Lysias, Against Simon, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 1

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Although I was aware of much that was outrageous about Simon, gentlemen of the Council, I did not believe that he would ever have carried audacity to the pitch of lodging a complaint as the injured party to a case where he was the person who should be punished, and of taking that great and solemn affidavit¹ and so coming before you.

Against Simon. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[1] πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ συνειδὼς Σίμωνι, ὦ βουλή, οὐκ ἄν ποτʼ αὐτὸν εἰς τοσοῦτον τόλμης ἡγησάμην ἀφικέσθαι, ὥστε ὑπὲρ ὧν αὐτὸν ἔδει δοῦναι δίκην, ὑπὲρ τούτων ὡς ἀδικούμενον ἔγκλημα ποιήσασθαι καὶ οὕτω μέγαν καὶ σεμνὸν ὅρκον διομοσάμενον εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν.

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Against Simon

1. The oath or affidavit ( διωμοσία) taken by both parties to a suit at a private examination ( ἀνάκρισις). See fn. 5 on Antiph. 5 , On the Murder of Herodes.

Lysias Against Simon 1

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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