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However, to prove
that my statements are true and that these things have actually been perpetrated
by this shameless ruffian, please call the witnesses.“Witnesses[We,
Dionysius of Aphidna and
Antiphilus of Paeania, when our kinsman Nicodemus had met with a violent
death at the hands of Aristarchus, the son of Moschus, prosecuted
Aristarchus for murder. Learning this, Meidias, who is now being brought to
trial by Demosthenes, for whom we appear, offered us small sums of money to
let Aristarchus go unharmed, and to substitute the name of Demosthenes in
the indictment for murder.]”Now let me have the law concerning bribery.
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