Aeschines, Against Timarchus, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 152

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[152] πάλιν τοίνυν ὁ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ Φοίνικι ἀποφαίνεται, ὑπὲρ τῆς γεγενημένης αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα διαβολῆς ἀπολογούμενος, καὶ ἀπεθίζων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μὴ ἐξ ὑποψίας μηδʼ ἐκ διαβολῆς, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ βίου, τὰς κρίσεις ποιεῖσθαι·

ἤδη δὲ πολλῶν ᾑρέθην λόγων κριτής,

καὶ πόλλʼ ἁμιλληθέντα μαρτύρων ὕπο

τἀναντίʼ ἔγνων συμφορᾶς μιᾶς πέρι.

κἀγὼ μὲν οὕτω, χὤστις ἔστʼ ἀνὴρ σοφός,

λογίζομαι τἀληθές, εἰς ἀνδρὸς φύσιν

σκοπῶν δίαιτάν θʼ,¹ ἥντινʼ ἡμερεύεται.²

ὅστις δʼ ὁμιλῶν ἥδεται κακοῖς ἀνήρ,

οὐ πώποτʼ ἠρώτησα, γιγνώσκων ὅτι

τοιοῦτός ἐσθʼ οἵοισπερ ἥδεται³ ξυνών.

Euripides, Phoenix: Nauck 812.

Against Timarchus. Aeschines. ed. Charles Darwin Adams. London. 1919.

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Κατὰ Τιμάρχου (Greek) (The Speeches of Aeschines. Adams, Charles Darwin, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919 (1958 printing).)

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Against Timarchus Perseus (The Speeches of Aeschines. Adams, Charles Darwin, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919 (1958 printing).) — 152 focus

[152] Again the same poet, in the Phoenix, ¹ expresses his opinion, making defence against false charges brought by the father, and trying to persuade men habitually to judge, not under the influence of suspicion or of slander, but by a man’ s life:

Many a time ere now have I been made

The judge in men’ s disputes, and oft have heard

For one event conflicting witnesses.

And so, to find the truth, I, as do all

Wise men, look sharp to see the character

That marks the daily life, and judge by that.

The man who loves companionship of knaves

I care not to interrogate. What need

Is there? I know too well the man is such

As is the company he loves to keep.

Euripides

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Against Timarchus

1. θ’ added by Boissonade from an ancient quotation.

2. ἡμερεύεται Gainsford: ἐμπορεύεται MSS.

3. ἐσθ’ οἵοισπερ ἥδεται H. Wolf: ἔστιν οἵσπερ ἥδεται or ἔστιν ἕκαστος οἷσπερ ἥδεται MSS.

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