Isocrates, Against Callimachus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 57

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[57] And after the commission of such crimes he will dare to say that it is we who are lying. Why that would be as if Phrynondas¹ should reproach a man with villainy, or as if Philurgos, who stole the Gorgon’s head,² had called everybody else temple-robbers! Who is more likely to present witnesses of events which have not occurred than my antagonist here, who himself has the hardihood to testify falsely for others?

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).) — 57 focus

[57] καὶ τοιαῦθʼ ἡμαρτηκὼς ἐπιχειρήσει λέγειν, ὡς ψευδόμεθα, ὅμοιον ἐργαζόμενος, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τῳ Φρυνώνδας πανουργίαν ὀνειδίσειεν ἢ Φιλουργὸς ὁ τὸ Γοργόνειον ὑφελόμενος τοὺς ἄλλους ἱεροσύλους ἔφασκεν εἶναι. τίνα δὲ προσήκει τῶν μὴ γενομένων παρασχέσθαι μάρτυρας μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦτον, ὃς αὐτὸς ἑτέροις τὰ ψευδῆ τολμᾷ μαρτυρεῖν;

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Against Callimachus

1. A notorious swindler; cf. Aristoph. Thes. 861 and Aeschin. 3.137 .

2. The golden relief of the head, the work of Pheidias, was affixed to the shield of the gold and ivory statue of Athena in the Parthenon.

Isocrates Against Callimachus 57

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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