[2]
But we must
remember that arrangement is generally dependent
on expediency, and that the same question will not
always be discussed first by both parties. An
example of what I mean, to quote no others, is
provided by Demosthenes and Aeschines, who adopt
a different order in the trial of Ctesiphon, since the
accuser begins by dealing with the legal question
involved, in which he thought he had the advantage,
whereas the advocate for the defence treats practically every other topic before coming to the question
of law, with a view to preparing the judges for a
consideration of the legal aspect of the case.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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