Lysias, Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy, ed. W.R.M. Lamb, 1

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[1] ὑμῖν μὲν πολλὴν συγγνώμην ἔχω, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἀκούουσι τοιούτων λόγων καὶ ἀναμιμνῃσκομένοις τῶν γεγενημένων, ὁμοίως ἅπασιν ὀργίζεσθαι τοῖς ἐν ἄστει μείνασι· τῶν δὲ κατηγόρων θαυμάζω, οἳ ἀμελοῦντες τῶν οἰκείων τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιμέλονται, εἰ¹ σαφῶς εἰδότες τοὺς μηδὲ² ἀδικοῦντας καὶ τοὺς πολλὰ ἐξημαρτηκότας ζητοῦσι κερδαίνειν ἢ³ ὑμᾶς πείθειν περὶ ἁπάντων ἡμῶν τὴν γνώμην ταύτην ἔχειν.

Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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δήμου καταλύσεως ἀπολογία (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 1 focus

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I can find full excuse for you, gentlemen of the jury, if on hearing such statements and remembering past events you are equally incensed against all those who remained in the city. But I am surprised at my accusers: they neglect their own concerns to attend to those of others, and now, though they know for certain who are guilty of nothing and who have committed many offences, they seek to persuade you into holding this same opinion about us all.

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Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy

1. εἰ Reiske: οἳ MSS.

2. μηδὲν Reiske: μὲν MSS.

3. κερδαίνειν ἢ del. Dobree.

Lysias Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 1

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