Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 41

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[41] for how could it be fair that it should depend upon the body and life of a slave, whether I should be condemned to pay two talents, or the bringer of this malicious suit get off scot-free? But I, wishing to prevail by a preponderance of fair play, made this concession)—after this he again summoned me in the suit, as soon as he had taken back his deposits;¹ so clear did he make it at once that he would not abide by the conditions which he had himself laid down.

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

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Nicobulus Against Pantaenetus (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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παραγραφὴ πρὸς Πανταίνετον Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 41 focus

[41] ἐν οἰκέτου σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ ἢ δύʼ ὠφληκέναι τάλαντα, ἢ μηδὲν τὸν συκοφαντοῦντα ζημιοῦσθαι;) ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ πολλῷ τῷ δικαίῳ περιεῖναι βουλόμενος συνεχώρουν. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα προσκαλεῖται μέν με τὴν δίκην πάλιν, ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον ἀνείλετο τὰς παρακαταβολάς (οὕτως εὐθὺς ἦν δῆλος οὐδʼ οἷς αὐτὸς ὡρίσατʼ ἐμμένων δικαίοις)·

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Against Pantaenetus

1. There is much obscurity here. The acceptance of the challenge by Nicobulus should have put an end to the action. The plaintiff had then the right to take back the sum deposited (as court-fees πρυτανεῖα?) when the suit was brought.

Demosthenes Against Pantaenetus 41

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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