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First, men of the jury, to prove that Leostratus here has
returned to the Eleusinians from the demesmen of Otrynê, leaving a
lawfully born son in the family of Archiades; and that his father at an earlier
date had done this same thing; and that the son so left has died without issue;
and that the one who has now sworn the affidavit was enrolled among the demesmen
before he had been enrolled among the members of the clan—to prove
these facts the clerk shall read you the depositions of the members of the clan
and of the deme; and in proof of all the other things I have mentioned which
these men have done I shall produce testimony concerning each several
fact.Please call the witnesses to come
forward.“
Witnesses
”
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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