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Therefore it is your duty as a sensible jury, Athenians, not to
vote against yourselves or the rest of Athens; you should sentence him unanimously to be handed over
to the executioners for the death penalty. Do not be traitors and fail to give
the honest verdict demanded by your oath. Remember that this man has been
convicted by the council of taking bribes against you, convicted of ill-treating
him, to use the mildest term, by his father during his life and after his death,
condemned by the people's vote and handed over to you for punishment.
Dinarchus. 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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