Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 44

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[44] Furthermore, Herodes was murdered very close to the sea and the boats, or so we are told by the prosecution. Was a man who was struck down by but one assailant not going to shout out or attract the attention of those on shore or on board? Moreover, sounds can be heard¹ over much greater distances by night than by day, on a beach than in a city. Moreover, it is admitted that the passengers were still awake when Herodes left the boat.

On the murder of Herodes. Antiphon. ed. Kenneth John Maidment. London. 1941.

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On the Murder of Herodes (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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Περὶ τοῦ Ἡρῷδου φόνου Perseus (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).) — 44 focus

[44] καὶ ἀπέθανε μὲν ὁ¹ ἀνὴρ οὑτωσὶ² ἐγγὺς τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ τῶν πλοίων, ὡς ὁ τούτων λόγος ἐστίν· ὑπὸ δὲ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἀποθνῄσκων οὔτε ἀνέκραγεν οὔτʼ αἴσθησιν οὐδεμίαν ἐποίησεν οὔτε τοῖς ἐν τῇ γῇ οὔτε τοῖς ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ; καὶ μὴν πολλῷ ἐπὶ³ πλέον γε ἀκούειν⁴ ἔστι νύκτωρ ἢ μεθʼ ἡμέραν, ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς ἢ κατὰ πόλιν· καὶ μὴν ἔτι ἐγρηγορότων φασὶν ἐκβῆναι τὸν ἄνδρα ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου.

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On the murder of Herodes

1. If the manuscript reading is retained, this sentence will be the supposed answer of the prosecution to the question just put by the defence; but the introductory καὶ μὴν argues against such an interpretation. In view of the frequent mis-copying of perfectly common words elsewhere in the manuscripts, it is less likely that γε ἀγνοεῖν arose through ignorance from the rarity γεγωνεῖν, than that it replaced γε ἀκούειν through carelessness.

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