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καὶ ταῦτα δ᾽ ὅτε πρὸς τοὺς τελευταίους ἐλέγετ᾽ οὐκ1 ᾤεσθε ἀπαγγελεῖν ἡμῖν, κἀνταῦθα σόφισμα καλὸν ἡγούμενοι2 περιήλθετε πάντας3 ὑμῶν αὐτῶν κατηγοροῦντες ὅτι πονηροῖς ἑκόντες ὁμιλεῖτε. περὶ μὲν οὖν τοῦ λέγοντος οὐδὲν ἂν περαίνοιτε πυνθανόμενοι. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ εἰδότες4 ἐρήσεσθε τὸν εἰπόντα μοι: πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἴστε πρὸς ὃν ἐλέγετε τὸν λόγον;
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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