Lysias, Against Theomnestus 1, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 17

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He shall vow by Apollo and give security. If he dreads the course of justice, let him flee.

Here to vow is to swear, and flee is what we now call run away.

Whosoever debars with his door, when the thief is within,

—Here to debar is taken to be shut out; no dispute, now, on that score!

Against Theomnestus 1. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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Against Theomnestus 1 (English) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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ἐπεγγυᾶν δʼ ἐπιορκήσαντα τὸν Ἀπόλλω. δεδιότα δὲ δίκης ἕνεκα δρασκάζειν.

τοῦτο τὸ ἐπιορκήσαντα ὀμόσαντά¹ ἐστι, τό τε δρασκάζειν, ὃ νῦν ἀποδιδράσκειν ὀνομάζομεν.

ὅστις δὲ ἀπίλλει τῇ θύρᾳ, ἔνδον τοῦ κλέπτου ὄντος.

τὸ ἀπίλλειν τοῦτο² ἀποκλείειν νομίζεται, καὶ μηδὲν διὰ τοῦτο διαφέρου.

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