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However, to prove the truth
of my statements, please call the witnesses, and also read the law concerning
arbitrators.“Witnesses[We, Nicostratus of Myrrhinus and Phanias
of Aphidna, know that Demosthenes, for whom we appear, and Meidias, who is
being prosecuted by Demosthenes, when Demosthenes brought his action against
him for slander, chose Strato as
arbitrator; and when the statutory day arrived, Meidias did not appear in
court but abandoned the case. Judgement having gone by default against
Meidias, we know that Meidias tried to induce Strato, the arbitrator, and us, who were at that time
Archons, to reverse the judgement against him, and he offered us fifty
drachmas, and, when we resented his offer, he threatened us and so departed.
Also we know that on this account Strato was victimized by Meidias and was disfranchised
contrary to all justice.]”
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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