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τὸν πρῶτον πατάξαντα ‘I was pointing out the defendant, to all who came to see me, as the man who struck the first blow.’ In a case of assault, the question who struck the first blow would be, of course, important. Or. 47 § 40 βούλομαι τοὺς μάρτυρας παρασχέσθαι οἳ εἶδόν με πρότερον πληγέντα. ἡ δ᾽ αἰκεία τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, δς ἂν ἄρξη χειρῶν ἀδίκων πρότερος. Cf. Or. 23 § 50, Isocr. Or. 20 § 1, Lysias, Or. 4 § 11. ἕχων μάρτυρας πολλοὺς To give full and legal attestation to the πρόκλησις. So also in Or. 45 § 61, and elsewhere, a πρόκλησις is attested by a μαρτυρία. ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου τινὰς as special witnesses. § 25 εί παθεῖν τί μοι συνέβη, φόνου ..ἃν ἦν ὑπόδικος. The speaker implies that, had death ensued, Conon would have been liable to a charge of φόνος ἐκ προνοίας. On the jurisdiction of the Areopagus in cases of homicide, see especially §§ 65—70 of the speech against Aristocrates, Or. 23.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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