Literary Record Details

Author: DEMOSTHENES Orat.

Opus: Contra Nausimachum et Xenopeithea
Reference: Dem.38.20

Period: Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: forensic
Object:
Gender: m
Context: legal

Greek Text: ἐγὼ δὲ τὸ μὲν τῶν δικῶν μέγεθος τῶν τότε ληχθεισῶν μεῖζον ἡγοῦμαι τεκμήριον ἡμῖν εἶναι ὡς ἐσυκοφαντεῖθ᾽ ὁ πατήρ

English Text: For my own part, I think that the large sum asked as damages in the suits then brought is a stronger proof for us, that our father was the victim of a malicious action

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Kleros 258, Dem.38.20
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