Demosthenes, Against Phormio, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 20

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[20] and produced before the arbitrator the same testimony as I now produce before you—that, namely, of the persons who at the first went to him with me, when he stated that he had not received the money from Phormio, and that Phormio had not put the goods on board the ship—Lampis, being so plainly convicted of bearing false witness and of playing the rogue, admitted that he had made the statement to my partner here,¹ but declared that he was out of his mind when he made it.

Now read me this deposition.

The Deposition

The partner of Chrysippus now speaks.

Against Phormio. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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Current edition Perseus

Plea of Chrysipus and Partner Against Phormio (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

Editions (1)

πρὸς Φορμίωνα ὑπὲρ δανείου Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 20 focus

[20] καὶ παρεχομένου πρὸς τὸν διαιτητὴν τὴν αὐτὴν μαρτυρίαν ἥνπερ καὶ νῦν πρὸς ὑμᾶς παρέχομαι, τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς προσελθόντων αὐτῷ μεθʼ ἡμῶν, ὅτε οὔτε τὸ χρυσίον ἔφη ἀπειληφέναι παρὰ τούτου οὔτε τὰ χρήματα αὐτὸν ἐνθέσθαι εἰς τὴν ναῦν, οὕτως ὁ Λάμπις κατὰ κράτος ἐξελεγχόμενος τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῶν καὶ πονηρὸς ὤν, ὡμολόγει μὲν εἰρηκέναι ταῦτα πρὸς τοῦτον, οὐ μέντοι γε ἐντὸς ὢν εἰπεῖν αὑτοῦ. καί μοι ἀνάγνωθι ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν.

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Notes on the current edition

Against Phormio

1. I take the phrase πρὸς τοῦτον with εἰρηκέναι, assuming that the reference is to the partner of Chrysippus, who apparently takes the latter’s place as speaker at the beginning of the next paragraph.

Demosthenes Against Phormio 20