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As for myself, men of the jury, a large
property was left me by my father, and this was in the possession of Phormio,
who furthermore had married my mother while I was out of the country on public
business, serving as your trierarch. （How he managed it, perhaps it is
not proper for a son fully to explain about his mother.） When I
returned and learned of this and saw what had been done, although I was greatly
incensed and took it much to heart,
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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