Isocrates, Against Euthynus, ed. Larue Van Hook, 4

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[4] Such are the facts. But our cause presents difficulties. For Nicias, both when he was depositing the money and when he tried to get it back, had no one with him, either freeman or slave¹; thus it is impossible either by torture of slaves or by testimony to get at the facts, but it is by circumstantial evidence that we must plead and you must judge which side speaks the truth.

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

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[4] τὰ μὲν οὖν γεγενημένα ταῦτʼ ἐστίν. ἀπόρως δʼ ἡμῖν ἔχει τὸ πρᾶγμα. Νικίᾳ γὰρ οὔτε παρακατατιθεμένῳ τὰ χρήματα οὔτε κομιζομένῳ οὐδεὶς οὔτʼ ἐλεύθερος οὔτε δοῦλος παρεγένετο, ὥστε μήτʼ ἐκ βασάνων μήτʼ ἐκ μαρτύρων οἷόν τʼ εἶναι γνῶναι περὶ αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη ἐκ τεκμηρίων καὶ ἡμᾶς διδάσκειν καὶ ὑμᾶς δικάζειν, ὁπότεροι τἀληθῆ λέγουσιν.

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Against Euthynus

1. Transactions with a banker were generally conducted without witnesses; see Isoc. 17.2 .

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