Demosthenes Against Stephanus I 4

[4] I was unable to bring a private action (for there were no actions at that time, since you put off all such matters because of the war ¹ ), but I indicted him before the Thesmothetae ² on the charge of outrage. ³ However, time passed and the indictment was evaded (seeing that actions were not being held), and moreover children were born by my mother to Phormio, and after this (for the whole truth shall be told you, men of the jury), many kindly overtures were made on the part of my mother, and pleas on behalf of this man Phormio, and many overtures on the part of Phormio himself that were both moderate and humble in their terms.