[53]
The clerk has
read you the law in accordance with which this fellow Stephanus was indicted by
Phrastor before the Thesmothetae. Stephanus, then, knowing that, if he were
convicted of having given in marriage the daughter of an alien woman, he would
be liable to the heaviest penalties, came to terms with Phrastor and
relinquished his claim to marriage portion, and withdrew his action for alimony;
and Phrastor on his part withdrew indictment from the Thesmothetae.To prove that my statements are true, I will call before
you as witness to these facts Phrastor himself, and will compel him to give
testimony as the law commands.
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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