[49]
But Boeotus feels no shame in disparaging before you the man whom he compelled
to become his father, and has even come to such a pitch of vulgarity that,
although the laws forbid speaking ill even of other men's fathers after they are
dead, he will slander the man whose son he claims to be; whereas it would be
proper for him to show resentment if anyone else spoke evil of him.
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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