Demosthenes, Against Aphobus I, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 5

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[5] To Therippides he gave the interest on seventy minae of my property, to be enjoyed by him until I should come of age,¹ in order that avarice might not tempt him to mismanage my affairs. To Demophon he gave my sister with a dowry of two talents, to be paid at once, and to the defendant himself he gave our mother with a dowry of eighty minae, and the right to use my house and furniture. His thought was that, if he should unite these men to me by still closer ties, they would look after my interests the better because of this added bond of kinship.

Against Aphobus I. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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[5] κἀκείνῳ μὲν ἔδωκεν ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς καρπώσασθαι τοσοῦτον χρόνον, ἕως ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην, ὅπως μὴ διʼ ἐπιθυμίαν χρημάτων χεῖρόν τι τῶν ἐμῶν διοικήσειεν· Δημοφῶντι δὲ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀδελφὴν καὶ δύο τάλαντʼ εὐθὺς ἔδωκεν ἔχειν, αὐτῷ δὲ τούτῳ τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ προῖκʼ ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς, καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν οἰκεῖν καὶ σκεύεσι χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἐμοῖς, ἡγούμενος, καὶ τούτους ἔτʼ οἰκειοτέρους εἴ μοι ποιήσειεν, οὐκ ἂν χεῖρόν μʼ ἐπιτροπευθῆναι ταύτης τῆς οἰκειότητος προσγενομένης.

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Against Aphobus I

1. At Athens a youth, on reaching the age of eighteen, was, after an official examination ( δοκιμασία), duly entered on the list of the members of his tribe, and assumed the status and the duties of a citizen.

Demosthenes Against Aphobus I 5

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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