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I wish now to tell you
what they sought to do at the arbitration; for from this you will perceive their
utter insolence. They spun out the time till past midnight, refusing to read the
depositions or to put in copies; leading to the altar one at a time our
witnesses who were present and putting them on oath; writing depositions which
had nothing to do with the case （for instance “that Ctesias
was the son of Conon by a mistress, and
that he had been treated thus and so”1）—a course
of action, men of the jury, which I assure you by the gods roused resentment and
disgust in the mind of every one present; and finally they were disgusted at
themselves.
1 If Ctesias were illegitimate, Conon could not be held responsible for his misdoings, and previous mistreatment by the plaintiff is alleged as justification of the assault made upon the latter by Ctesias.
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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