Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, section 72

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Prosecution Of The Stepmother For Poisoning

Anonymous Prosecution for Murder

The Second Tetralogy: Prosecution for Accidental Homicide

The Third Tetralogy: Prosecution for Murder Of One Who Pleads Self-Defense

On the Murder of Herodes

On the Choreutes

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[72] it is impossible for an angry man to make a right decision, as anger destroys his one instrument of decision, his judgement. The lapse of one day after another, gentlemen, has a wondrous power of liberating the judgement from the sway of passion and of bringing the truth to light.

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