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βούλομαι τοίνυν ὑμῖν καὶ περὶ τῆς προκλήσεως τοῦ ὅρκου εἰπεῖν, ἣν ἐγὼ τοῦτον προὐκαλεσάμην καὶ οὗτος ἐμέ. ἐμβαλομένου γὰρ ἐμοῦ ὅρκον εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνον, ἠξίου οὗτος καὶ αὐτὸς ὀμόσας ἀπηλλάχθαι. ἐγὼ δ᾽ εἰ μὲν μὴ περιφανῶς αὐτὸν ᾔδη πολλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους ὅρκους ἐπιωρκηκότα καὶ πόλεσι καὶ ἰδιώταις, ἔδωκα ἂν αὐτῷ τόνδε τὸν ὅρκον: νῦν δέ μοι ἐδόκει, μαρτύρων μὲν ὄντων ἐμοὶ ὡς ἔλαβον τὸ ἀργύριον ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης οἷς οὗτος ἐκέλευσεν δοῦναι, περιφανῶν δὲ τεκμηρίων, δεινὸν εἶναι τὸν ὅρκον δοῦναι τούτῳ, ὃς οὐχ ὅπως εὐορκήσει πρόνοιαν ποιήσεται, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τῶν ἱερῶν αὐτῶν ἕνεκα τοῦ πλεονεκτήματος ἀπέσχηται.
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