Demosthenes, Against Phormio, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 3

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[3] With reference to the special plea my argument is a brief one. For even the defendants do not absolutely deny that a contract was made on your exchange¹; but they claim that there exists no longer any obligation on their part due to the contract, for they have done nothing that contravenes the terms of the agreement.

Against Phormio. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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Plea of Chrysipus and Partner Against Phormio (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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πρὸς Φορμίωνα ὑπὲρ δανείου Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 3 focus

[3] περὶ μὲν οὖν τῆς παραγραφῆς βραχύς ἐστιν ὁ λόγος· καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι οὐ τὸ παράπαν συμβόλαιον ἐξαρνοῦνται μὴ γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῳ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ, ἀλλʼ οὐκέτι εἶναί φασι πρὸς αὑτοὺς οὐδὲν συμβόλαιον· πεποιηκέναι γὰρ οὐδὲν ἔξω τῶν ἐν τῇ συγγραφῇ γεγραμμένων.

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Against Phormio

1. The word rendered exchange or market, may well designate merely the Peiraeus, which was in a very real sense the ἐμπόριον of Athens .

Demosthenes Against Phormio 3

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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