Aeschines, Against Timarchus, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 164

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[164] ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὗτος, ἀλλʼ ὁ μισθωθεὶς δικάζεται. λεγέτω δὴ παρελθών, ἢ¹ ὁ σοφὸς Βάταλος ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, ἵνʼ εἰδῶμεν τί ποτʼ ἐρεῖ. ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐμισθώσατό με ἑταιρεῖν αὑτῷ ἀργυρίου ὁστισδηποτοῦν. οὐδὲν γὰρ διαφέρει·² κἀγὼ μὲν ἅπαντα καὶ πεποίηκα καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ποιῶ κατὰ τὸ γραμματεῖον, ἃ χρὴ ποιεῖν τὸν ἑταιροῦντα· οὗτος δὲ ὑπερβαίνει τὰς συνθήκας. ἔπειτʼ οὐ πολλὴ κραυγὴ παρὰ τῶν δικαστῶν αὐτῷ ἀπαντήσεται; τίς γὰρ οὐκ ἐρεῖ· ἔπειτα ἐμβάλλεις³ εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν, ἢ στεφανοῖ, ἢ πράττεις τι τῶν αὐτῶν ἡμῖν; οὐκοῦν οὐδὲν ὄφελος τῆς συγγραφῆς.

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).) — 164 focus

[164] But suppose it is not this man, but the one who was hired, that is bringing suit. Now let him come forward and speak—or else let the wise Batalus speak in his stead, that we may know what he will find to say! Gentlemen of the jury, so-and-so—it does not matter who— hired me to be his prostitute for money, and I have done, and still continue to do, according to the terms of the contract, all that a prostitute is under obligation to do; he, however, fails to fulfil the agreement. Will he not immediately have to face a loud protest from the jurors? For who will not say, And then do you thrust yourself into the market-place, do you put on a garland,¹ do you attempt to do anything else that the rest of us do? His contract, you see, is of no use to him.

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Against Timarchus

1. ἢ added by Blass.

2. διαφέρει Hamaker: διαφέρει οὕτως εἰρῆσθαι MSS.

3. ἐμβάλλεις Bremi: ἐμβαλλεῖς, or ἐμβάλλῃ MSS.

Aeschines Against Timarchus 164

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