Demosthenes, Against Phormio, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 45

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[45] I for my part am trying to conceive what in the world he would have written in the special plea, if Theodotus had dismissed the suit, when now, after Theodotus has decreed that we should go into court, he declares that the action is not one that can be brought before you, to whom Theodotus bade us go.¹ Surely I should suffer most cruel treatment if, when the laws declare that suits growing out of contracts made at Athens shall be brought before the Thesmothetae, you, who have sworn to decide according to the laws, should dismiss the suit.

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.) — 45 focus

[45] ἐνθυμοῦμαι δʼ ἔγωγε, τί ἄν ποτε εἰς τὴν παραγραφὴν ἔγραψεν, εἰ ὁ Θεόδοτος ἀπέγνω τῆς δίκης, ὅπου νῦν γνόντος τοῦ Θεοδότου ἀπιέναι ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον οὔ φησι τὴν δίκην εἶναι εἰσαγώγιμον παρʼ ὑμῖν, πρὸς οὓς ἐκεῖνος ἔγνω ἀπιέναι. πάθοιμι μέντἂν δεινότατα, εἰ οἱ μὲν νόμοι τῶν Ἀθήνησι συμβολαίων κελεύουσι τὰς δίκας εἶναι πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἀπογνοίητε τῆς δίκης ὀμωμοκότες κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ψηφιεῖσθαι.

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Against Phormio

1. If, under the present circumstances, Phormio’s insolence is so great, who can say what it would have been, had the arbitrator decided in his favor?

Demosthenes Against Phormio 45

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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