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Now, men of
the jury, if it were toward myself only that Lampis were showing contempt, it
would be nothing to cause surprise; but in reality he has acted far more
outrageously than Phormio toward you all. For when Paerisades had published a
decree in Bosporus that whoever wished
to transport grain to Athens for the
Athenian market might export it free of duty, Lampis, who was at the time in
Bosporus, obtained permission to
export grain and the exemption from duty in the name of the state; and having
loaded a large vessel with grain, carried it to Acanthus1 and there disposed of
it,—he, who had made himself the partner of Phormio here with our
money.
1 A town in Chalcidicê.
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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