Lysias Accusation of Calumny 2

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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[2] τοῖς δὲ βουλοίμην ἂν δόξαι μηδὲν ἀδικῶν τούτους ὑπὸ τούτων ἀδικεῖσθαι πρότερον. ἀνιαρὸν μὲν οὖν ἀναγκάζεσθαι λέγειν περὶ τούτων, ἀδύνατον δὲ μὴ λέγειν, ὅταν ἐναντίον τῆς ἐλπίδος κακῶς πάσχω καὶ τοὺς δοκοῦντας εἶναι φίλους ἀδικοῦντας εὑρίσκω.

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.) — 2 focus

[2] to the rest I would like to show that I have done no wrong to these men, but that they were beforehand in wronging me. Now of course it is painful to be compelled to speak of these matters but it is impossible not to speak, when I meet with ill-treatment against my expectation, and find that I am wronged by those whom I took to be friends.

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