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ὅπερ Εὐκτήμων, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, παθὼν ὑπ᾽ Ἀνδροτίωνος κακῶς, ἅμα τῇ τε πόλει βοηθεῖν οἴεται δεῖν καὶ δίκην ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ λαβεῖν, τοῦτο κἀγὼ πειράσομαι ποιεῖν, ἐὰν ἄρ᾽ οἷός τ᾽ ὦ. συμβέβηκε δέ, πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ καὶ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς νόμους Εὐκτήμονος ὑβρισμένου, ἐλάττω ταῦτ᾽ εἶναι τῶν ἐμοὶ γεγενημένων δι᾽ Ἀνδροτίωνος πραγμάτων. οὗτος μέν γ᾽ εἰς χρήματα καὶ τὸ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ἀδίκως ἐκπεσεῖν ἐπεβουλεύθη: ἐμὲ δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἐδέξατο τῶν ὄντων ἀνθρώπων οὐδὲ εἷς, εἰ τὰ κατασκευασθένθ᾽ ὑπὸ τούτου παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐπιστεύθη.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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