Lysias, On the Scrutiny of Evandros, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 17

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[17] The proof of this is that the latter have received no less honor from the city than those who marched on Phyle and got possession of the Peiraeus. And with good reason: for the character of these last is known to them only as shown under democracy, and they have not yet made trial of what it would be under oligarchy; whereas they have had sufficient test of those others under each kind of government to give grounds for confidence.¹

On the Scrutiny of Evandros. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[17] περὶ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων τὴν ἐναντίαν. τεκμήριον δέ· οὐ γὰρ ἔλαττον τούτους¹ ἡ πόλις τετίμηκε τῶν ἐπὶ Φυλὴν ἐλθόντων καὶ τὸν Πειραιᾶ καταλαβόντων. εἰκότως· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἴσασιν ὁποῖοι τινες ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ μόνῃ γεγένηνται, ὁποῖοι δʼ ἄν τινες ἐν ὀλιγαρχίᾳ γένοιντο, οὔπω πεῖραν εἰλήφασι· παρὰ δὲ τούτων ἑκατέρας τῆς πολιτείας ἱκανὴν βάσανον ἔχουσιν, ὥστʼ εἰκότως πιστεύειν.

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On the Scrutiny of Evandros

1. The more liberal-minded of the party of the town have been tried by the test of oligarchy as well as that of democracy, and deserve the full benefit of the reconciliation.

Lysias On the Scrutiny of Evandros 17

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