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This was not outlawry as commonly understood;
for what mattered it to a native of Zelea if he was to be debarred from a share
in the common rights of Athenian citizens? But the statutes relating to murder
provide for cases where prosecution for murder is not allowed [but
where it is a righteous act to slay the murderer]; “and he
shall die an outlaw,” says the legislator. This simply means that
anyone slaying a member of Arthmius's family would be free from blood-guilt.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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