Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 27

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[27] all to be mine and the profits of the fraud to be his that I took Midas whom he says he was reluctant to let go. But for the boy whom, we are told, he originally offered me for nothing, he has now been paid a far higher price than he is worth; and yet in the end the boy will not be my property but will be freed on the strength of your verdict.¹

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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[27] ¹ ενε πάντα² ἐμοὶ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τῆς ἀπάτ ης κέρδη αὐτῷ³ · καὶ τὸν μὲν Μίδαν τὸν τολ ξαι,⁴ ὃν ἄκων φησὶν ἀ πολῦσαι, τοῦτ ον λαβεῖν,⁵ τοῦ δὲ παιδὸς ὃν τότε προῖκ ά μοί φησιν⁶ διδόναι, νῦν αὐτ ὸν λαβεῖν ἀργύρ ιον πολὺ πλεῖον τῆς ἀξίας, οὐχ ὥστε ἐμὸν εἶν αι, ἀλλʼ ὥστε ὑφʼ ὑμῶν τῇ ψήφῳ ἐλεύθερον ἀφ ίεσθαι.⁷

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Against Athenogenes

1. The point of this remark is not clear. The plaintiff might mean that if he wins his case the boy will be freed, since he never intended to buy him as a slave; but the following sentence suggests that he has in mind at present the consequences of his condemnation.

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