Lysias, Against Agoratus: In Pursuance of a Writ, ed. W.R.M. Lamb, 88

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[88] πυνθάνομαι δʼ αὐτὸν καὶ περὶ τῶν ὅρκων καὶ περὶ τῶν συνθηκῶν μέλλειν λέγειν, ὡς παρὰ τοὺς ὅρκους καὶ τὰς συνθήκας ἀγωνίζεται ἃς συνεθέμεθα πρὸς τοὺς ἐν ἄστει οἱ ἐν τῷ¹ Πειραιεῖ. σχεδὸν μὲν οὖν τούτοις ἰσχυριζόμενος ὁμολογεῖ ἀνδροφόνος εἶναι· ἐμποδὼν γοῦν ἢ ὅρκους ἢ συνθήκας ἢ χρόνον ἢ τὸ² ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ τι³ ποιεῖται, αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ πράγματι⁴ οὔ τι⁵ πιστεύει καλῶς ἀγωνιεῖσθαι.

Against Agoratus: In Pursuance of a Writ. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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κατὰ Ἀγοράτου ἐνδείξεως (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Against Agoratus Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 88 focus

[88]
I understand that he intends to refer to the oaths and agreements,¹ and will tell us that his prosecution is a violation of the oaths and agreements that we of the Peiraeus contracted with the party of the town. Well, if he takes his stand on these, he practically admits that he is a murderer: at least, he makes an objection of oaths, or agreements, or lapse of time, or the words in the act; but in itself the case affords him no confidence of success in his trial.

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Against Agoratus: In Pursuance of a Writ

1. τῷ del. Baiter

2. τὸ add. Dobree

3. τι del. Reiske

4. πράγματι Reiske: γράμματι MSS.

5. οὔ τι Reiske: οὔτε, οὐ MSS.

Lysias Against Agoratus: In Pursuance of a Writ 88

ed. W.R.M. Lamb

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