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There were
these seven girls who were purchased while they were small children by
Nicaretê, who was the freedwoman of Charisius the Elean1 and the wife of his cook Hippias. She was skilled in
recognizing the budding beauty of young girls and knew well how to bring them up
and train them artfully; for she made this her profession, and she got her
livelihood from the girls.
1 Elis, a state in north-western Peloponnesus.
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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