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ἄξιον τοίνυν καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐνθυμηθῆναι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὅτι οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἔξαρνος ἐγενόμην, εἰ ἠγγυήμην: πολὺ γὰρ ὁ λόγος ἦν μοι ἰσχυρότερος ὁμολογοῦντι τὴν ἐγγύην ἐπὶ τὰς συνθήκας ἰέναι, καθ᾽ ἃς ἡ ἐπιτροπὴ ἐγένετο. ὅτι μὲν γὰρ τρισὶν ἐπετράπη διαιτηταῖς, μεμαρτύρηται ὑμῖν: ὁπότε δὲ μὴ ἔγνωσται ὑπὸ τῶν τριῶν, τί βουλόμενος ἠρνούμην ἂν τὴν ἐγγύην; μὴ γὰρ γενομένης τῆς γνώσεως κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἐγὼ τῆς ἐγγύης ὑπόδικος ἦν. ὥστε οὐκ ἄν ποτε, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, παραλιπὼν τὴν οὖσάν μοι ἀπολογίαν, εἰ ἠγγυησάμην, ἐπὶ τὸ ἀρνεῖσθαι ἦλθον.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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