Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 31

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[31] after disregarding the agreement which we all make with the state, he insists on his private contract with me, as if anyone would believe that a man who made light of his duty to you would have cared about his obligations to me. He is so degraded and so true to type wherever he is, that even after his arrival at Troezen when they had made him a citizen he became the tool of Mnesias the Argive ¹ and, after being made a magistrate by him, expelled the citizens from the city. The men themselves will bear witness to this; for they are here in exile.²

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

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[31] ¹ τὰς κοινὰς τῆς πόλεως συνθήκας παραβὰς ταῖς ἰδίαις πρὸς ἐμὲ ἰσχυρίζεται, ὥσπερ ἄν τινα πεισθέντα ὡς ὁ τῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς δικαίων καταφρονήσας οὗτος ἂν τῶν πρὸς ἐ μὲ² ἐφρόντιζεν· ὃς οὕτω πονηρός ἐστι καὶ πανταχοῦ ὅμοιος ὥστε καὶ εἰς Τροιζῆνα ἐλθὼν καὶ ποιησαμένων αὐτὸν Τροιζηνίων πολίτην, ὑποπεσὼν Μνησίαν τ ὸν Ἀργεῖον καὶ ὑπʼ ἐκείνου κατας ταθεὶς ἄρχων, ἐξέβαλεν τοὺς πολίτας ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, ὡς ὑμῖν αὐτοὶ μαρτυρήσουσιν· ἐνθάδε γὰρ φεύγουσιν.

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Against Athenogenes

1. Mnesias the Argive is mentioned as a traitor by Demosthenes. (See Dem. 18.295 , where, however, the name is spelt Μνασέας.)

2. As these men were still in Athens , Alexander’s decree of 424 B.C., providing that exiles should return, cannot yet have been issued. Hence we have a terminus ante quem for the speech.

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 31

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