Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 18

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[18] I wish now, men of the jury, to explain to you the origin of my action against Theophemus, in order that you may be assured that he not only secured my condemnation unjustly by deceiving the jury, but also at the same time secured by the same verdict the condemnation of the senate of five hundred, and made of no effect the decisions of your courts and of no effect your decrees and your laws, and shook your faith in your magistrates and in the inscriptions on the public stelae.¹ How he has done this I will show you point by point.

Against Evergus and Mnesibulus. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.

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Unknown Pleader Against Evergus and Mnesibulus, About False Testimony (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 2. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).)

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κατὰ Εὐέργου καὶ Μνησιβούλου ψευδομαρτυριῶν Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. III. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931.) — 18 focus

[18] βούλομαι δʼ ὑμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ τὴν δίκην διηγήσασθαι, ὅθεν ἐγένετό μοι πρὸς Θεόφημον, ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἐμοῦ ἀδίκως κατεδικάσατο, ἐξαπατήσας τοὺς δικαστάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς βουλῆς ἅμα τῶν πεντακοσίων τῇ αὐτῇ ψήφῳ, καὶ ἄκυρα μὲν ἐποίησεν τὰ δικαστήρια τὰ ὑμέτερα, ἄκυρα δὲ τὰ ψηφίσματα καὶ τοὺς νόμους, ἀπίστους δὲ τὰς ἀρχὰς κατέστησεν ὑμῖν καὶ τὰ γράμματα τὰ ἐν ταῖς στήλαις. ὃν δὲ τρόπον, ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς περὶ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου διδάξω.

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Against Evergus and Mnesibulus

1. These stelae were marble slabs upon which were inscribed the names of those trierarchs who were indebted to the state for damage or loss of equipment. A good many such inscriptions are still extant.

Demosthenes Against Evergus and Mnesibulus 18

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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