Lysias, Accusation of Calumny, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 12

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[12] καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀντέλεγον,¹ ἵνα τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον εἰδείη Πολυκλῆς· ἐδηλώθη γὰρ ταῦτα. παρόντων τῶν διαιτητῶν ὀργιζόμενος² ὁ Πολυκλῆς εἶπεν ὅτι καὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἐπιτηδείοις ἀδικεῖν δοκοίην, ὡς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον λέγοιεν. ἆρά γε ταῦτα ξυμβαίνει τοῖς ἀπαγγελλομένοις; ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἀπήγγειλεν ὡς τοὺς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ μέλλοντας λέγειν ἀποτρέψειν³ φάσκοιτε, τοὺς δέ τινας ἤδη κωλύσαιτε.⁴ καὶ ταῦτα τί με δεῖ φανερώτερον ἐξελέγχειν ἔτι⁵; φέρε γάρ, ᾔδει ποτʼ ἐκεῖνος ὅτι Κλειτοδίκου δεηθεὶς ἐπιλέγειν⁶ οὐκ ἔτυχον;

Accusation of Calumny. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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κατηγορία πρὸς τοὺς συνουσιαστὰς κακολογιῶν (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Accusation of Calumny Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 12 focus

[12] and the purpose of their argument was to enable Polycles to know my argument. This became evident: in the presence of the arbitrators Polycles angrily said that even my friends considered that I was in the wrong,—so they told him. Now, does this tally with what was reported to me? My informant himself reported that you declared you would hinder those who intended to speak on my behalf, and had prevented several others already. What need have I to set the proof of these facts in a yet clearer light? I ask you, could that man know that, having asked Cleitodicus to speak next, I was refused?

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Accusation of Calumny

1. ἀντέγον Emperius: ἀντέπραττον MSS.

2. ὀργιζόμενος Markland: ὁριζόμενος MSS.

3. ἀποτρέψειν Contius: ἀποτρέπειν MSS.

4. κωλύσαιτε Reiske: κωλύσετε MSS.

5. ἔτι Reiske: ὅτι MSS.

6. ἐπιλέγειν Emperius10 ἐκλέγειν MSS.

Lysias Accusation of Calumny 12

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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