Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus, ed. J. O. Burtt, 31

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[31] After a scanty reference to the defendant’s written statement you are now bringing fresh charges and incriminations against him, mentioning, amongst other similar allegations, that he tried to marry his daughter to Philocles, that he undertook an arbitration for Demotion, and other similar charges.¹ Your intention is that, if the defence neglect the main indictment and deal with the irrelevant allegations, the jury shall interrupt them by calling: Why do you tell us this? and if they ignore the additional points entirely their case shall be weakened. For any charge that is not refuted is left to be fastened on by the anger of the jury.

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

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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).) — 31 focus

[31] μικρὰ δὲ περὶ τῆς ἀντιγραφῆς εἰπών, ἑτέρας αἰτίας καὶ διαβολὰς ¹ ἥκεις φέρων κατʼ αὐτοῦ, λέγων ὡς Φιλοκλεῖ τὴν θυγατέρα ἐδίδου καὶ Δημοτίωνος δίαιταν ἔλαβεν, καὶ ἄλλας τοιαύτας κατηγορίας, ἵνʼ ἐὰν μὲν ἀφέμενοι² τῆς εἰσαγγελίας περὶ τῶν ἔξω τοῦ πράγματος κατηγορηθέντων ἀπολογῶνται, ἀπαντῶσιν αὐτοῖς οἱ δικασταί· τί ταῦθʼ ἡμῖν λέγετε; ἐὰν δὲ μηδένα λόγον περὶ αὐτῶν ποιῶνται, ὁ ἀγὼν αὐτοῖς χείρων γίγνηται. τῶν γὰρ κατηγορηθέντων τὸ μὴ λαβὸν ἀπολογίαν ὑπὸ τῇ ὀργῇ τῶν δικαστῶν καταλείπεται.

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1. Nothing is known of Philocles and the reference to Demotion is obscure. He was clearly an unpopular character, perhaps the parasite feeder satirized by comedians (see Athen. 6.243 b). The translation of the phrase Δημοτίωνος δίαιταν ἔλαβενs is doubtful; it might mean: adopted the method of life of Demotion.

Hyperides In Defence of Euxenippus 31

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