Demosthenes, Against Eubulides, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 31

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[31] We on our part acknowledge that we sell ribbons and do not live in the manner we could wish, and if in your eyes, Eubulides, this is a sign that we are not Athenians, I shall prove to you the very opposite—that it is not permitted to any alien to do business in the market.¹

(To the clerk.)

Take first the law of Solon and read it, please.

The Law

Against Eubulides. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.

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Current edition Perseus

Euxitheus Against Eubulides, an Appeal (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 3. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).)

Editions (1)

ἔφεσις πρὸς Εὐβουλίδην Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. III. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931.) — 31 focus

[31] ἡμεῖς δʼ ὁμολογοῦμεν καὶ ταινίας πωλεῖν καὶ ζῆν οὐχ ὅντινα τρόπον βουλόμεθα. καὶ εἴ σοί ἐστιν τοῦτο σημεῖον, ὦ Εὐβουλίδη, τοῦ μὴ Ἀθηναίους εἶναι ἡμᾶς, ἐγώ σοι τούτου ὅλως τοὐναντίον ἐπιδείξω, ὅτι οὐκ ἔξεστιν ξένῳ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἐργάζεσθαι. καί μοι λαβὼν ἀνάγνωθι πρῶτον τὸν Σόλωνος νόμον.

ΝΟΜΟΣ.

Notes on the current edition

Against Eubulides

1. That is, without paying a special resident-alien tax, and being registered.

Demosthenes Against Eubulides 31