1 See note in the introduction to Dem. 27.
2 That is, they hoped that the exchange of properties, if carried out, would transfer to Thrasylochus also the claims of Demosthenes against them, and so debar the latter from taking further action.
3 Thrasylochus was the brother of the Meidias against whom Demosthenes brought action for assault (see Dem. 21). Anagyrus was a deme of the tribe Erectheis.
4 If the exchange of properties was accepted, either party had the right to enter and search the house and land of each other. Demosthenes denies this right to Thrasylochus, hoping that he might win a decision from the generals, before whom such cases were heard, as to whether or not his claim against his guardians would pass to Thrasylochus together with his visible property. From the oration against Meidias we learn that Meidias and Thrasylochus came jointly to Demosthenes' house, and with great violence forced themselves even into the women's apartments before they were finally ejected.
5 The service was the trierarchy, and the cost entailed amounted to twenty minae.
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