Lysias, On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 19

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[19] You will perceive the truth of what I say from his actual conduct. First, when Conon wanted to send someone to Sicily ,¹ he offered himself and went off with Eunomus, who was a friend and guest of Dionysius, and who had rendered a great many services to your people, as I have been told by those who were with him at the Peiraeus.

On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[19] γνώσεσθε δὲ ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγω ἐξ αὐτῶν ὧν ἐκεῖνος ἔπραττε. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ βουλομένου Κόνωνος πέμπειν τινὰ εἰς Σικελίαν, ᾤχετο ὑποστὰς μετὰ Εὐνόμου, Διονυσίου¹ φίλου ὄντος καὶ ξένου, τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ὑμέτερον πλεῖστα ἀγαθὰ πεποιηκότος, ὡς ἐγὼ ἀκήκοα τῶν ἐν Πειραιεῖ παραγενομένων.

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On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury

1. In 393 B.C., to undermine the friendship between Dionysius, despot of Syracuse , and the Spartans, who had helped him to attain his power in 406 B.C.

Lysias On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury 19

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