Lysias, For The Soldier, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 4

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[4] The year before last, after I had arrived in the city, I had not yet been in residence for two months when I was enrolled as a soldier. On learning what had been done, I at once suspected that I had been enrolled for some improper reason. So I went to the general,¹ and pointed out that I had already served in the army; but I met with most unfair treatment. I was grossly insulted but, although indignant, I kept quiet.

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

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[4] ἀφικόμενος προπέρυσιν¹ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, οὔπω δύο μῆνας ἐπιδεδημηκὼς κατελέγην στρατιώτης. αἰσθόμενος δὲ τὸ πραχθὲν ὑπετοπούμην εὐθέως ἐπὶ μηδενὶ ὑγιεῖ κατειλέχθαι. προσελθὼν οὖν τῷ στρατηγῷ ἐδήλωσα ὅτι ἐστρατευμένος εἴην, ἔτυχον δὲ οὐδενὸς τῶν μετρίων. προπηλακιζόμενος δὲ ἠγανάκτουν μέν,

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For The Soldier

1. Whose duty it was to make up lists of citizens of military age, with instructions for specific, and post them on statues in the market-place.

Lysias For The Soldier 4

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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