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I
therefore, men of the jury, as an avenger of the gods against whom these people
have committed sacrilege, and as an avenger of myself, have brought them to
trial and submitted them to be judged by you. It is now your duty to render the
verdict which justice demands, knowing well that the gods, against whom these
people have acted lawlessly, will not be unaware of the vote each one of you
shall cast. It is your duty to be avengers in the first place of the gods, but
also of your own selves. If you do this, you will be held by all men to have
given an honorable and just decision on this indictment which I have preferred
against Neaera, charging that she, being an alien, lives as his wife with an
Athenian citizen.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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