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λαμβάνοντι χρήματα Not even if he got from Phormion (viz. as a bribe for leaving him his wife) the same large amount which the defendants pretend that he gave Phormion as a marriage portion.—φασὶδιδόντα, supply πρᾶξαι ταῦτα.

τοῖς εἰκόσι ἐξελέγχεται ψευδῆ ‘That which the facts, the dates, the probabilities of the case, show to be false, Stephanus the defendant has not scrupled to bear witness to.’ Kennedy. For τοῖς εἰκόσι see esp. §§ 9—14. τοῖς χρόνοις ..ἐξελέγχεται (cf. 19 § 60) seems inexplicable, except as a rhetorical flourish, for we have had nothing like an argument from dates; and Dobree rightly asks Quomodo?. Huettner suggests a reference to § 33. Even τοῖς πεπραγμένοις is barely justifiable, unless it is to be referred to §§ 15—18.

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