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Nor was it only at the trial that he acted thus, but after
judgement had been rendered against Aphobus, he got up before the court and
begged the jurymen, beseeching and imploring them on behalf of Aphobus with
tears in his eyes, to fix the damages at a talent, and offered himself as surety
for this amount. These facts are admitted on all hands. Those who were then
serving on the jury in the courtroom and many of the bystanders know them well.
Nevertheless I will produce witnesses.Take, and
read this deposition.“
Deposition
”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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