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When the
reconciliation had been brought about, those who had assisted either party in
the arbitration and the whole affair did just what I fancy is always done,
especially when the quarrel is about a courtesan. They went to dine at the house
of whichever of the two had Neaera in his keeping, and the woman dined and drank
with them, as being a courtesan.To prove that
these statements of mine are true, call, please as witnesses those who were
present with them, Eubulus of Probalinthus,1 Diopeithes of
Melitê, and Cteson of Cerameis.2“DepositionEubulus of
Probalinthus, Diopeithes of Melitê, and Cteson of Cerameis, depose
that after the reconciliation in the matter of Neaera was brought about
between Phrynion and Stephanus they frequently dined with them and drank in
the company of Neaera, the present defendant, both when Neaera was at the
house of Stephanus and when she was at the house of Phrynion.”
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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