Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 68

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[68] Well then, after her death I went to the Interpreters¹ in order to learn what I ought to do in the matter, and I related to them all that had taken place: the coming of these men, the devotion of the woman, why it was that I kept her in my house, and that she had met her end because she would not surrender the cup. When the Interpreters had heard all this from me, they asked me whether they should interpret the law for me and nothing more, or should also advise me.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

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).)

Editions (1)

κατὰ Εὐέργου καὶ Μνησιβούλου ψευδομαρτυριῶν Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. III. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931.) — 68 focus

[68] ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἐτελεύτησεν, ἦλθον ὡς τοὺς ἐξηγητάς, ἵνα εἰδείην ὅ τι με χρὴ ποιεῖν περὶ τούτων, καὶ διηγησάμην αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα τὰ γενόμενα, τήν τε ἄφιξιν τὴν τούτων καὶ τὴν εὔνοιαν τῆς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ὡς εἶχον αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, καὶ ὡς διὰ τὸ κυμβίον, οὐκ ἀφιεῖσα, τελευτήσειεν. ἀκούσαντες δέ μου οἱ ἐξηγηταὶ ταῦτα, ἤροντό με πότερον ἐξηγήσωνταί μοι μόνον ἢ καὶ συμβουλεύσωσιν·

Notes on the current edition

Against Evergus and Mnesibulus

1. A traditional, rather than official, body of men from the old noble families, who alone could interpret the unwritten laws governing matters of ceremonial and religious observance.

Demosthenes Against Evergus and Mnesibulus 68

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers