Lysias, Against Andocides, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 51

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[51] For this man donned a ceremonial robe, and in imitation of the rites he revealed the sacred things to the uninitiated, and spoke with his lips the forbidden words: those deities whom we worship, and to whom with our devotions and purifications we sacrifice and pray, he mutilated. And for such a deed priestesses and priests stood up and cursed him, facing the west,¹ and shook out their purple vestments according to the ancient and time-honored custom. He has admitted this action.

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

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[51] καὶ διαγνώσεσθε ἄμεινον. οὗτος γὰρ ἐνδὺς στολήν, μιμούμενος τὰ ἱερὰ ἐπεδείκνυε τοῖς ἀμυήτοις καὶ εἶπε τῇ φωνῇ τὰ ἀπόρρητα, τῶν δὲ θεῶν, οὓς ἡμεῖς θεοὺς¹ νομίζομεν καὶ θεραπεύοντες καὶ ἁγνεύοντες θύομεν καὶ προσευχόμεθα, τούτους περιέκοψε. καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἱέρειαι καὶ ἱερεῖς στάντες κατηράσαντο πρὸς ἑσπέραν καὶ φοινικίδας ἀνέσεισαν, κατὰ τὸ νόμιμον τὸ παλαιὸν καὶ ἀρχαῖον.

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Against Andocides

1. Cf. the solemn cursing of Alcibiades described by Plut. Alc. 22 . In prayers and vows addressed to the celestial gods the speaker faced the east, but in those addressed to the infernal gods, the west.

Lysias Against Andocides 51

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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