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At this juncture Leocrates, the father of Leostratus
here, on the pretext of his relationship on the female side, got himself adopted
as son to Archiades, and so entered into possession of the estate, as though he
had been adopted by Archiades during his lifetime. When Meidylides returned, he
was incensed at what had been done, and was in a mood to enter suit against
Leocrates; but under the persuasion of his relatives and their pleas that he
should suffer Leocrates to remain in the family as the son by adoption of
Archiades, he yielded the point,—not through losing his case in court,
but absolutely through being deceived by these men here and partly also through
giving way to the persuasion of his relatives.
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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