Antiphon, On the Choreutes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 8

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[8] I, on the other hand, consider that my first duty is to reply to the charge before the court by giving you a complete account of the facts. Afterwards, if you so desire, I shall be pleased to answer the remaining accusations made,¹ as they will, I feel, turn to my own credit and advantage, and to the discomfiture of my opponents to whose impudence they are due. For it is indeed a strange fact, gentlemen:

On the Choreutes. Antiphon. ed. Kenneth John Maidment. London. 1941.

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On the Choreutes (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 χορευτοῦ Perseus (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).) — 8 focus

[8] ἐγὼ δὲ ἀξιῶ πρῶτον μὲν περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πράγματος ἀποκρίνεσθαι,¹ καὶ διηγήσασθαι ἐν ὑμῖν τὰ γενόμενα πάντα· ἔπειτα περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν οὗτοι κατηγοροῦσιν, ἐὰν ὑμῖν ἡδομένοις, βουλήσομαι ἀπολογήσασθαι. ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ ἐμοὶ² τιμὴν καὶ ὠφέλειαν αὐτὰ οἴσειν, τοῖς δὲ κατηγόροις καὶ τοῖς ἐπηρεάζουσιν αἰσχύνην· ἐπεί τοί γε καὶ δεινόν, ὦ ἄνδρες· ἵνα μὲν ἐξῆν³ αὐτοῖς,

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On the Choreutes

1. This promise is never directly fulfilled, but Antiph. 6.33 ff. deal with the general conduct of the prosecution.

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