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In this way,
then, Apaturius here got rid of his creditors. Not long after this, the bank
having failed, and Heracleides for a time having gone into hiding, the plaintiff
schemed to send the slaves from Athens, and to remove the ship from the harbor. This was the
cause of my first quarrel with him. For Parmeno, learning of the fact, laid
hands on the slaves as they were being taken away, and prevented the sailing of
the ship; then he sent for me, and told me of the affair.
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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