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Phrynion, however, learned that the woman
was in Athens, and was living with Stephanus, and taking some young men with him
he came to the house of Stephanus and attempted to carry her off. When Stephanus
took her away from him, as the law allowed, declaring her to be a free woman,
Phrynion required her to post bonds with the polemarch.1To prove that this
statement is true, I will bring before you as a witness to these facts the man
himself who was polemarch at the time.Please call
Aeetes of Ceiriadae.2“DepositionAeetes of
Ceiriadae deposes that while he was polemarch, Neaera, the present
defendant, was required by Phrynion, the brother of Demochares, to post
bonds, and that the sureties of Neaera were Stephanus of Eroeadae,3 Glaucetes of Cephisia,4
and Aristocrates of Phalerum.5”
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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