From Lysias’ On the Murder of Eratosthenes 8:
[size=150] ἐπ’ ἐκφορὰν γὰρ αὐτῇ ἀκολουθήσασα ἡ ἐμὴ γυνὴ ὑπὸ τούτου τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὀφθεῖσα, χρόνῳ διαφθείρεται
I think this is a case of historic present, highlighting a very important element in the story, without which the story wouldn’t have been as it is.
In this case, it is the action which started the whole mess that followed.
BTW, I’m afraid your link didn’t function properly. I’ve had some difficulties accessing Perseus. Only the mirror site in Berlin seems to be working.
Eu)/xomai se e)rrw=sqai
Ptolemaios
hey! some one else doing Lysias! we translated the murder of eratosthenes last year and one speech about a crippled begger, who didn’t want to be taken off state benefits.
The link seems to be working now, but Perseus does go off at odd times.
I bought The Murder of Eratosthenes because it was the first in a series of readers. Even so, I’ve forgotten so much it’s a bit of a struggle.
I’ve ordered the Greek version of Moreland and Fleischer’s Latin: An Intensive Course, to help with my revision.