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This oath I was at that time ready to take, and now, to
convince you and those who stand gathered about, I swear by all the gods and
goddesses that I have in very truth suffered at the hands of Conon this wrong for which I am suing him;
that I was beaten by him, and that my lip was cut open so that it had to be sewn
up, and that it is because of gross maltreatment that I am prosecuting him. If I
swear truly, may many blessings be mine, and may I never again suffer such an
outrage; but, if I am forsworn, may I perish utterly, I and all I possess or
ever may possess. But I am not forsworn; no, not though Conon should say so till he bursts.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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