Antiphon, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 27

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[27] οὕτω δέ τοι καὶ ἐλεεῖν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀκουσίοις παθήμασι μᾶλλον προσήκει ἢ τοῖς ἑκουσίοις καὶ ἐκ προνοίας ἀδικήμασι καὶ ἁμαρτήμασι. καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνον αὕτη¹ οὔτε θεοὺς οὔθʼ ἥρωας οὔτʼ ἀνθρώπους αἰσχυνθεῖσα οὐδὲ² δείσασʼ ἀπώλεσεν, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὴ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν καὶ τοῦ δικαίου ἀπολομένη, καὶ μὴ τυχοῦσα μήτʼ αἰδοῦς μήτʼ ἐλέου μήτʼ αἰσχύνης μηδεμιᾶς παρʼ ὑμῶν, τῆς δικαιοτάτης ἂν τύχοι τιμωρίας.

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

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

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Prosecution Of The Stepmother For Poisoning Perseus (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).) — 27 focus

[27] Involuntary accidents deserve such pity: not deliberately planned crimes and acts of wickedness. Just as this woman put her husband to death without respecting or fearing god, hero, or human being, so she would in her turn reap her justest reward were she herself put to death by you and by justice, without finding consideration, sympathy, or respect.

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Against the Stepmother for Poisoning

1. αὕτη Reiske: αὐτὴ codd.

2. οὐδὲ Maetzner: οὔτε Ν, αἰσχυνθεῖσα οὔτε om. Α.

Antiphon Against the Stepmother for Poisoning 27

ed. Kenneth John Maidment

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