Demosthenes, Against Leptines, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 137

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[137] if they say that any of the recipients of these rewards is undeserving, or holds them under false pretences, or is open to any other charge, they should indict him under the amended law which we are now proposing, either when we have carried it through, as we guarantee and assert that we will, or when they have themselves carried it, that is, as soon as the legislative commission has been appointed.¹ But each defender of this law, it seems, has a personal enemy, whether Diophantus or Eubulus or someone else.²

Against Leptines. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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Against Leptines (English) (Demosthenes. Vol. I. Olynthiacs, Philippics, Minor Public Speeches, Speech Against Leptines, I-XVII, XX. Vince, J. H., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930 (printing).)

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περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 1. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 137 focus

[137] εἴ τινα τῶν εὑρημένων τὴν δωρειὰν ἀνάξιον εἶναί φασιν ἢ μὴ πεποιηκότʼ ἐφʼ οἷς εὕρετʼ ἔχειν, ἢ ἄλλʼ ὁτιοῦν ἐγκαλοῦσίν τινι, γράφεσθαι κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὃν παρεισφέρομεν νῦν ἡμεῖς, ἢ θέντων ἡμῶν, ὥσπερ ἐγγυώμεθα καὶ φαμὲν θήσειν, ἢ θέντας αὐτούς, ὅταν πρῶτον γένωνται νομοθέται. ἔστι δʼ ἑκάστῳ τις αὐτῶν, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἐχθρός, τῷ μὲν Διόφαντος, τῷ δʼ Εὔβουλος, τῷ δʼ ἴσως ἄλλος τις.

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Against Leptines

1. At the beginning of the next year (July).

2. The official defenders have their personal enemies, who have received immunity and whom it would be natural for them to indict. This they do not venture to do, but try, by this sweeping law, to deprive all, good and bad alike, of their privileges.

Demosthenes Against Leptines 137

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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