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To prove these facts there is no need of my calling
witnesses before you, for you all know that in the archonship of Lyciscus1 the Thesmothetae were deposed from office by vote of the popular
assembly because of Theocrines. Remembering this, you ought to assume that he is
no different now from what he was then.Not long
after he was removed from office, when his brother died by a violent death,
Theocrines showed himself so utterly heartless toward him that, when he had made
inquiry concerning those who had done the deed, and had learned who they were,
he accepted a bribe, and let the matter drop.2
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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