Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus, ed. J. O. Burtt, 12

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[12] You will claim, no doubt, that you have never worked on such a principle. Yet when you were prosecuted by Alexander of Oeon,¹ you asked for ten advocates from the tribe Aegeis, and I was one of them, chosen by yourself. You also summoned men from other tribes into the court to help you. But why should I mention other instances? Take your handling of the present trial. Did you not make as many accusations as you wished? Did you not call Lycurgus to join you in the prosecution, a speaker who is the equal of any in the city and who has the reputation among these gentlemen of being sound and honorable?

In Defence of Euxenippus. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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In Defence of Euxenippus (English) (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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Ὑπὲρ Εὐξενίππου ἐισαγγελίας ἀπολογία πρὸς Πολύευκτον Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 12 focus

[12] ¹ ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία αὐτὸς τοιούτῳ πράγματι οὐ κέχρησαι, ἀλλʼ ὅτʼ ἔφευγες τὸν ἀγῶνα ὑπʼ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἐξ Οἴου, δέκα μὲν συνηγόρους ἐκ τῆς Αἰγηίδος φυλῆς ᾐτήσω, ὧν καὶ ἐγὼ εἷς ἦν αἱρεθεὶς ὑπὸ σοῦ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων Ἀθηναίων ἐκάλεις ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον τοὺς βοηθήσοντάς σοι. καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τί δεῖ λέγειν; αὐτῷ δὲ τούτῳ τῷ ἀγῶνι πῶς κέχρησαι; οὐ κατηγόρησας ὁπόσα ἐβούλου; οὐ Λυκοῦργον ἐκάλεις συγκατηγορήσοντα, οὔτε τῷ λέγειν οὐδενὸς τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει καταδεέστερον ὄντα, παρὰ τούτοις τε μέτριον καὶ ἐπιεικῆ δοκοῦντα εἶναι;

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1. Nothing further is known of this trial. For other occasions on which Hyperides opposed Polyeuctus compare Hyp. Fr. 24 and Hyp. Fr. 25 .

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