Lysias On the Olive Stump 22

ed. W.R.M. Lamb

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[22] καίτοι εἰ ὅτε¹ φῄς μʼ ἰδεῖν τὴν μορίαν ἀφανίζοντα τοὺς ἐννέα ἄρχοντας ἐπήγαγες ἢ ἄλλους τινὰς τῶν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου, οὐκ ἂν ἑτέρων ἔδει σοι μαρτύρων· οὕτω γὰρ ἄν σοι συνῄδεσαν ἀληθῆ λέγοντι, οἵπερ καὶ διαγιγνώσκειν ἔμελλον περὶ τοῦ πράγματος.

On the Olive Stump. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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On the Olive Stump Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 22 focus

[22] Yet if, when you saw me—as you say—clearing away the sacred olive, you had brought the nine archons on the scene, or some other members of the Areopagus, you would not have had to seek witnesses elsewhere; for then the truth of your statements would have been ascertained by the very persons who were to decide upon the matter.

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On the Olive Stump

1. ὅτε add. Markland

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