Lysias, Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys: Supplementary, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 1

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The accusations that have been made, men of Athens , against Epicrates and his fellow-envoys are sufficient: but you should bear in mind the assertion that you have often heard from the mouths of these men, whenever they sought to ruin somebody unjustly,—that, unless you make the convictions that they demand, your stipends will not be forthcoming.¹

Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys: Supplementary. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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κατὰ Ἐπικράτους καὶ τῶν συμπρεσβευτῶν ἐπίλογος ὡς Θεόδωρος Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 1 focus

[1] κατηγόρηται μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, Ἐπικράτους ἱκανὰ καὶ τῶν συμπρεσβευτῶν· ἐνθυμεῖσθαι δὲ χρὴ ὅτι πολλάκις ἠκούσατε τούτων λεγόντων, ὁπότε βούλοιντό τινα ἀδίκως ἀπολέσαι, ὅτι, εἰ μὴ καταψηφιεῖσθε ὧν αὐτοὶ κελεύουσιν, ἐπιλείψει¹ ὑμᾶς ἡ μισθοφορά.

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Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys: Supplementary

1. The allusion is to the three obols paid daily to each juryman. The expenses of the judicature were usually covered by the income from fines and confiscations, and in a time of financial stress this evil alarm might plausibly be raised. Cf. Aristoph. Kn. 1359 .

Lysias Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys: Supplementary 1

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