Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 9

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[9] First,¹ whereas an information has been lodged against me as a malefactor, I am being tried for murder: a thing which has never before happened to anyone in this country.² Indeed, the prosecution have themselves borne witness to the fact that I am not a malefactor and cannot be charged under the law directed against malefactors, as that law is concerned with thieves and footpads, and they have omitted to prove my claim to either title. Thus, as far as this arrest of mine goes, they have given you every right and justification to acquit me.

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).) — 9 focus

[9] πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ κακοῦργος ἐνδεδειγμένος φόνου δίκην φεύγω, ὃ οὐδεὶς πώποτʼ ἔπαθε τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ. καὶ ὡς μὲν οὐ κακοῦργός εἰμι οὐδʼ ἔνοχος τῷ τῶν κακούργων νόμῳ, αὐτοὶ οὗτοι τούτου γε μάρτυρες γεγένηνται. περὶ γὰρ τῶν κλεπτῶν καὶ λωποδυτῶν ὁ νόμος κεῖται, ὧν οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ προσὸν ἀπέδειξαν. οὕτως εἴς γε ταύτην τὴν ἀπαγωγὴν νομιμωτάτην καὶ δικαιοτάτην πεποιήκασιν ὑμῖν τὴν ἀποψήφισίν μου.

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On the murder of Herodes

1. For the meaning of this and the following paragraph see Introduction.

2. A deliberate ambiguity. τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ can mean (a) Athenian citizens, (b) persons who happen to be in Attica . Taken in sense (a) the statement is true. Taken in sense (b) it is probably false.

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