Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 70

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[70] This one, whose name is said to have been Sosias, though under sentence of death, had not yet been executed. Meanwhile it was shown how the money had disappeared. The Athenian people rescued him from the very hands of the Eleven¹: while the rest had died entirely innocent.

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).) — 70 focus

[70] τοῦ δʼ ἑνὸς τούτου—Σωσίαν ὄνομά φασιν αὐτῷ εἶναι—κατέγνωστο μὲν ἤδη θάνατος, ἐτεθνήκει δὲ οὔπω· καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἐδηλώθη τῷ τρόπῳ ἀπωλώλει τὰ χρήματα, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀπήχθη ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ ὑμετέρου παραδεδομένος ἤδη τοῖς ἕνδεκα, οἱ δʼ ἄλλοι ἐτέθνασαν οὐδὲν αἴτιοι ὄντες.

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On the murder of Herodes

1. The accusation must have taken the form of an impeachment ( εἰσαγγελία) before the Assembly. The task of the Eleven was to supervise the execution of the sentence.

Antiphon On the murder of Herodes 70

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