Lysias, On the Olive Stump, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 16

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[16] And surely I must have been the most wretched of human creatures if my own servants were to be no longer my slaves, but my masters for the rest of my life, since they would be privy to that act of mine; so that, however great might be their offences against me, I should have been unable to get them punished. For I should have been fully aware that it was in their power at once to be avenged on me and to win their own freedom by informing against me.¹

On the Olive Stump. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[16] πῶς δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἦ ἀθλιώτατος ἀνθρώπων ἁπάντων, εἰ τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ θεράποντας μηκέτι δούλους ἔμελλον ἕξειν ἀλλὰ δεσπότας τὸν λοιπὸν βίον, τοιοῦτον ἔργον συνειδότας; ὥστε εἰ καὶ τὰ μέγιστα εἰς ἐμὲ ἐξημάρτανον, οὐκ ἂν οἷόν τε ἦν δίκην με παρʼ αὐτῶν λαμβάνειν· εὖ γὰρ ἂν ᾔδη¹ ὅτι ἐπʼ ἐκείνοις ἦν καὶ ἐμὲ τιμωρήσασθαι καὶ αὐτοῖς μηνύσασιν ἐλευθέροις γενέσθαι.

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1. Cf. Lys. 5.5 , For Callias: Defense of a Charge of Sacrilege.

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