Demosthenes, Against Phormio, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 21

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[21] ¹ Theodotus, men of Athens , after hearing us several times, and being convinced that Lampis was giving false testimony, did not dismiss the suit, but referred us to the court. He was loth to give an adverse decision because he was a friend of this man Phormio, as we afterwards learned, yet he hesitated to dismiss the suit lest he should himself commit perjury.

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

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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).)

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πρὸς Φορμίωνα ὑπὲρ δανείου Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 21 focus

[21] ἀκούσας τοίνυν ἡμῶν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὁ Θεόδοτος πολλάκις, καὶ νομίσας τὸν Λάμπιν ψευδῆ μαρτυρεῖν, οὐκ ἀπέγνω τῆς δίκης, ἀλλʼ ἀφῆκεν ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον· καταγνῶναι μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἐβουλήθη διὰ τὸ οἰκείως ἔχειν Φορμίωνι τουτῳί, ὡς ἡμεῖς ὕστερον ἐπυθόμεθα, ἀπογνῶναι δὲ τῆς δίκης ὤκνει, ἵνʼ αὐτὸς μὴ ἐπιορκήσειεν.

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Against Phormio

1. It is commonly assumed that the second speaker begins with this paragraph. In Dem. 34.23 Chrysippus is referred to as οὗτος, so the fact of a change of speakers is patent.

Demosthenes Against Phormio 21

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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