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Now I, gentlemen of the jury, have lived with you in Athens all my life. I have never been subjected to any discreditable charge, nor have I brought an accusation against another citizen. I have not been defendant or prosecutor in any lawsuit, but have always been a keen horsebreeder, consistently overtaxing my strength and my resources.1 I have been crowned for bravery by the order of knights and by my colleagues in office.
1 Horsebreeding, which was carried on either for war or racing, was sometimes frowned on as a mark of wealth and ostentation. （Compare Lyc. 1.139. ）. But here, though he admits extravagance, Lycophron is simply claiming to be doing his duty as a knight.
Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes, 2, with an English translation by J. O. Burtt, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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