Isaeus, On The Estate Of Pyrrhus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 77

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Deposition

After this will you regard the testimony of Nicodemus as more worthy of credence than the evidence provided by our uncle's own acts?¹ And will anyone attempt to persuade you that our uncle made a legal marriage with this woman who was a common courtezan? No, you will never, I am sure, believe it unless Nicodemus can explain the following points, which I mentioned at the beginning of my speech;

On The Estate Of Pyrrhus. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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On The Estate Of Pyrrhus (English) (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).)

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Μαρτυρία

εἶτα ὑμεῖς τὴν Νικοδήμου μαρτυρίαν τῶν αὐτοῦ τοῦ θείου ἐκμαρτυριῶν πιστοτέραν ἡγήσεσθε εἶναι, καὶ τὴν οὕτω κοινὴν τοῖς βουλομένοις γεγενημένην, ταύτην ἐπιχειρήσει τις ὑμᾶς πείθειν ὅτι ἐγγυητὴν γυναῖκα ὁ ἡμέτερος θεῖος ἔσχεν; ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς, ὡς ἔγωγʼ οἶμαι, οὐ πιστεύσετε,¹ ἐὰν μὴ ἀποφαίνῃ ὑμῖν, ὅπερ ἀρχόμενος εἶπον τοῦ λόγου,

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On The Estate Of Pyrrhus

1. ἐκμαρτυρία, which is strictly a technical term meaning a deposition taken in writing outside the court, is here rhetorically used for the evidence of a person's acts.

Isaeus On The Estate Of Pyrrhus 77

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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