Antiphon, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 7

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[7] μὴ γὰρ ὁμολογούντων τῶν ἀνδραπόδων οὗτός τʼ εὖ εἰδὼς ἂν ἀπελογεῖτο καὶ ἀντέσπευδε πρὸς ἐμέ, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἀπήλλακτο ἂν ταύτης τῆς αἰτίας. ὅπου δὲ μὴ ἠθέλησεν ἔλεγχον ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων, πῶς περί γʼ ὧν οὐκ ἠθέλησε πυθέσθαι, ἐγχωρεῖ αὐτῷ περὶ τούτων εἰδέναι; [πῶς οὖν περὶ τούτων, ὦ δικάζοντες, αὐτὸν εἰκὸς εἰδέναι, ὧν γε¹ τὴν ἀλήθειαν οὐκ εἴληφε;²]

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).) — 7 focus

[7] because then, if the slaves had admitted nothing, he would have confronted me with a vigorous defence based on certainty, and his mother would have been cleared of the present charge. But after refusing to inquire into the facts, how can he possibly be certain of what he refused to find out? [How, then, is it to be expected, gentlemen of the jury, that he should be sure of facts about which he has not learned the truth?¹]

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Against the Stepmother for Poisoning

1. γενέσθαι Jernstedt, coll. Chor. 27: ἔσται codd.

2. πῶς οὖν ... εἴληφε secl. Schoell, qui alterius esse recensionis

Antiphon Against the Stepmother for Poisoning 7

ed. Kenneth John Maidment

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