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[frag_2] to conduct the prosecution,¹ allow me also in the same way to follow out, so far as I am able, the line of defence which I have chosen. I must ask you all, while I am speaking, to refrain from interrupting me with: Why are you telling us this? And do not add anything of your own to the prosecution’s argument; rather attend to the defence

In Defence of Lycophron. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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In Defence of Lycophron (English) (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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Ἀπολογία ὑπὲρ Λυκόφρονος Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — frag_1 focus

Frag. I¹

² καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος καὶ κοι νῇ, ἔπειτα τῷ νό μῳ καὶ τῷ ὅρκῳ, ὃς κε λεύει ὑμᾶς ὁμοίως ἀκούειν τῶν τε κατη γόρων³ καὶ τῶν ἀπο λογουμένων καὶ ⁴

Frag. II

⁵ τῇ κατηγορίᾳ χρῆσθαι, οὕτω καὶ ἐμὲ ἐᾶτε ὃν τρόπον προῄρημαι καὶ ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι ἀπολογεῖσθαι. καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἀπαντάτω μοι μεταξὺ λέγοντι, τί τοῦθʼ ἡμῖν λέγεις; μηδὲ προστίθετε τῇ κατηγορίᾳ παρʼ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν μηδέν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τῇ ἀπολογίᾳ ⁶

Frag. III

⁷ οὐδὲ ὁ νόμος συγκα τηγορεῖν⁸ μὲν τῷ βου λομένῳ κατὰ τῶν κρινομένων⁹ ἐξου σίαν δίδωσι, συναπολογεῖσθαι δὲ κωλύει. ἵνα δὲ μὴ πρὸ τοῦ πράγματος πο λλο ὺς λόγους ἀναλ ώσω,¹⁰ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀπολογίαν¹¹ πορεύσομαι, τοῖς μὲν θεοῖς εὐξάμενος βοηθῆσαί μοι καὶ σῶσαι ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος ἀγῶνος, ὑμᾶς δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐκεῖνο παραιτησάμενος, πρῶτον ¹²

Frag. IIIa (IV)¹³

ἢ νεωρίων προδοσίαν ἢ ἀρχείων ἐμπυρισμὸν ἢ κατάληψιν ἄκρας

Frag. IV (V)

¹⁴¹⁵ ὁ Εὔ φημος¹⁶ πρῶτον¹⁷ ἐπειδὴ ἐτε λεύτησεν ἐκεῖνος ρος ὁ Φλυ εύς,¹⁸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ¹⁹²⁰ ὅτι ἡ γυνὴ τον καὶ το ατο ἐκεῖνος κυοῦσαν τὴν γυνα ῖκα ἐξ αὑτοῦ καταλέ λοιπεν, οὐ παρὰ τοὺς ν όμους γενόμενον. εἰ δʼ ὥςπερ Ἀρίστων ἐ ν τῇ εἰσαγγελίᾳ γρά φει,²¹ οὕτως ὑπέλα βον τὰ περὶ το ύτων εἶναι,²² οὐκ ἔδει δήπ ου αὐτοὺς κωλύειν τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω²³ γένου ς ἐξάγειν²⁴ τὸν Εὔφημον, ἀλλʼ ἐᾶν. νῦν δὲ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες ἔργῳ μεμαρτυρήκασιν αὐτοί, ὡς ψευδής ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία κατʼ ἐμοῦ. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις πῶς οὐκ ἄτοπον, εἰ μέν τι ἔπαθεν τὸ παιδίον ἢ γιγνόμενον ἢ καὶ ὕστερον, ταύταις ταῖς διαθήκαις ἰσχυρίζεσθαι ἂν αὐτούς, ἐν αἷς ²⁵²⁶ τὸν Εὔφη μον ἐκώλυε παρέχοντα²⁷ μαρτυρίας²⁸

Frag. IVa²⁹

Pollux ii. 152 οὔτε γὰρ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χεῖρα δυνατὸν ἀρνήσασθαι.

Frag. IVb³⁰

Pollux ix.. 137 νωθρεύεσθαι

Notes on the current edition

In Defence of Lycophron

1. The sense is no doubt: Since you allowed my opponents to conduct the prosecution as they wished, allow me also a fair hearing in my defence.

Hyperides In Defence of Lycophron frag_2

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Frag. I¹

Frag. II

Frag. III

Frag. IIIa (IV)¹³

Frag. IV (V)

Frag. IVa²⁹

Frag. IVb³⁰

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Frag. I 1

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Frag. IIIa (IV) 13

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Frag. IVa 29

Frag. IVb 30

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Frag. I¹

Frag. IIIa (IV)¹³

Frag. IVa²⁹

Frag. IVb³⁰