Demosthenes, Against Macartatus, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 8

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[8] And when the archon brought the case into court, and the trial was to be held, they had everything cleverly arranged for the trial, and in particular the water which was to measure their speeches was four times as much as that allowed to us. For the archon, men of the jury, was obliged to pour into the water-clock an amphora¹ of water for each claimant, and three choes² for the reply;

Against Macartatus. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.

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Sositheus Against Macartatus in Regard to the Estate of Hagnias (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 2. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).)

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[8] καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἦγεν ὁ ἄρχων εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον καὶ ἔδει ἀγωνίζεσθαι, τά τε ἄλλα ἦν αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα κατεσκευασμένα εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ, πρὸς ὃ ἔδει ἀγωνίζεσθαι, τετραπλάσιον ἡμῶν ἔλαβον. ἐξ ἀνάγκης γὰρ ἦν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τῷ ἄρχοντι ἀμφορέα ἑκάστῳ ἐγχέαι τῶν ἀμφισβητούντων, καὶ τρεῖς χοᾶς τῷ ὑστέρῳ λόγῳ.

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Against Macartatus

1. The amphora contained about nine gallons.

2. The chous contained about 1/12 of an amphora.

Demosthenes Against Macartatus 8

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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