Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 18

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[18] καὶ ἐὰν μέν τι ς ὡς ἔοικ εν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ γυναικὶ πειθόμενος διαθήκας γράψῃ¹ ἄκυροι ἔσο νται, εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ τῇ Ἀθηνογ ένους ἑταίρᾳ ἐπείσθην, προσαπολωλέναι με² δεῖ, ὃς ἔχω μ εγίςτην³ βοήθειαν τὴν ἐν τῷ νόμῳ γεγραμμένην, ἀναγκασθεὶς ὑπὸ τούτων ταῦτα συνθέσθαι; εἶτα σὺ ταῖς συνθήκαις ἰς χυρίζῃ ἃς ἐνεδρεύσαντές με σὺ καὶ ἡ ἑ ταίρα σο υ⁴ ἐςημήνασθε, καὶ ὑ πὲρ ὧν οἱ νόμοι β ουλεύσεως ὑμᾶς κε λεύουσιν αἰτίους εἶναι, ἐπὶ τούτοις προς λαμβάνειν τι ἀξιοῦτε.⁵ καὶ οὐ χ ἱκανόν σοι ἦν τὰς⁶ τετταράκοντα μνᾶς εἰληφέναι ὑπὲρ τοῦ μυροπωλίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ πέντε τάλαντα προσαφείλου⁷ με ὥσπερ ὑπο⁸ κατε ιλημμένον

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

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

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Against Athenogenes Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 18 focus

[18] Apparently if a man respects the wishes of his own wife in making his will it will be invalid. Then must I, who was influenced by the mistress of Athenogenes, accept the contract and be ruined too,¹ even though I can claim the very powerful help of the law, having been compelled by these people to conclude the agreement? Do you insist on the agreement when you and your mistress laid a trap for me to get it signed? In circumstances where the laws relating to conspiracy proclaim that you are guilty, are you expecting actually to make a profit? You were not content with the forty minas for the perfumery. No; you robbed me of a further five talents as though I were caught ²

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Against Athenogenes

1. γράψῃ Diels.

2. με Weil.

3. μεγίστην Weil.

4. ἑταίρα σουDiels.

5. ὑπὲρ ὧν usque ad ἀξιοῦτε Jensen in add.: alii alia.

6. ἦν τὰςWeil.

7. προσαφείλουKenyon: ἀπεστερήκατεWeil.

8. ὑποχείριον ἐν ποδοστράβῃ κατειλημμένον Revillout, coll. Harpocratione s.v. ποδοστράβη· ὑπὸ θηρευτοῦ κτλ. Richards.

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