Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 46

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[46] And yet up to this day he has never had the case examined before the Archon, whom the law appoints to have charge of such matters, and before whom the wrongdoer runs the risk of having punishment or fine adjudged against him, while by the prosecutor redress is sought without risk;¹ nor has he impeached either me or Evergus as wrongdoers, but he made these charges in the court-room, and secured a verdict for two talents.

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.) — 46 focus

[46] καὶ πρὸς μὲν τὸν ἄρχοντα, ὃν τῶν τοιούτων οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσιν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, καὶ παρʼ ᾧ τῷ μὲν ἠδικηκότι κίνδυνος περὶ τοῦ τί χρὴ παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι, τῷ δʼ ἐπεξιόντι μετʼ οὐδεμιᾶς ζημίας ἡ βοήθεια, οὐδέπω καὶ τήμερον ἐξήτασται, οὐδʼ εἰσήγγειλεν οὔτʼ ἔμʼ οὔτε τὸν Εὔεργον ὡς ἀδικοῦντας, ἐν δὲ τῷ δικαστηρίῳ ταῦτα κατηγόρει καὶ δυοῖν ταλάντοιν εἷλε δίκην.

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Against Pantaenetus

1. Whereas in the court the plaintiff ran the risk of having to pay the heavy penalty of the ἐπωβολία, if he failed to make good his case. See note on Dem. 27.67 .

Demosthenes Against Pantaenetus 46

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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