Antiphon, On the Choreutes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 23

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[23] καὶ εἶπόν τε ταῦτα ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ, καὶ προὐκαλούμην αὐτὸν εὐθὺς τότε, καὶ αὖθις τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς δικασταῖς, καὶ ἰέναι ἐκέλευον λαβόντα μάρτυρας ὁπόσους βούλοιτο ἐπὶ τοὺς παραγενομένους, λέγων αὐτῷ ὀνόματι ἕκαστον, τούτους ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἐλέγχειν, τοὺς μὲν ἐλευθέρους ὡς χρὴ τοὺς ἐλευθέρους, οἳ σφῶν τʼ αὐτῶν¹ ἕνεκα καὶ τοῦ δικαίου ἔφραζον ἂν τἀληθῆ καὶ τὰ γενόμενα, τοὺς δὲ δούλους, εἰ μὲν αὐτῷ ἐρωτῶντι² τἀληθῆ δοκοῖεν λέγειν, εἰ δὲ μή, ἕτοιμος εἴην³ διδόναι βασανίζειν τούς τε ἐμαυτοῦ πάντας, καὶ εἴ τινας τῶν ἀλλοτρίων κελεύοι,⁴ ὡμολόγουν πείσας τὸν δεσπότην παραδώσειν αὐτῷ βασανίζειν τρόπῳ ὁποίῳ βούλοιτο.

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

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Περὶ τοῦ χορευτοῦ (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 Choreutes Perseus (Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (printing); 1960 (reprint).) — 23 focus

[23] Not only did I make this declaration before the court, but I offered Philocrates a challenge there and then, and repeated it the following day in the presence of the same jury. Let him take with him as many witnesses as he liked: let him go to the persons who had been present at the accident (I specified them by name): and let him interrogate and cross-examine them. Let him question the free men as befitted free men; for their own sakes and in the interests of justice, they would give a faithful account of what had occurred. As to the slaves, if he considered that they were answering his questions truthfully, well and good; if he did not, I was ready to place all my own at his disposal for examination under torture, and should he demand any that did not belong to me, I agreed to obtain the consent of their owner and hand them over to him to examine as he liked.

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On the Choreutes

1. τ’ αὐτῶν add. Sauppe.

2. διδόναι post ἐρωτῶντι hab. codd.: om.Ald.

3. εἴην Taylor: εἶεν Α, εἰμι Ν.

4. κελεύοι Bekker: κελεύει codd.

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