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And yet do you not count it a monstrous thing that this Stephanus has taken
the right of free speech from those who are native-born citizens and are lawful
members of our commonwealth, and in defiance of all the laws forces upon you as
Athenians those who have no such right? I will, however, call Hipparchus himself
and force him either to give testimony or take the oath of disclaimer, or I will
subpoena him.1Please call Hipparchus.“DepositionHipparchus of Athmonon2 deposes that Xenocleides and he hired in
Corinth Neaera, the present defendant, as a courtesan who prostituted
herself for money, and that Neaera used to drink at Corinth in the company
of himself and Xenocleides the poet.”
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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