Demosthenes For Phormio 1

ed. William Rennie

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[1] τὴν μὲν ἀπειρίαν τοῦ λέγειν, καὶ ὡς ἀδυνάτως ἔχει Φορμίων, αὐτοὶ πάντες ὁρᾶτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι· ἀνάγκη δʼ ἐστὶν τοῖς ἐπιτηδείοις ἡμῖν, ἃ σύνισμεν πολλάκις τούτου διεξιόντος ἀκηκοότες, λέγειν καὶ διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς, ἵνʼ εἰδότες καὶ μεμαθηκότες ὀρθῶς τὰ δίκαια παρʼ ἡμῶν, ἃν ᾖ δίκαια καὶ εὔορκα, ταῦτα ψηφίσησθε.

For Phormio. Demosthenes. ed. William Rennie. Oxford. 1921.

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

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

[1] Phormio’s inexperience in speaking,¹ and his utter helplessness, you all see for yourselves, men of Athens. It is necessary for us, his friends, to state and set forth for you the facts, which we know full well from having heard him often relate them; in order that, when you have duly learned from us and have come to know the rights of the case, you may give a verdict that is both just and in harmony with your oaths.

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