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There was a
certain Comon of Halae,1 men
of the, jury, a relative of ours. This Comon died without issue after a very
short illness; he had lived, however, many years, and was an old man when he
died. When I saw that he could not possibly recover, I sent for the defendant
Olympiodorus that he might be with us, and join with us in taking all proper
measures. And Olympiodorus, when he had come to me and to my wife, who is his
own sister, aided us in making all the arrangements.
1 There were two demes of this name, one on the east coast of Attica and the other on the Saronic Gulf. The former belonged to the tribe Aegeis, the latter to the tribe Cecropis. There is nothing to show which one is here referred to.
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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