Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 8

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[8] ὡς γὰρ εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ ταῦτα ἐγὼ προσωμολόγησα, εὐθὺς ἐκ τῶν γονάτων λαβὼν τῶν αὑτοῦ γραμματεῖόν τ ι τὸ ἐγγεγραμ μένον¹ ἀνεγίγνωσκ εν. ² ἦσαν δὲ αὗται συνθῆκαι πρὸς ἐμέ· ὧν ἐγὼ ἀναγιγνωσκομένων μὲν ἤκουον, ἔσπευδον μέντοι ἐφʼ ὃ ἧκον τοῦτο διοικήσασθαι, καὶ σημαίνεται τὰς συνθήκας εὐθὺς ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ οἰκίᾳ ἵνα μηδεὶς τῶν εὖ φρονούντων ἀκούσαι τὰ ἐγγεγραμμένα, προσεγγράψας μετʼ ἐμοῦ Νίκωνα τὸν Κηφισιέα.

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).) — 8 focus

[8] And that is just what he did. For when I accepted his proposals he immediately took a document from his lap and began to read the contents, which were the text of an agreement with me. I listened to it being read, but my attention was concentrated on completing the business I had come for. He sealed the agreement directly in the same house, so that no one with any interest in me should hear the contents, and added with my name that of Nicon of Cephisia.

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Against Athenogenes

1. τι τὸ ἐγγ . . Blass: τὸ ἐγγ . . Kenyon: τι προγ . . Colin.

2. Column 4

Hyperides Against Athenogenes 8

ed. J. O. Burtt

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