Demosthenes Against Leochares 1

ed. William Rennie

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[1] αἴτιος μέν ἐστι Λεωχάρης οὑτοσί, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς κρίνεσθαι καὶ ἐμὲ νεώτερον ὄντα λέγειν ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀξιῶν κληρονομεῖν ὧν οὐ προσῆκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τούτων ψευδῆ διαμαρτυρίαν πρὸς τῷ ἄρχοντι ποιησάμενος.

Against Leochares. Demosthenes. ed. William Rennie. Oxford. 1931.

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πρὸς Λεωκάρη περὶ τοῦ Ἀρχιάδου κλήρου (Greek) (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. III. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931.)

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Aristodemus Against Leochares Regarding the Estate of Archiades Perseus (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 2. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).) — 1 focus

[1] It is the fault of Leochares, the defendant, men of the jury, that he is himself being brought to trial, and that I, despite my youth, am addressing you, for he claims the right to inherit what does not belong to him, and has made a false affidavit of objections before the archon in support of his claim.

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