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It was in
accordance with this law, men of the jury, that the summons was given, and that
we filed our counter-claims in the manner approved by Olympiodorus. After this
the archon conducted the preliminary examination for all claimants, and when he
had concluded this he brought the case into court. The defendant Olympiodorus
was the first to plead, and he said whatever he pleased and offered whatever
testimony he saw fit, while I, men of the jury, sat in silence on the opposite
platform. Since the trial had been fixed in this way, Olympiodorus easily won
his case;
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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