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§§ 4, 5. If my opponent urges that he is responsible for a Challenge only and not for a deposition, then he is not speaking the truth. Every Challenge necessarily involves a deposition, and I shall show that he has deposed to something more than a mere Challenge, and I shall also criticize the terms of his deposition. πρόκλησιν...μὴ μαρτυρίαν Or. 45 § 43 προκλήσεώς ἐστιν ὑπεύθυνος, οὐχὶ μαρτυρίας. Stephanus disclaims responsibility for the deposition, but the plaintiff on his part insists that the deposition is inseparable from the Challenge, as no Challenge could be put in evidence at a trial unless attested by the deposition of a responsible witness.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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