Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 23

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[23] Besides this, gentlemen of the jury, he was saying to my father and my other relatives that ¹ telling me to leave Midas for him instead of buying him, but that I refused and wanted to buy them all. I gather that he is even going to mention these points to you with the idea of convincing you of his moderation, if you please. He must think that he is going to address a set of fools who will not realize his effrontery.

Against Athenogenes. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Κατ᾽ Ἀθηνογένους Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 23 focus

[23] καὶ π ρὸς τούτοις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τῷ τε πατ ρὶ τῷ ἐμῷ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιτηδείοις ἔλ εγεν ὡς εθελ δωρεὰν ¹ κε τὸν δὲ Μίδαν κελεύς ας² ἐᾶν αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ὠνεῖσθαι· ἐμὲ δʼ οὐκ ἐθέλειν ἀλλὰ βούλεσθαι πάντας πρίασθαι. καὶ ταῦτα καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτόν, φασίν, μέλλει ν λέγειν, ἵνα δὴ δοκοίη μέτριος εἶναι, ὥς περ πρὸς ἠλιθίους τινὰς διαλεξόμενος καὶ οὐκ αἰσθησομένους τὴν τούτου ἀναίδ ειαν.

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Against Athenogenes

1. The sense evidently is: that he offered me the one boy as a present and asked me to leave Midas.Cf.§ 27.

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 23

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