Sunday, February 26, 2023
I'll Be Brief
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 4.35.4 (tr. Earnest Cary):
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It is all the same whether one urges many or few just claims against unreasonable adversaries; for mere words naturally cannot bring any argument which will persuade them to be honest.
ἐν ἴσῳ γάρ ἐστι τό τε πολλὰ δίκαια πρὸς τοὺς ἀγνώμονας ἀντιδίκους λέγειν καὶ τὸ ὀλίγα· τὸ γὰρ πεῖσον αὐτοὺς εἶναι χρηστοὺς οὐ πεφύκασι φέρειν οἱ λόγοι.
τὸ ὀλίγα Cobet (sc. λέγειν): τὰ ὀλίγα codd.
