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There is no truth in it, men of the jury;
you cannot believe it. It is a pure fiction. No; the woman is living openly with
Aphobus, and makes no secret of the matter. I shall bring before you the
evidence of Pasiphon, who cared for her when she was ill, and who saw Aphobus
sitting by her side in this very year, when my suit against the defendant had
already been instituted.Take Pasiphon's
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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