Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 20

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[20] ὁ δὲ τοιοῦτο ς αὐτοῦ¹ λόγος, ὦ ἄνδρες δ ικαςταί, οὐ κ ἀπολόγημά² ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ὁμολόγημα ὡς οὐ δεῖ με τὰ χρέα διαλύειν. ὅταν γὰρ φῇ μὴ εἰδέναι ἅπαντα³ τὰ ὀφειλόμενα, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ δήπου τόδʼ⁴ εἰπεῖν ὡς προεῖπέ μοι περὶ τῶν χρε ῶν· ὅσα δʼ οὐκ⁵ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πωλοῦντος ταῦτ α οὐ δίκαιός εἰμι διαλύειν. ὅτι μὲν οὖν ᾔ δεις, ὦ Ἀθηνόγενες, ὀφείλοντα Μ ίδαν τ ὰ χρήματα ταῦτα οἶμαι πᾶσιν εἶναι δῆλ ον ἐξ ἄλλων τε πολλῶν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ αἰτεῖν σε τὸν Νίκωνα ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐγγυητ ήν, εἰ τὰ χρέα ὄντα ἱκανὸ ν νο. οὐ μὲν δὴ ἐγὼ τῷ λόγωι σοῦ τούτ ῳ

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).) — 20 focus

[20] In using an argument like this, gentlemen of the jury, he is accusing, not excusing, himself, since he is admitting that I need not pay the debts. For if he says that he did not know the full amount owing, surely he cannot claim that he informed me of the debts beforehand; and I am not bound to pay those of which the seller did not notify me. You knew that Midas owed this money, Athenogenes, as I think we all realize for several reasons, and chiefly because you summoned Nicon to give security for me¹

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Against Athenogenes

1. αὐτοῦ Revillout: οἶμαι Kenyon.

2. ἀπολόγημά Reinach.

3. ἅπαντα Revillout.

4. τόδʼ Kenyon.

5. ὅσα δ’ οὐκ Revillout.

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 20

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