[28] And yet do you not count it a monstrous thing that this Stephanus has taken the right of free speech from those who are native-born citizens and are lawful members of our commonwealth, and in defiance of all the laws forces upon you as Athenians those who have no such right? I will, however, call Hipparchus himself and force him either to give testimony or take the oath of disclaimer, or I will subpoena him.
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(To the clerk.)
Please call Hipparchus.The Deposition
Hipparchus of Athmonon
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deposes that Xenocleides and he hired in Corinth Neaera, the present defendant, as a courtesan who prostituted herself for money, and that Neaera used to drink at Corinth in the company of himself and Xenocleides the poet.
Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.
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