Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 90

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[90] Then how can you decide the case aright? By allowing the prosecution to bring their charge only after taking the customary oath, and by allowing me to confine my defence to the question before the court. And how will you do this? By acquitting me today. For I do not escape your sentence even so: you will be the judges at the second hearing also.¹ If you spare me now, you can treat me as you will then; whereas once you put me to death, you cannot even consider my case further.

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).) — 90 focus

[90] πῶς ἂν οὖν ὀρθῶς δικάσαιτε¹ περὶ αὐτῶν; εἰ τούτους τε ἐάσετε τὸν νομιζόμενον ὅρκον διομοσαμένους κατηγορῆσαι, κἀμὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πράγματος ἀπολογήσασθαι. πῶς δὲ ἐάσετε; ἐὰν νυνὶ ἀποψηφίσησθέ μου. διαφεύγω γὰρ οὐδʼ οὕτω τὰς ὑμετέρας γνώμας, ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθε οἱ κἀκεῖ² περὶ ἐμοῦ διαψηφιζόμενοι. καὶ φεισαμένοις³ μὲν ὑμῖν ἐμοῦ νῦν ἔξεστι τότε χρῆσθαι ὅ τι ἂν βούλησθε,⁴ ἀπολέσασι δὲ⁵ οὐδὲ βουλεύσασθαι ἔτι περὶ ἐμοῦ ἐγχωρεῖ.

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On the murder of Herodes

1. True only in a general sense. The present jury was composed of ordinary Heliasts; whereas the jury at a δίκη φόνου would consist of ex-arkhons, sitting as members of the Areopagus. Euxitheus is speaking as an alien, and by ὑμεῖς means you Athenians.

Antiphon On the murder of Herodes 90

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