Antiphon, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 2

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[2] Circumstances for which the defence have only themselves to blame have made it necessary that my charge should be directed against them, and them alone. One would have expected them to seek vengeance for the dead and support the prosecution; but as it is, the opposite is the case; they are themselves my opponents and the murderers, as both I and my indictment¹ state.

Against the Stepmother for Poisoning. Antiphon. ed. Kenneth John Maidment. London. 1941.

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Prosecution Of The Stepmother For Poisoning (English) (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).)

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Φαρμακείας κατὰ τῆς μητρυιᾶς Perseus (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).) — 2 focus

[2] ἡ γὰρ τύχη καὶ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι ἠνάγκασαν ἐμοὶ πρὸς τούτους αὐτοὺς τὸν ἀγῶνα καταστῆναι, οὓς εἰκὸς ἦν τῷ μὲν τεθνεῶτι τιμωροὺς γενέσθαι, τῷ δʼ ἐπεξιόντι βοηθούς. νῦν δὲ τούτων τἀναντία γεγένηται· αὐτοὶ γὰρ οὗτοι καθεστᾶσιν ἀντίδικοι καὶ φονῆς, ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει.

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Against the Stepmother for Poisoning

1. i.e., the charge as formally registered with the βασιλεύς (cf. Antiph. 6.38 , 41 ff.). The action itself was of course a δίκη φόνου

Antiphon Against the Stepmother for Poisoning 2

ed. Kenneth John Maidment

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