Demosthenes, Against Eubulides, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 38

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[38] To Amytheon’s sister, who married Diodorus of Halae ,¹ was born a son Ctesibius, and he was killed in Abydus ² while serving in the campaign with Thrasybulus. Of these relatives there is living Damostratus, son of Amytheon and nephew of my mother. The sister of my grandmother Chaerestratê was married to Apollodorus of Plotheia.³ They had a son Olympichus, and Olympichus a son Apollodorus, who is still living.

(To the clerk.)

Call these people, please.

The Witnesses

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.) — 38 focus

[38] τῇ δʼ ἀδελφῇ αὐτοῦ συνοικησάσῃ Διοδώρῳ Ἁλαιεῖ υἱὸς γίγνεται Κτησίβιος. καὶ οὗτος μὲν ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν Ἀβύδῳ μετὰ Θρασυβούλου στρατευόμενος, ζῇ δὲ τούτων ὁ Δαμόστρατος ὁ τοῦ Ἀμυθέωνος, τῆς μητρὸς ἀδελφιδοῦς τῆς ἐμῆς. τῆς δὲ Χαιρεστράτης τῆς ἐμῆς τήθης τὴν ἀδελφὴν λαμβάνει Ἀπολλόδωρος Πλωθεύς· τούτων γίγνεται Ὀλύμπιχος, τοῦ δʼ Ὀλυμπίχου Ἀπολλόδωρος, καὶ οὗτος ζῇ. καί μοι κάλει αὐτούς.

ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ.

Notes on the current edition

Against Eubulides

1. For the two demes of this name see note a on p. 336 of vol. ii.

2. A town on Hellespont . The date of this campaign was 388 B.C.

3. Plotheia, a deme of the tribe Aegeïs.

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