κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων

Sections

1 – 2 3 – 4 5 – 6 7 – 8 9 – 11 12 – 13 14 – 15 16 – 17 18 – 19 20 – 20 21 – 22 23 – 24 25 – 27 28 – 29 30 – 31 32 – 33 34 – 35 36 – 37 38 – 39 40 – 42 43 – 44 45 – 47 48 – 50 51 – 52 53 – 54 55 – 57 58 – 59 60 – 61 62 – 63 64 – 65 66 – 67 68 – 69 70 – 71 72 – 73 74 – 75 76 – 77 78 – 78

İngilizce Yunanca

43 But I must first ask you, men of Athens, to reflect that the question you are sworn to decide is not this, but whether his proposal was in accordance with the laws. Next reflect that it is outrageous in one who charges others with violating the constitution to claim exemption from punishment for his own more serious violations; because it is obviously more serious to propose an unconstitutional decree than to fail to pay the property-tax.

44 Then even if it were certain that after this man’s conviction no one would pay the tax or be willing to collect it, even so you must not acquit him, as you will see from this consideration. Upon the property-taxes from the archonship of Nausinicus—say three hundred talents or a trifle moreThis figure is probably corrupt, being too large for a single year, and too small for the twenty-three years from the archonship of Nausinicus (378-377) to the date of this speech.—you have a deficit of fourteen talents, of which he levied seven; but I am assuming that he levied the whole amount. Now you do not need Androtion to deal with the willing payers, but with the defaulters.