Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus, ed. J. O. Burtt, 15

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[15] If on the other hand, as you now maintain, you thought that he misrepresented the god and, out of partiality for certain persons, had made a false report to the people, rather than propose a decree disputing the dream you ought to have sent to Delphi , as the previous speaker said, and inquired the truth from the god. But instead of doing that, you proposed a decree, entirely conceived by yourself,¹ against two tribes, a measure not only most unjust but self-contradictory also. This was what caused your conviction for illegal proposals. It was not the fault of Euxenippus.

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).) — 15 focus

[15] εἰ δέ, ὥσπερ νυνὶ λέγεις, ἡγοῦ αὐτὸν καταψεύσασθαι τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ χαριζόμενόν τισι μὴ τἀληθῆ ἀπηγγελκέναι τῷ δήμῳ, οὐ ψήφισμα ἐχρῆν σε πρὸς τὸ ἐνύπνιον γράφειν, ἀλλʼ ὅπερ ὁ πρότερος ἐμοῦ λέγων εἶπεν, εἰς Δελφοὺς πέμψαντα πυθέσθαι παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. σὺ δὲ τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἐποίησας, ψήφισμα δὲ αὐτοτελὲς ἔγραψας κατὰ δυοῖν φυλαῖν οὐ μόνον ἀδικώτατον, ¹ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐναντίον αὐτὸ ἑαυτῷ· διʼ ὅπερ ἥλως παρανόμων, οὐ διʼ Εὐξένιππον.

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1. I follow Colin’s interpretation of the word αὐτοτελής in this passage, although it was often used technically to describe a decree laid before the people without previous consideration by the Council (see Hesychius, sv. αὐτοτελές ψήφισμα ).

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