Demosthenes Against Conon 25

[25] And, assuredly, if anything had happened to me, ¹ he would have been liable to a charge of murder and the severest of penalties. At any rate the father of the priestess at Brauron , ² although it was admitted that he had not laid a finger on the deceased, but had merely urged the one who dealt the blow to keep on striking, was banished by the court of the Areopagus. And justly; for, if the bystanders, instead of preventing those who through the influence of drink or anger or any other cause are undertaking to act lawlessly, are themselves to urge them on, there is no hope of safety for one who falls in with lawless rascals; he may be sure that he will be maltreated until they grow weary as was the case with me.