Dinarchus, Against Aristogiton, ed. J. O. Burtt, 6

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[6] Or ought you to spare the defendant on account of his ancestry and his moderation, or because he has done you many public and private services?¹ What information do you lack that makes you ask for arguments against the defendant here before you? What if we, the accusers, all ten of us, use up all the water in our clocks and proclaim that it is a terrible thing to release men who have been caught with bribes against the city in their very hands; will that make the council's report against Aristogiton true and just?

Against Aristogiton. Dinarchus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Against Aristogiton (English) (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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Κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος Perseus (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 6 focus

[6] [ἢ διὰ τοὺς τοῦ κρινομένου προγόνους καὶ¹ τὴν αὐτοῦ μετριότητα, καὶ ὅτι ὑμᾶς πολλὰ καὶ ἰδίᾳ καὶ δημοσίᾳ ἀγαθὰ εἴργασται, ἄξιόν ἐστιν² αὐτοῦ φείσασθαι;]³ τί γὰρ ἀγνοεῖτε διʼ ὃ δεῖσθε λόγων ἀκούειν κατὰ τοῦ νῦν κρινομένου; πότερʼ ἡ τῆς βουλῆς ἀπόφασις, ἐὰν μὲν ἡμεῖς οἱ κατήγοροι δέκα ὄντες τὸ ὕδωρ ἀναλώσωμεν ἅπαν καὶ ἀναβοήσωμεν ὡς δεινόν ἐστιν ἀφεῖσθαι τοὺς εἰλημμένους ἔχοντας ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ δῶρα κατὰ τῆς πατρίδος, ἀληθὴς καὶ δικαία ἔσται⁴ ἡ κατʼ Ἀριστογείτονος [ἀπόφασις]·⁵

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Against Aristogiton

1. This sentence was excluded from the text by Bekker. It is out of place in the argument here and its substance is given at the beginning of Din. 2.8 .

Dinarchus Against Aristogiton 6

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