Isocrates, Against Callimachus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 5

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[5] The government of the Ten, who had succeeded the Thirty, was then in control when Patrocles, a friend of mine, was the King-Archon,¹ and with him one day I happened to be walking. Patrocles, an enemy of Callimachus who is now prosecuting me in this suit, met him as he was carrying a sum of money, laid hold of him, and claimed that this money had been left by Pamphilus and belonged to the government; for Pamphilus was a member of the party of the Piraeus.²

Against Callimachus. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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

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Παραγραφή πρὸς Καλλίμαχον Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 5 focus

[5] ἦρχον μὲν γὰρ οἱ δέκα οἱ μετὰ τοὺς τριάκοντα καταστάντες, ὄντος δέ μοι Πατροκλέους ἐπιτηδείου, τοῦ τότε βασιλεύοντος, ἔτυχον μετʼ αὐτοῦ βαδίζων. ἐκεῖνος δʼ ἐχθρὸς ὢν Καλλιμάχῳ τῷ νῦν ἐμὲ διώκοντι τὴν δίκην, ἀπήντησεν ἀργύριον φέροντι. λαβόμενος δʼ αὐτοῦ Πάμφιλον ἔφασκεν αὐτὸ καταλιπεῖν καὶ δημόσιον γίγνεσθαι· ἐκεῖνον γὰρ εἶναι τῶν ἐν Πειραιεῖ.

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Against Callimachus

1. The most important of the Athenian nine archons was not the King-Archon, as the name might suggest, but the Archon Eponymus, who gave his name to the year in which he held office. The King-Archon had charge of public worship and the conduct of certain criminal processes.

2. Cf. Isoc. 18.2 note 1.

Isocrates Against Callimachus 5

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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