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For Aphareus proved that Theophemus had reckoned up against him the cost of
the equipment and had got the money from him, when he took over the trierarchy.
Now Theophemus maintains that he gave it over to Demochares, and he is suing the
children of Demochares, who is now dead. But, while Demochares lived, Theophemus
did not report his name for an adjudication when he was being sued by me for the
equipment; he merely wished, on the pretence of the lapse of time, to rob the
state of the equipment.To prove that I am
speaking the truth, the clerk shall read you the depositions.“
Depositions
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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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