Demosthenes, For Phormio, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 2

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[2] We have put in a special plea in bar of action, not that we may evade the issue and waste time, but that, if the defendant¹ shows that he has committed no wrong whatsoever, he may win in your court an acquittal which will be final. For all that in the minds of other people brings about a firm and lasting settlement without engaging in a trial before you—

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

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A Friend Pleading for Phormio (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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παραγραφὴ ὑπὲρ Φορμίωνος Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 2 focus

[2] τὴν μὲν οὖν παραγραφὴν ἐποιησάμεθα τῆς δίκης, οὐχ ἵνʼ ἐκκρούοντες χρόνους ἐμποιῶμεν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐὰν ἐπιδείξῃ μηδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀδικοῦνθʼ ἑαυτὸν οὑτοσί, ἀπαλλαγή τις αὐτῷ γένηται παρʼ ὑμῖν κυρία. ὅσα γὰρ παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐστὶν ἀνθρώποις ἰσχυρὰ καὶ βέβαια ἄνευ τοῦ παρʼ ὑμῖν ἀγωνίσασθαι, ταῦτα πάντα πεποιηκὼς Φορμίων οὑτοσί, καὶ πολλὰ μὲν εὖ πεποιηκὼς Ἀπολλόδωρον τουτονί.

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For Phormio

1. The terms plaintiff and defendant, as used in the translation of this oration, apply to the suit brought against Phormio.

Demosthenes For Phormio 2

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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