[26] I wish now to tell you what they sought to do at the arbitration; for from this you will perceive their utter insolence. They spun out the time till past midnight, refusing to read the depositions or to put in copies; leading to the altar one at a time our witnesses who were present and putting them on oath; writing depositions which had nothing to do with the case (for instance
that Ctesias was the son of
Conon by a mistress, and that he had been treated thus and so
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)—a course of action, men of the jury, which I assure you by the gods roused resentment and disgust in the mind of every one present; and finally they were disgusted at themselves.
Against Conon. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.
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