Hyperides, In Defence of Lycophron, ed. J. O. Burtt, 2

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[2] τοιο ῦτο γὰρ ἐστι τὸ Ἀρίστ ωνος τουτουὶ πρᾶγμα· οὗτος¹ προσκαλεῖται μὲν περιὼν πάντας ἀνθρώπους, τῶν δʼ ὅσοι μὲν ἂν μὴ διδῶσιν αὐ τῷ ἀργύριον, κρίν ει καὶ κατηγορεῖ, ὁπ όσοι δʼ ἂν ἐθέλωσιν ἀποτίνειν,² ἀφίησιν, τὸ δʼ ἀργύριον Θεο μνήστῳ³ δίδωσιν· ἐκ εῖνος δὲ λαμβάνων ἀνδράποδα ἀγοράζει, καὶ παρέχει ὥσπερ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐπισιτισμόν, καὶ δίδωσι τούτῳ ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου τοῦ ⁴ ἀνδραπόδου ὀβολὸν τῆς ἡμέρας, ὅπως ἂν ᾖ ἀθάνατος συκοφάντης.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

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

[2] Let me explain the kind of method which this man Ariston employs. He issues a summons against everyone he meets, accusing and prosecuting those who do not give him money, but letting go all who are willing to pay. He gives the money to Theomnestus who takes it and buys slaves, providing Ariston with a livelihood, as is done for pirates, and paying him an obol a day for each slave, to enable him to continue permanently as a false informer.

Notes on the current edition

In Defence of Lycophron

1. οὗτος Shilleto: αὐτὸς Schneidewin.

2. ὁπόσοι et ἀποτίνειν Babington.

3. Ἀρίστωνος usque ad Θεομνήστῳ plerumque restituit Schneidewin.

4. Column 3

Hyperides In Defence of Lycophron 2

ed. J. O. Burtt

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers