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The jury will reach a just decision and the challenger will learn the valuable lesson to not attack men weaker than himself.

ὑμεῖς μὲν τὰ δίκαια γνώσεσθε πάντες: “you all will reach a just decision.” γιγνώσκειν + τὰ δίκαια = “to form a just opinion” or “reach a just decision” (LSJ γιγνώσκω II).

ὑμεῖς...πάντες: the hyperbaton emphasizes the expected consensus of the jury.

ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων...τυχὼν: “but when I’ve obtained these things (i.e. the vote granting the benefit).” τυχών > nom. masc. sg. aor. act. participle of τύγχανω, “to obtain X (gen.)” (LSJ τύγχανω ΙΙ 2).[

ὑμῖν...ἕξω τὴν χάριν: “I will be grateful to you all.”

τοῦ λοιποῦ: “in the future.” Supply χρόνου.

οὗτος...μαθήσεται: The defendant casts the trial as a lesson for his opponent, adopting a tone that positions the opponent as a scolded student in need of correction.

μὴ τοῖς ἀσθενεστέροις ἐπιβουλεύειν: The use of ἐπιβουλεύειν (“to plot against”) strongly casts the challenger’s case as a corrupt venture and verbally links his actions with that of the (supposedly) evil men who frequent the defendant’s workshop at Chapter 19.

τῶν ὁμοίων αὐτῷ: “those men equal to him,” i.e. citizens of a similar social rank. Lysias closes with a final emphasis on the class differences that drive this case (Major 2021). The substantive genitive is the object of περιγίγνεσθαι (“to overcome”).