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[71]
When I had
received this advice from the Interpreters and had looked at the laws of Draco
on the inscribed slab, I consulted with my friends as to what course of action I
should pursue. As they gave me the same advice, I did what was necessary to
purify the house and what the Interpreters had prescribed, and abstained from
further action which the laws forbade.
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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