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“You,” he said,
“have enjoyed the woman's favors, and it is but right that you should
do something for her.” He added other words calculated to arouse
compassion, such as anyone might use in entreaty to get out of a nasty mess. The
arbitrators, after hearing both parties, brought about a reconciliation between
them, and induced Epaenetus to contribute one thousand drachmae toward the
marriage portion of Neaera's daughter.To prove
the truth of these statements of mine, I will call as witnesses to these facts
the very men who were sureties and arbitrators:
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