Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 26

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[26] I am not a seller of perfume¹ and I do not practise any other trade. I simply farm the property which my father gave me, and I was landed in the purchase by these people. Which is more probable, Athenogenes, that I set my heart on your trade in which I was not proficient, or that you and your mistress had designs on my money? Personally, I think that you are indicated. Therefore, gentlemen of the jury, you could fairly excuse me for being cheated by and for having had the misfortune to fall in with a man like this, but to Athenogenes

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

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Against Athenogenes (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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Κατ᾽ Ἀθηνογένους Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 26 focus

[26] ¹ οὔτε μυροπώλης² εἰμὶ οὔτʼ ἄλλην τέχνην ἐργάζο μαι, ἀλλʼ ἅπερ ὁ πατήρ μοι ἔδωκεν χωρία ταῦτα³ γεωργῶ, πρ ὸς δὲ τούτων ε ἰς τὴν ὠνὴν ἐνεσείσθην. πότερα γὰρ εἰκός ἐςτιν, ὦ Ἀθηνόγενες, ἐμὲ τῆς σῆς τέχνης⁴ ἐπιθυμῆσαι, ἧς οὐ κ ἤμην ἔμπει ρος, ἤ σε καὶ τὴν⁵ ἑταίραν τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἐπι βουλεῦσαι;⁶ ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἴομαι ὑμᾶς. δι όπερ, ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐμοὶ μὲν ἂν εἰ κότως συγγνώμην ἔχο ιτʼ ἀπα τηθῆναι⁷ καὶ ἀτυχῆσαι τ οιούτῳ ἀνθρώπῳ περιπεσόντα⁸ Ἀθην ογένει δὲ ..⁹¹⁰

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Against Athenogenes

1. The general sense of this mutilated passage is restored by Colin, in his translation, as follows: Despite his dishonest purpose, I accepted his word, and when he offered me the boy, raised no objection over the price. I thus agreed to pay 40 minas, but I now find I must produce five talents for a perfumery in which I have no interest.

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