Antiphon, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning, section 14

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There was an upper room in our house occupied by Philoneos, a highly respected friend of our father's, during his visits to Athens. Now Philoneos had a mistress a whom he proposed to place in a brothel.¹ My brother's mother made friends with her;

1 Clearly as a slave, as Philoneos has complete control over her, and she was later tortured and summarily executed.

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Cross-references to this page (2):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.4.2
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Forms of the subject.
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, Continuity and Change in Athenian Social and Intellectual History
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (5):
- LSJ, διατρίβω
- LSJ, φίλος
- LSJ, παλλα^κ-ή
- LSJ, πορν-εῖον
- LSJ, ὑπερῷον

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