Dinarchus, Against Aristogiton, ed. J. O. Burtt, 10

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[10] ἐκεῖ δʼ ὢν παρὰ τοῖς ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων κακούργοις ἀπηγμένοις¹ οὕτως εἶναι πονηρὸς ἔδοξεν, ὥστε μηδʼ ἐκεῖ² τῶν ἴσων ἀξιοῦσθαι τοῖς ἄλλοις, ἀλλὰ κλέπτην ὥς φασι ληφθέντα τουτονὶ παρʼ ἐκείνοις, εἰ ἦν ἕτερός τις τόπος ἀνοσιώτερος ἵνα ἐξῆν ἀπάγειν τοὺς ἐκ³ δεσμωτηρίου κλέπτοντας, εἰς ἐκεῖνον ἂν τοῦτο τὸ θηρίον ἀπαχθῆναι; καὶ ταῦθʼ, ὅπερ⁴ ἀρτίως εἶπον, τίς οὐκ οἶδε καταμαρτυρηθέντʼ Ἀριστογείτονος, ὅτʼ ἐμπορίου ἐπιμελητὴς λαχὼν ἀπεδοκιμάσθη ὑπὸ τῶν τότε δικαζόντων ἄρχειν ταύτην τὴν⁵ ἀρχήν;

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

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

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Against Aristogiton Perseus (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 10 focus

[10] and when he was there, among those who had been segregated from the rest of the world as felons, was looked upon as so debased that even there he was not thought worthy of the same treatment as the rest? It is said, in fact, that he was caught thieving among them and that, if there had been any other place more degraded where they could have isolated men who stole in prison, this monster would have been conducted there. These facts, as I said just now, were established by evidence against Aristogiton, as is well known, when the lot fell to him to be custodian of the exchange but he was rejected by those who then decided the appointment to that office.¹

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Against Aristogiton

1. ἀπηγμένοις Wurm: ἀνηγμένοις codd.

2. ἐκεῖ Dobree: ἐκείνοις codd.

3. ἐκ Α: ἐκ τοῦ Ν.

4. ὅπερ Blass: ἅπερ codd.

5. ταύτην τὴν Baiter et Sauppe: αὐτὴν τὴν Ν: τὴν αὐτὴν Α.

Dinarchus Against Aristogiton 10

ed. J. O. Burtt

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