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It was in accordance with this law that
Epaenetus indicted Stephanus. He admitted having intercourse with the woman, but
denied that he was an adulterer; for, he said, she was not the daughter of
Stephanus, but of Neaera, and the mother knew that the girl was having
intercourse with him, and he had spent large sums of money upon them, and
whenever he came to Athens he supported the entire household. In addition to
this he brought forward the law which does not permit one to be taken as an
adulterer who has to do with women who sit professionally in a brothel or who
openly offer themselves for hire; for this, he said, is what the house of
Stephanus is, a house of prostitution; this is their trade, and they get their
living chiefly by this means.
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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