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Read them the will itself, to which these
men have deposed along with the challenge; and do you mark well what I
say.“WillThis is the will of Pasio of Acharnae. I give my wife Archippê
to Phormio, and I give as dowry to Archippê the talent due to me
at Peparethus,1 the talent due to me here in Athens, a lodging-house
worth one hundred minae, the female slaves and jewelry, and all else that
she has in the house. All these things I give to
Archippê.”You have heard,
men of Athens, the large amount of the dowry,—a talent from
Peparethus, a talent from Athens, a lodging-house worth a hundred minae, female
slaves and jewelry, and all else that she has in her possession—I give
it all, says the will; and by this clause he precludes us even from searching
for any of the property that was left.
1 Peparethus is a small island north of Euboea, on which was an Athenian colony. Its modern name is Skopelos.
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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