Demosthenes, Against Theocrines, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 28

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[28] To prove these facts there is no need of my calling witnesses before you, for you all know that in the archonship of Lyciscus¹ the Thesmothetae were deposed from office by vote of the popular assembly because of Theocrines. Remembering this, you ought to assume that he is no different now from what he was then.

Not long after he was removed from office, when his brother died by a violent death, Theocrines showed himself so utterly heartless toward him that, when he had made inquiry concerning those who had done the deed, and had learned who they were, he accepted a bribe, and let the matter drop.²

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

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Epichares Against Theocrines, a Criminal Information (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 3. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).)

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ἔνδειξις κατὰ Θεοκρίνου Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. III. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931.) — 28 focus

[28] καὶ τούτων οὐδέν με δεῖ μάρτυρας ὑμῖν παρασχέσθαι· πάντες γὰρ ἴστε τοὺς ἐπὶ Λυκίσκου ἄρχοντος θεσμοθέτας ἀποχειροτονηθέντας ἐν τῷ δήμῳ διὰ τοῦτον. ὧν ἀναμιμνῃσκομένους ὑμᾶς χρὴ τὸν αὐτὸν ὑπολαμβάνειν εἶναι τοῦτον καὶ πρότερον καὶ νῦν. οὐ πολλῷ τοίνυν χρόνῳ ὕστερον τῆς ἀποχειροτονίας, τελευτήσαντος αὐτῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ βιαίῳ θανάτῳ, τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο περὶ αὐτὸν οὗτος, ὥστε ζητήσας τοὺς δράσαντας καὶ πυθόμενος οἵτινες ἦσαν, ἀργύριον λαβὼν ἀπηλλάγη.

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Against Theocrines

1. That is, in 343 B.C.

2. That is, he accepted the blood-price instead of bringing the murderers to justice.

Demosthenes Against Theocrines 28

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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