Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 27

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[27] ¹ ενε πάντα² ἐμοὶ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τῆς ἀπάτ ης κέρδη αὐτῷ³ · καὶ τὸν μὲν Μίδαν τὸν τολ ξαι,⁴ ὃν ἄκων φησὶν ἀ πολῦσαι, τοῦτ ον λαβεῖν,⁵ τοῦ δὲ παιδὸς ὃν τότε προῖκ ά μοί φησιν⁶ διδόναι, νῦν αὐτ ὸν λαβεῖν ἀργύρ ιον πολὺ πλεῖον τῆς ἀξίας, οὐχ ὥστε ἐμὸν εἶν αι, ἀλλʼ ὥστε ὑφʼ ὑμῶν τῇ ψήφῳ ἐλεύθερον ἀφ ίεσθαι.⁷

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).) — 27 focus

[27] all to be mine and the profits of the fraud to be his that I took Midas whom he says he was reluctant to let go. But for the boy whom, we are told, he originally offered me for nothing, he has now been paid a far higher price than he is worth; and yet in the end the boy will not be my property but will be freed on the strength of your verdict.¹

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Against Athenogenes

1. Column 13

2. ἕνεκα πάθη πάντα Colin.

3. ἀπάτης κέρδη αὐτῷ Revillout.

4. τολμῶντα συμπρᾶξαι Vogt.

5. τοῦτον συγχωρῶ λαβεῖν Blass.

6. φησινBlass: ἔφηKenyon.

7. ἀφίεσθαιJenson: ἀφεθῆναιBlass.

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 27

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