Inasmuch as my
father, men of the jury, through this man Theocrines was brought to disaster in
his relations to the state and condemned to pay a fine of ten talents, and as
this fine has been doubled, so that we have not the slightest hope of
deliverance, I have thought it my duty to lodge this criminal information with a
view to taking vengeance upon the defendant with your aid, without taking into
consideration my youth or anything else.
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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