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Deinias, men of
the jury, is very like Stephanus, is he not?—Deinias, who on account
of his relationship, refuses to testify against the defendant even to what is
true, and on behalf of his daughter and his daughter's children, and me, his
son-in-law!1 Not so
Stephanus here. He did not hesitate to give false testimony against us; even
respect for his own mother, if for no one else, did not keep him from bringing
the extremest poverty upon those who through her were his relatives.
1 We must assume that Deinias, when called upon, refused to swear to the deposition which was read （whether the deposition given in the text is authentic or not cannot be determined with certainty）. He must, therefore, have taken the oath of disclaimer （ἐξωμοσία）, although this is not stated in the text. Apollodorus asserts that Deinias took this course for fear that by swearing to the deposition he would work harm to his kinsman Stephanus. We must be content to confess our ignorance of his reasons.
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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