Isaeus, On The Estate of Ciron, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 10

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[10] Wishing, therefore, in addition to the witnesses which I already had, to obtain proof of these facts by evidence given under torture¹—in order that the veracity of my witnesses might be tested before, and not after, they gave their evidence, and so your belief in them might be confirmed²—I demanded that our opponents should surrender the male and female slaves to be put to the question on these points and any others of which they had cognizance.

On The Estate of Ciron. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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

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[10] βουλόμενος οὖν πρὸς τοῖς ὑπάρχουσι μάρτυσιν ἔλεγχον ἐκ βασάνων ποιήσασθαι περὶ αὐτῶν, ἵνα μᾶλλον αὐτοῖς πιστεύητε μὴ μέλλουσι δώσειν ἔλεγχον ἀλλʼ ἤδη δεδωκόσι περὶ ὧν μαρτυροῦσι, τούτους ἠξίουν ἐκδοῦναι τὰς θεραπαίνας καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας περί τε τούτων καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ὅσα τυγχάνουσι συνειδότες.

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On The Estate of Ciron

1. Slaves could give evidence only under torture.

2. If the slaves confirmed the evidence of his witnesses, the latter would come forward to give evidence in court with a presumption already established that the evidence which they were going to give was true.

Isaeus On The Estate of Ciron 10

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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