Isocrates, Against Euthynus, ed. Larue Van Hook, 10

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[10] νῦν δʼ ἀρχαιότερον¹ ἦν αὐτοῖς τὸ πρᾶγμα. ἐγκαλεῖν μὲν γὰρ ἔξεστιν ἐξ ἁπάντων ἐκλεξάμενον, ἀποστερεῖν δʼ οὐχ οἷόν ἄλλον ἢ τὸν παρακαταθέμενον. ὥστε Νικίας μὲν συκοφαντεῖν ἐπιθυμῶν οὐκ ἂν ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἦλθεν, Εὐθύνους δʼ ἀποστερεῖν ἐπιχειρῶν οὐκ ἄλλον εἶχεν.

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

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

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Against Euthynus Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1945 (printing).) — 10 focus

[10] But as it was, their transaction was simple.¹ It is possible to choose whomever you please from the whole body of citizens for accusation, but you can defraud only the man who has entrusted a deposit with you. Thus Nicias, if he had desired to get money by blackmail, would not have proceeded against Euthynus, but the latter, when he resorted to fraud, had no other victim available.

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Against Euthynus

1. ἀρχαιότερον MSS.: ἦν omitted in all but Λ and Lang’s cod. Generally considered corrupt: ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ἕτερον Strange: ἄρ’ ἦν ἕτερον Sauppe: ἄρα διάφορον ἦν or ἄρα διέφερεν Blass: δ’ ἄρα τυχαιότερον suggested by Capps: ἀναγκαιότερον, i.e., “rather inevitable,” proposed by Post.

Isocrates Against Euthynus 10

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