men of the jury

for you, men of the jury, will thus more easily follow the course of the whole argument, and these men will be exhibited in their true character, and you will see that they began long ago and still continue to play their tricks, and to think that they may do whatever occurs to them.

Yet Phaenippus has none the less brought a counter-charge against me that I am not rendering a just inventory of my property;

So, in the light of all these things, I should like to ask you in accordance with what laws you have sworn to give judgement:

To prove that I have told you the truth, I shall call before you witnesses to all these facts.

In suits of this nature, men of the jury, it is fitting that those who are to render a decision, as well as the litigants themselves, should give the closest attention.

But do not, men of the jury, I beg you by Zeus and the Gods, do not be overwhelmed by the noise he makes.

I beg of you, men of the jury, if any one of those who then served as jurors happens to be in the court-room, to act upon the same principles as you did then;

first, that you listen to my words with goodwill, and, secondly, that if you think that I am being wronged and made defendant in a suit which has no valid basis, you render me the succor which is my due.

and I entreat you—and not I only, but my wife also, the sister of this Olympiodorus, and my daughter, his niece,—we all beg and implore you, men of the jury, (for I would have you imagine that these women are here present before you), if it be possible, to prevail upon this fellow Olympiodorus not to do us wrong, but if he refuses, and you cannot prevail upon him, then to bear in mind all that has …