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Such were the terms of the
reconciliation effected by the arbitrators between Phrynion and Stephanus in
regard to this woman Neaera.To prove that these
statements of mine are true, the clerk shall read you the deposition regarding
these matters.Please call Satyrus of
Alopecê, Saurias of Lamptrae, and Aristogeiton of Acharnae.“DepositionSatyrus of Alopecê, Saurias of Lamptrae, and Diogeiton of
Acharnae depose that, having been appointed arbitrators in the matter of
Neaera, the present defendant, they brought about a reconciliation between
Stephanus and Phrynion, and that the terms on which the reconciliation was
brought about were such as Apollodorus produces.”“Terms of
ReconciliationThey have
reconciled Phrynion and Stephanus on the following terms: that each of them
shall keep Neaera at his house and have her at his disposal for an equal
number of days in the month, unless they shall themselves agree upon some
other arrangement.”
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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