Demosthenes, Against Boeotus I, ed. William Rennie, 36

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[36] τί οὖν φιλονικεῖς; μηδαμῶς· μὴ ἔχʼ οὕτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐθελέχθρως· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐγὼ πρὸς σέ, ἐπεὶ καὶ νῦν, ἵνα μηδὲ τοῦτο λάθῃ σε, ὑπὲρ σοῦ λέγω μᾶλλον, ἀξιῶν μὴ ταὐτὸν ἔχειν ὄνομʼ ἡμᾶς. εἰ γὰρ μηδὲν ἄλλο, ἀνάγκη τὸν ἀκούσαντʼ ἐρέσθαι πότερος, δύʼ ἂν ὦσιν Μαντίθεοι Μαντίου. οὐκοῦν, ὃν ἠναγκάσθη ποιήσασθαι, σὲ ἂν λέγῃ, ἐρεῖ. τί οὖν ἐπιθυμεῖς τούτων; ἀνάγνωθι δέ μοι λαβὼν δύο ταυτασὶ μαρτυρίας, ὡς ἐμοὶ Μαντίθεον καὶ τούτῳ Βοιωτὸν ὁ πατὴρ ὄνομʼ ἔθετο.

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Against Boeotus I. Demosthenes. ed. William Rennie. Oxford. 1921.

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πρὸς Βοιωτὸν περὶ τοῦ Ὀνόματος (Greek) (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 2. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.)

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Mantitheus Against Boeotus I Perseus (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 36 focus

[36] Why are you, then, so fond of wrangling? Desist, I beg you; do not be so ready to cherish enmity against me. I am not so minded toward you. For even now—lest the fact escape your notice—I am speaking rather in your interest than in my own, in insisting that we should not have the same name. If there were no other reason, at least anyone hearing it must ask which of us is meant if there are two Mantitheuses, sons of Mantias. Then he will say, The one whom he was compelled to adopt, if he means you. How can you desire this?

Now take, please, and read these two depositions, proving that my father gave me the name Mantitheus, and him the name Boeotus.

Demosthenes Against Boeotus I 36

ed. William Rennie

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