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Very well. Now, suppose one should
ask you this question? “Tell me, Boeotus, how is it that you have now
become a member of the tribe Acamantis, and of the deme Thoricus, and a son of
Mantias, and have your share in the property left by him?” You could
give no other answer than, “Mantias while living acknowledged me, too,
as his son.” If one should ask you what proof you had of this or what
evidence, you would say, “He introduced me to the clansmen.”
But if one asked under what name he enrolled you, you would say,
“Boeotus,” for that is the name by which you were
introduced.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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