Demosthenes, Against Leptines, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 95

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[95] Take and read first of all the clauses of his law which we have indicted, and next the clauses we propose to substitute for them. Read.¹

[The law is read]

These are the parts of the law of Leptines which we arraign as unsatisfactory. Next in order read our proposed amendments. Pray attend, gentlemen of the jury, to these as they are recited. Read.

[The law is read]

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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[95] γνώσεσθε δʼ ἀκούοντες. λαβὲ καὶ λέγε πρῶτον μὲν ἃ τοῦ τούτου νόμου γεγράμμεθα, εἶθʼ ἅ φαμεν δεῖν ἀντὶ τούτων τεθῆναι. λέγε.

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ταῦτα μέν ἐσθʼ ἃ τοῦ τούτου νόμου διώκομεν ὡς οὐκ ἐπιτήδεια. τὰ δʼ ἑξῆς λέγε, ἃ τούτων εἶναι βελτίω φαμέν. προσέχετʼ, ἄνδρες δικασταί, τούτοις ἀναγιγνωσκομένοις τὸν νοῦν. λέγε.

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Against Leptines

1. By this, if correct, must be meant the preamble of the amended law, setting forth the objections to the existing law of Leptines. The second law read would be the amendments proposed; and at the end of Dem. 20.97 the whole law as amended is read.

Demosthenes Against Leptines 95

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