Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 53

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[53] φασὶ δὲ γραμματείδιον εὑρεῖν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ, ὃ ἔπεμπον ἐγὼ Λυκίνῳ, ὡς ἀποκτείναιμι τὸν ἄνδρα. καίτοι τί ἔδει με γραμματείδιον πέμπειν, αὐτοῦ συνειδότος τοῦ τὸ γραμματείδιον φέροντος;¹ ὥστε τοῦτο μὲν σαφέστερον αὐτὸς² ἔμελλεν ἐρεῖν³ ὁ εἰργασμένος, τοῦτο δὲ οὐδὲν ἔδει κρύπτειν αὐτόν·⁴ ἃ γὰρ μὴ οἷόν τε εἰδέναι τὸν φέροντα, ταῦτʼ ἄν τις μάλιστα συγγράψας πέμψειεν.

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

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Περὶ τοῦ Ἡρῷδου φόνου (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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On the Murder of Herodes Perseus (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).) — 53 focus

[53] The prosecution further allege that they discovered on board a note stating that I had killed Herodes, which I had intended to send to Lycinus. But what need had I to send a note, when the bearer himself was my accomplice? Not only would he, as one of the murderers, have told the story more clearly in his own words, but it would have been quite unnecessary to conceal the message from him, and it is essentially messages which cannot be disclosed to the bearer that are sent in writing.

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On the murder of Herodes

1. sequuntur in codd.: τίνος γε δὴ ἕνεκα ... κἀκείνῳ, quae nunc ad 57 init. leguntur auct. Ald.

2. αὐτὸς Reiske: αὐτοῖς codd.

3. ἐρεῖν A: εὑρεῖν N.

4. αὐτὸν Ald.: αὐτὰ codd.

Antiphon On the murder of Herodes 53

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