Demosthenes, Against Aphobus III, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 10

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[10] whereas, if he attacked an answer given, he thought that as he had made an admission before, so now it would be in his power to make a denial.¹ That is the reason why he attacks the testimony of this witness, the truth of whose testimony I mean to prove conclusively to you all, not on the basis of probabilities, or of arguments made up to fit the occasion, but by reasoning which, I am sure, will approve itself to you all as just and fair. Listen, and judge.

Against Aphobus III. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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Against Aphobus III (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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[10] ἀποκρίσει δʼ ἐπισκηψάμενος ἐνόμιζεν, ὥσπερ τόθʼ ὡμολόγησεν, οὕτω πάλιν ἔξαρνος γενέσθαι ταῦτʼ ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ γενήσεσθαι. διὰ ταῦτα τήνδε διώκει. βούλομαι δὴ ταύτην, ὡς ἔστιν ἀληθής, ἐπιδεῖξαι σαφῶς πᾶσιν ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἐξ εἰκότων οὐδὲ λόγων πρὸς τὸ παρὸν μεμηχανημένων, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ παρὰ πᾶσιν ὑμῖν δόξοντος, ὡς ἐγὼ νομίζω, δικαίου. σκοπεῖτε δʼ ἀκούσαντες.

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Against Aphobus III

1. That is, in attacking the testimony of the deponent he would deny his own previous admissions.

Demosthenes Against Aphobus III 10

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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