Lysias, Against Nicomachus, ed. W.R.M. Lamb, 4

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[4] καὶ γάρ τοι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐπειδὴ ἐκείνων δίκην οὐ δέδωκεν, ὁμοίαν¹ καὶ νῦν τὴν ἀρχὴν κατεστήσατο, ὅστις πρῶτον μὲν τέτταρα ἔτη ἀνέγραψεν, ἐξὸν αὐτῷ τριάκοντα ἡμερῶν ἀπαλλαγῆναι· ἔπειτα διωρισμένον ἐξ ὧν ἔδει ἀναγράφειν, αὑτὸν ἁπάντων κύριον ἐποιήσατο, καὶ ὅσα οὐδεὶς πώποτε² διαχειρίσας³ μόνος οὗτος τῶν ἀρξάντων εὐθύνας οὐκ ἔδωκεν,

Against Nicomachus. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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κατὰ Νικομάχου γραμματέως εὐθυνῶν κατηγορία (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Against Nicomachus Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 4 focus

[4] And observe, gentlemen, how, having suffered no punishment for that conduct, he has now turned his new office to similar account: first, he has been transcribing for four years, when he could have discharged his duty in thirty days; and second, although he had definite orders as to the texts that he had to transcribe, he assumed supreme authority over the whole code, and after handling more business than anyone had ever done before he is the only person who has held office without submitting to an audit.

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Against Nicomachus

1. ὁμοίαν Schott: ὁποίαν MSS.

2. οὐδεὶς πώποτε add. Francken.

3. διαχειρίσας Contius: χειρίσας MSS.

Lysias Against Nicomachus 4

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