Isocrates, Antidosis, George Norlin (Translator), 21

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[21] In other states, when they try a man for his life, they cast a portion of the votes for the defendant,¹ but with us the accused has not even an equal chance with the sycophants;² nay, while we take our solemn oath at the beginning of each year that we will hear impartially both accusers and accused,

Antidosis. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Antidosis (English) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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[21] καὶ παρʼ ἑτέροις μὲν ἐπειδὰν περὶ ψυχῆς ἀνθρώπου δικάζωσι, μέρος τι τῶν ψήφων ὑποβάλλεσθαι τοῖς φεύγουσι, παρʼ ὑμῖν δὲ μηδὲ τῶν ἴσων τυγχάνειν τοὺς κινδυνεύοντας τοῖς συκοφαντοῦσιν, ἀλλʼ ὀμνύναι μὲν καθʼ ἕκαστον τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἦ μὴν ὁμοίως ἀκροάσεσθαι τῶν κατηγορούντων καὶ τῶν ἀπολογουμένων,

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Antidosis

1. The reference seems to be to some custom somewhere by which in capital cases a number of the votes of the jury were at the outset of the trial given by grace to the defendant. No such custom is, so far as I know, mentioned anywhere else.

2. Isocrates, like Socrates ( Plat. Apol. 37a-b ), complains that defendants on a capital charge in other states were given a better chance.

Isocrates Antidosis 21

George Norlin (Translator)

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