Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 22

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[22] ὃς εἰδὼς ὅτι πολλαὶ ὠναὶ γίγνονται ἐν τῇ πόλει ἔθηκε νόμον δίκαι ον, ὡς παρὰ πάντων ὁμολογεῖται, τὰς ζη μίας ἃς ἂν ἐργάσωνται οἱ οἰκέται καὶ τὰ ἀ δικήματα¹ διαλύειν τὸν δεσπότην παρʼ ᾧ ἂν ἐργάςωνται² οἱ οἰκέται. εἰκότως· καὶ γὰρ ἐάν τι ἀγαθὸν³ πράξῃ ἢ ἐργασίαν εὕρ ῃ ὁ ο ἰκέτης τοῦ κεκτημένου αὐτὸν γ ίγνετ αι. σὺ δὲ τὸν νόμον ἀφεὶς περὶ συνθ ηκῶν παραβαινομένων⁴ διαλέγῃ. καὶ ὁ μὲν Σόλων οὐδʼ ὃ δικαίως ἔγραφεν ψήφ ισμά τις τοῦ νόμου⁵ οἴεται δεῖν κυριώ τερον εἶναι, σὺ δὲ καὶ⁶ τὰς ἀδίκους συνθ ήκας ἀξιοῖς κρατεῖν⁷ πάντων⁸ τῶν νόμων.

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).) — 22 focus

[22] He knew that sales are constantly taking place in the city and passed a law, which everyone admits to be just, stating that any offences or crimes committed by a slave shall be the responsibility of the master who owns him at the time.¹ This is only fair; for if a slave gains any success or brings in earnings, his owner enjoys the benefits. But you ignore the law and talk about agreements being broken. Solon did not consider that a decree, even when constitutionally proposed, should override the law.² Yet you maintain that even unjust agreements take precedence over all the laws.

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Against Athenogenes

1. ἀδικήματα Jensen olim: ἀναλώματα Revillout.

2. ἂν ἐργάσωνται Weil.

3. ἐάν τι ἀγαθὸν Weil.

4. παραβαινομένων Diels.

5. ψήφισμά τις τοῦ νόμου Jensen.

6. σὺ δὲ καὶJensen: σὺ δὲ οἴει Blass.

7. ἀξιοῖς κρατεῖνJensen: δεῖν κρατεῖνBlass.

8. πάντωνRevillout.

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 22

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