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ANTENCLEMA

Volume 3 · 36 words · 1860 Edition

(ἀντὶ and ἐκλέμα) in Oratory, is where the whole defence of the accused turns on criminating the accuser. Such is the defence of Orestes, or the oration for Milo: Occisus est, sed latro: Exectus, sed rapor.