Antiphon, On the Choreutes, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 45

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[45] καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι ἅπαντες ὅσοις¹ ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως ὁ χρόνος μὴ ἐγχωρεῖ² ³ οὗτοι δʼ ἐπιστάμενοι μὲν τοὺς νόμους ἅπαντας, ὁρῶντες δʼ ἐμὲ βουλεύοντα καὶ εἰσιόντʼ ἐς τὸ βουλευτήριον—καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ Διὸς βουλαίου καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς βουλαίας ἱερόν ἐστι καὶ εἰσιόντες οἱ βουλευταὶ προσεύχονται, ὧν κἀγὼ εἷς ἦ, ὃς⁴ ταὐτὰ πράττων, καὶ εἰς τἆλλα ἱερὰ πάντα εἰσιὼν μετὰ τῆς βουλῆς, καὶ θύων καὶ εὐχόμενος ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις πρυτανεύσας τὴν πρώτην πρυτανείαν ἅπασαν πλὴν δυοῖν ἡμέραιν, καὶ ἱεροποιῶν καὶ θύων ὑπὲρ τῆς δημοκρατίας, καὶ ἐπιψηφίζων καὶ λέγων γνώμας περὶ τῶν μεγίστων καὶ πλείστου ἀξίων τῇ πόλει φανερὸς ἦ·

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).) — 45 focus

[45] Ordinarily, anyone who has not time enough under one archon registers his charge as soon as he can under the next. But the prosecution, who were perfectly familiar with the laws concerned and could see that I was a member of the Council and used the Council-chamber —why, in that very chamber itself stands a shrine of Zeus the Councillor and Athena the Councillor, where members offer prayers as they enter; and I was one of those members: I did as they did: in their company I entered all our other sanctuaries: I offered sacrifices and prayers on behalf of this city: nay more, I acted as a Prytanis for the whole of the first Prytany save two days¹: I was to be seen sacrificing and making offerings on behalf of our sovereign people: I was to be seen putting motions to the vote: I was to be seen voicing my opinion on the most momentous, the most vital public questions.

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On the Choreutes

1. ὅσοις A pr.: ὅσοι A corr. N.

2. ἐγχωρεῖ Dobree: ἐχώρει Ν, ἐνεχώρει Α.

3. lacunam indicavit Dobree, qui sensum sic supplevit: εὐθὺς εἰσελθόντος τοῦ διαδόχου ἀπογράφονται.

4. ὃς Blass: ὁ Maetzner: ταῦτα codd.

Antiphon On the Choreutes 45

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