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So do not deprive yourselves of what you can reasonably expect from me, and do not deprive me of what I can reasonably expect from you. And now I will ask men who have given public proof of their outstanding worth to take my place here and give you their opinion of me. Come, Anytus1 and Cephalus2: come, Thrasyllus and you others of my tribe who have been chosen to support me.
1 Very influential at this time. He had taken a leading part with Thrasybulus in overthrowing the Thirty and restoring the democracy in 403. He was one of the accusers of Socrates in 399.
2 A democrat who came into prominence after 403. He is referred to by Demosthenes （Dem. 18.219） and Aeschines （Aeschin. 3.194） in complimentary terms.
Andocides. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes 1, Antiphon Andocides, with an English translation by K. J. Maidment, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1968.
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