Lysias, Against Andocides, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 21

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Only consider Andocides’ own life since he committed his impiety, and judge if there is any other man to compare with him. For Andocides, when after his offence he was brought before the court by a summary citation,¹ committed himself to prison, having assessed² the penalty at imprisonment if he failed to hand over his attendant:

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

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κατ᾽ Ἀνδοκίδου ἀσεβείας Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 21 focus

[21] σκέψασθε δὲ καὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀνδοκίδου τὸν βίον, ἀφʼ οὗ ἠσέβηκε, καὶ εἴ τις τοιοῦτος ἕτερός ἐστιν. Ἀνδοκίδης γὰρ ἐπειδὴ ἥμαρτεν, ἐξ ἐπιβολῆς¹ εἰσαχθεὶς εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον, ἔδησεν² ἑαυτὸν τιμησάμενος δεσμοῦ, εἰ μὴ παραδοίη τὸν ἀκόλουθον· εὖ δʼ ἤδει οὐ δυνησόμενος παραδοῦναι,

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Against Andocides

1. ἐξ ἐπιβολῆς (if Taylor’s conjecture is correct) must imply as a result of a fine summarily inflicted (by the archons); cf. Lys. 30.3 .

2. A defendant could propose a penalty as an alternative to that proposed by the plaintiff, and the judges had to vote for one or the other penalty.

Lysias Against Andocides 21

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