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for I would have you know that Stephanus himself
deserves to pay no less heavy a penalty than Neaera here, but even one far
heavier, and that he is far more guilty, seeing that, while professing to be an
Athenian, he treats you and your laws and the gods with such utter contempt that
he cannot bring himself to keep quiet even for shame at the wrongs he has
himself committed, but by bringing baseless charges against me and against
others he has caused my colleague to bring against him and against this woman a
charge so grievous that it necessitates inquiry being made into her origin, and
his own profligacy being brought to light.
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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