Is it that I have been justly accused? No, not even yourselves can say so. That the defendant is a better man and of better birth than I? No; not he himself can claim this. That having thrown away my arms I am suing for slander a man who saved his? This is not the story that has been disseminated in the city.

Remember that there you have presented him with a rich and goodly gifti.e., his success in securing the condemnation and disfranchisement of Dionysius, the other witness in the previous trial. in that respect, who would not pity Dionysius for the disaster that overtook him, after he had proved himself a man of the highest valor in times of danger,