Lysias, Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys: Supplementary, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 13

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[13] if they believe these men to be free from guilt, let them prove that the accusations are false, and so persuade you to acquit them; but if they are going to beg them off in the belief that they are guilty, it is plain that they have more consideration for the wrongdoers than for you, the wronged; so that they do not deserve to get indulgence, but punishment, as soon as you can inflict it.

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.) — 13 focus

[13] ἐγὼ δʼ οὕτως ἀξιῶ γενέσθαι· εἰ μὲν ἀδικεῖν τούτους μηδὲν νομίζουσιν, ἀποδείξαντας ὡς ψευδῆ τὰ κατηγορημένα, οὕτως πείθειν ὑμᾶς ἀποψηφίσασθαι· εἰ δὲ νομίσαντες ἀδικεῖν αἰτήσονται, δῆλον ὅτι τοῖς ἀδικοῦσιν εὐνούστεροί εἰσιν ἢ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις, ὥστʼ οὐ χάριτος ἄξιοι τυχεῖν ἀλλὰ τιμωρίας,

Lysias Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys: Supplementary 13

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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