthynus knew, therefore, that many persons were aware that the money was in his keeping, but that no one knew the amount; in consequence he thought that if he diminished the amount he would not be found out, but if he withheld the whole sum, his guilt would be manifest. Therefore, he chose to take enough and have left a plea in his defense rather than to pay nothing back and be left without a possibility of denial.¹

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

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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).) — 21 focus

[21] ἐγίγνωσκεν οὖν Εὐθύνους, ὅτι μὲν ἔκειτο τὰ χρήματα παρʼ αὐτῷ, πολλοὺς ᾐσθημένους, ὁπόσα δὲ οὐδένα πεπυσμένον. ὥσθʼ ἡγεῖτο ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ ἀφαιρῶν οὐ γνωσθήσεσθαι, πάντα δʼ ἀποστερῶν καταφανὴς γενήσεσθαι. ἐβούλετο οὖν ἱκανὰ λαβὼν ἀπολογίαν ὑπολείπεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ μηδὲν ἀποδοὺς μηδʼ ἀρνηθῆναι δύνασθαι.

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Against Euthynus

1. The loss of a formal conclusion, or Epilogue, to the speech is suggested by the abrupt ending.

Isocrates Against Euthynus 21

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