Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus, ed. J. O. Burtt, 7

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[7] In what cases then do you think impeachments should be used? Your answer has already been embodied in detail in the law, so as to leave no room for doubt. If any person, it says, seeks to overthrow the democracy of the Athenians. Naturally, gentlemen of the jury; for a charge like that admits of no excuse from anyone nor of an oath for postponement.¹ It should come directly into court.

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).) — 7 focus

[7] ὑπὲρ τίνων οὖν οἴεσθε¹ δεῖν τὰς εἰσαγγελίας γίγνεσθαι; τοῦτʼ ἤδη καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ἐγράψατε, ἵνα μὴ ἀγνοῇ μηδείς· ἐάν τις, φησί, τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων καταλύῃ· — εἰκότως, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί· ἡ γὰρ τοιαύτη αἰτία οὐ παραδέχεται σκῆψι ν οὐδεμίαν οὐδενὸς οὐδʼ ὑπωμοσίαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ταχίστην αὐτὴν δεῖ ² εἶναι ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ· —

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1. A man due to be tried could offer the court an excuse ( σκῆφις) and provide a second party to take an oath ( ὑπωμοσία) that this excuse was true. In such cases the jury might grant a postponement.

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