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After this
there befell Parmeno, men of the jury, a dire misfortune. He was dwelling in
Ophrynium1 because of his being an
exile from home, when the earthquake in the Chersonese occurred; and in the collapse of his house his wife
and children perished. Immediately on hearing of the disaster he departed by
ship from Athens. Aristocles,
although the man had adjured him in the presence of witnesses not to pronounce
judgement against him without his co-arbitrators, when Parmeno had left the
country because of the disaster, pronounced an award against him by default.
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