Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 4

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[4] At all events, to make a long story short, she finally sent for me again later and said that after a long talk with Athenogenes she had with difficulty managed to persuade him to release Midas and both his sons for me for forty minas.¹ She told me to produce the money as quickly as I could before Athenogenes changed his mind on any point.

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).) — 4 focus

[4] τέλος δʼ οὖν, ἵνα μὴ μακρολογῶ, μεταπεμψαμένη γάρ¹ με πάλιν ὕστερον εἶπεν ὅτι πολλοὺς λόγους ἀναλώσασα πρὸς τὸν Ἀθηνογένην μόλις εἴη συμπεπεικυῖα αὐτὸν ἀπολῦσαί μοι τόν τε Μίδαν κα ὶ τοὺς υἱεῖς ἀμφοτέρους τετταράκοντα μνῶν, καὶ ἐκέλευέ με τὴν ταχίστην πορίζειν τὸ ἀργύριον, πρὶν μεταδόξαι τι Ἀθηνογένει.

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Against Athenogenes

1. This was a high price for three slaves. Demosthenes tells us that the total cost of his father’s fifty-two slaves (thirty-two swordsmiths and twenty couchmakers) was 230 minas, i.e., an average of just under eight pounds per head. ( Dem. 27. 9 .)

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 4

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