Demosthenes, Against Boeotus II, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 15

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[15] in order that whichever party of us might establish his claim to the dowry should recover it from the value of the house; and from the slaves, who were common property, the defendants, should they wish to search out¹ any of my father’s effects, might make inquiry by torturing them, or by prosecuting their search in any other way they might please.

That I am speaking the truth in this also you will know from these depositions.

The Depositions

Against Boeotus II. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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Mantitheus Against Boeotus II (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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[15] ἵνʼ ἐκ μὲν τῆς οἰκίας, ὁποτέροις ἂν ἡμῶν φαίνηται ὀφειλομένη ἡ προίξ, οὗτοι αὐτὴν κομίσωνται, ἐκ δὲ τῶν παίδων κοινῶν ὄντων, ἐάν τι οὗτοι τῶν πατρῴων ἐπιζητῶσιν, πυνθάνωνται, καὶ βασανίζοντες αὐτοὺς καὶ ἄλλῳ ὅτῳ ἂν τρόπῳ βούλωνται ζητοῦντες. ὅτι δὲ καὶ ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, ἐκ τούτων τῶν μαρτυριῶν εἴσεσθε.

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Against Boeotus II

1. The precise meaning of this phrase is open to question. It may imply a claim that some property had been omitted from the inventory or in some way concealed.

Demosthenes Against Boeotus II 15

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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