Lysias, For The Soldier, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 3

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[3] I did indeed suppose, gentlemen of the jury, that I had to face my trial on the charge referred, not on my character; but, as my opponents are traducing me, it is necessary to deal with all¹ of their points in my defence. So then, to begin with, I will inform you as to the writ against me.

For The Soldier. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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For The Soldier (English) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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[3] ᾤμην μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος, οὐ περὶ τοῦ τρόπου τὸν ἀγῶνά μοι προκεῖσθαι· διαβαλλόντων δέ με τῶν ἀντιδίκων ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι περὶ πάντων τὴν¹ ἀπολογίαν ποιήσασθαι. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν περὶ τῆς ἀπογραφῆς ὑμᾶς διδάξω.

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For The Soldier

1. Yet, in what follows, we are spared the usual commendation of the speaker’s character. He means, apparently (see the next sentence), the whole story of how he came to be fined.

Lysias For The Soldier 3

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