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Δίκη

ἐπίσχες, ὦ Πάν. οὐχ ὁ Ἑρμῆς σοι κηρύττειν ἔδοξεν;

Πάν

πάνυ μὲν οὖν.

Ἑρμῆς

ἀκούετε λεῴ, ἀγορὰν δικῶν ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ καταστησόμεθα τήμερον Ἐλαφηβολιῶνος ἑβδόμῃ ἱσταμένου. ὁπόσοι γραφὰς ἀπήνεγκαν, ἥκειν εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον, ἔνθα ἡ Δίκη ἀποκληρώσει τὰ δικαστήρια καὶ αὐτὴν παρέσται τοῖς δικάζουσιν· οἱ δικασταὶ ἐξ ἁπάντων Ἀθηναίων· ὁ μισθὸς τριώβολον ἑκάστης δίκης· ἀριθμὸς τῶν δικαστῶν κατὰ λόγον τοῦ ἐγκλήματος. ὁπόσοι δὲ ἀποθέμενοι γραφὴν πρὶν εἰσελθεῖν ἀπέθανον, καὶ τούτους ὁ Αἰακὸς ἀναπεμψάτω. ἢν δέ τις ἄδικα δεδικάσθαι οἴηται, ἐφέσιμον ἀγωνιεῖται τὴν δίκην· ἡ δὲ ἔφεσις ἐπὶ τὸν Δία.

Πάν

βαβαὶ τοῦ θορύβου· ἡλίκον, ὦ Δίκη, ἀνεβόησαν, ὡς δὲ καὶ σπουδῇ συνθέουσιν ἕλκοντες ἀλλήλους πρὸς τὸ ἄναντες εὐθὺ τοῦ Ἀρείου πάγου. καὶ ὁ Ἑρμῆς δὲ ἤδη πάρεστιν. ὥστε ὑμεῖς μὲν ἀμφὶ τὰς δίκας ἔχετε καὶ ἀποκληροῦτε καὶ διακρίνατε ὥσπερ ὑμῖν νόμος, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ἀπελθὼν συρίξομαί τι μέλος τῶν ἐρωτικῶν ᾧ τὴν Ἠχὼ εἴωθα ἐπικερτομεῖν· ἀκροάσεων δὲ καὶ λόγων τῶν δικανικῶν ἅλις ἔχει μοι ὁσημέραι τῶν ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ δικαζομένων ἀκούοντι.

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Δὶς κατηγορούμενος (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.)

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The Double Indictment Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 12 focus

JUSTICE

Hush, Pan; didn’t it seem to you that Hermes is making a proclamation?

PAN

Why, yes.

HERMES

Oyez, oyez! Under the blessing of Heaven, we shall hold a session of court to-day, the seventh of Elaphebolion.¹ All who have entered suits are to come to the Areopagus, where Justice will empanel the juries and be present in person at the trials. The jurors will be drawn from the entire body of Athenians; the pay will be three obols a case, and the number of jurors will be in accordance with the charge. All those who have entered suits but have died before they came to trial are to be sent back to earth by Aeacus. If anyone thinks he has had an unjust hearing, he is to appeal the case, and the appeal will be to Zeus.

PAN

Heavens, what a hubbub! What a shout they raised, Justice, and how eagerly they are gathering at a run, dragging each other up the hill, straight for the Areopagus! Hermes, too, is here already, so busy yourselves with the cases, empanel your juries and give your verdicts as usual; I am going back to the cave to pipe one of the passionate melodies with © which I am in the habit of provoking Echo. I am sick of trials and speeches, for I hear the pleaders on the Areopagus every day.

The Double Indictment Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 12 focus

Justice

Hush, Pan: was not that Hermes making the proclamation?

Pan

I thought so.

Hermes

Be it known to all men that we purpose on this seventh day of March to hold a court of justice, and Fortune defend the right / All litigant parties to assemble on Areopagus, where Fustice will assign the juries and preside over the trials in person. The juries to be taken from the whole Athenian people; the pay to be sixpence for each case s the number of jurors to vary with the nature of the accusation. Any parties who had commenced legal proceedings and have died in the interim to be sent up by Aeacus. Any party doubting the justice of bis sentence may appeal; the appeal to be heard by Zeus.

Pan

Talk about noise! how they shout! And what a hurry they are in to get here! See how one hales another up the hill! Here comes Hermes himself. Well, I leave you to your juries and your evidence; you are accustomed to it. I will return to my cave, and there play over one of those amorous ditties with which I love to upbraid Echo. As to rhetoric and law-pleadings, I hear enough of those every day in this very court of Areopagus.

Lucian Bis accusatus sive tribunalia 12

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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Δίκη

ἐπίσχες, ὦ Πάν. οὐχ ὁ Ἑρμῆς σοι κηρύττειν ἔδοξεν;

Πάν

πάνυ μὲν οὖν.

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JUSTICE

Hush, Pan; didn’t it seem to you that Hermes is making a proclamation?

PAN

Why, yes.

Justice

Hush, Pan: was not that Hermes making the proclamation?

Pan

I thought so.

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Δίκη ἐπίσχες, ὦ Πάν. οὐχ ὁ Ἑρμῆς σοι κηρύττειν ἔδοξεν;

Πάν πάνυ μὲν οὖν.

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JUSTICE Hush, Pan; didn’t it seem to you that Hermes is making a proclamation?

PAN Why, yes.

Justice Hush, Pan: was not that Hermes making the proclamation?

Pan I thought so.

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Δίκη

ἐπίσχες, ὦ Πάν. οὐχ ὁ Ἑρμῆς σοι κηρύττειν ἔδοξεν;

Πάν

πάνυ μὲν οὖν.

JUSTICE

Hush, Pan; didn’t it seem to you that Hermes is making a proclamation?

PAN

Why, yes.

Justice

Hush, Pan: was not that Hermes making the proclamation?

Pan

I thought so.