Demosthenes, Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 23

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[23] They did not let our property, they will perhaps say. No; for your uncle Xenopeithes did not want it let, but, after Nicidas had denounced him for this,¹ induced the jurors to allow him to administer it; and this everybody knows. They robbed us of huge sums. Well, for this you have received from them the damages upon which you agreed; and, I take it, you are not entitled to recover it again from me.

Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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One of the Sons of Aristaechmus Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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παραγραφὴ πρὸς Ναυσίμακον καὶ Ξενοπείθην Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 23 focus

[23] οὐκ ἐμίσθωσαν ἡμῶν τὸν οἶκον, ἴσως ἐροῦσιν. οὐ γὰρ ἐβούλεθʼ ὁ θεῖος ὑμῶν Ξενοπείθης, ἀλλὰ φήναντος Νικίδου τοὺς δικαστὰς ἔπεισεν ἐᾶσαι αὑτὸν διοικεῖν· καὶ ταῦτʼ ἴσασιν πάντες. πολλὰ διήρπασαν ἡμῶν ἐκεῖνοι. οὐκοῦν ἣν ἐπείσθητέ γε, τούτων δίκην παρʼ αὐτῶν ἔχετε, καὶ οὐ δήπουθεν πάλιν δεῖ λαβεῖν ὑμᾶς παρʼ ἐμοῦ.

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Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes

1. If a guardian did not fulfil the duties imposed by his position, any citizen might charge him before the archon with breach of trust.

Demosthenes Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 23

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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