Demosthenes, Against Stephanus I, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 56

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[56] Deinias, men of the jury, is very like Stephanus, is he not?—Deinias, who on account of his relationship, refuses to testify against the defendant even to what is true, and on behalf of his daughter and his daughter’s children, and me, his son-in-law!¹ Not so Stephanus here. He did not hesitate to give false testimony against us; even respect for his own mother, if for no one else, did not keep him from bringing the extremest poverty upon those who through her were his relatives.

Against Stephanus I. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.

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Apollodorus Against Stephanus, Charged with False Testimony I (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 2. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).)

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[56] ὅμοιός γʼ ὁ Δεινίας, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τούτῳ, ὃς ὑπὲρ τῆς θυγατρὸς καὶ τῶν θυγατριδῶν καὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦ κηδεστοῦ διὰ τὴν συγγένειαν οὐδὲ τἀληθῆ μαρτυρεῖν ἐθέλει κατὰ τούτου. ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὑτοσὶ Στέφανος, οὐκ ὤκνησε καθʼ ἡμῶν τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρεῖν, οὐδʼ, εἰ μηδένα τῶν ἄλλων, τὴν αὑτοῦ μητέρα ᾐσχύνθη τοῖς ἀπʼ ἐκείνης οἰκείοις τῆς ἐσχάτης ἐνδείας αἴτιος γενόμενος.

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Against Stephanus I

1. We must assume that Deinias, when called upon, refused to swear to the deposition which was read (whether the deposition given in the text is authentic or not cannot be determined with certainty). He must, therefore, have taken the oath of disclaimer ( ἐξωμοσία), although this is not stated in the text. Apollodorus asserts that Deinias took this course for fear that by swearing to the deposition he would work harm to his kinsman Stephanus. We must be content to confess our ignorance of his reasons.

Demosthenes Against Stephanus I 56

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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