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In regard to the counts of the accusation, gentlemen of the jury, you have been sufficiently informed; but I must ask your attention also for what has yet to be added, so that you may understand what kind of person I am before you give your verdict upon me. I was certified of age 1 in the archonship of Theopompus: 2 appointed to produce tragic drama, I spent thirty minae and two months later, at the Thargelia, 3 two thousand drachmae, when I won a victory with a male chorus; and in the archonship of Glaucippus, 4 at the Great Panathenaea, eight hundred drachmae on pyrrhic 5 dancers.
In regard to the counts of the accusation, gentlemen of the jury, you have been sufficiently informed; but I must ask your attention also for what has yet to be added, so that you may understand what kind of person I am before you give your verdict upon me. I was certified of age 1 in the archonship of Theopompus: 2 appointed to produce tragic drama, I spent thirty minae and two months later, at the Thargelia, 3 two thousand drachmae, when I won a victory with a male chorus; and in the archonship of Glaucippus, 4 at the Great Panathenaea, eight hundred drachmae on pyrrhic 5 dancers.
Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes: Undesignated. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.
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