Thesauros Edebiyat Hitabet Περὶ τοῦ Ἡρῷδου φόνου

Περὶ τοῦ Ἡρῷδου φόνου

Περὶ τοῦ Ἡρῷδου φόνου Antiphon ca. 480-411 B.C
50 On the other hand, in spite of similar torture, the free man has not even yet said anything to damage me. He could not be influenced by offers of freedom, as his companion had been; and at the same time he was determined to cling to the truth, cost what it might. Of course, as far as his own advantage was concerned, he knew, like the other, that the torture would be over as soon as he corroborated the prosecution. Which, then, have we more reason to believe: the witness who firmly adhered to the same statement throughout, or the witness who affirmed a thing at one moment, and denied it at the next? Why, quite apart from the torture employed, those who consistently keep to one statement about one set of facts are more to be trusted than those who contradict themselves.

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