Demosthenes, Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 40

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[40] Phrynion, however, learned that the woman was in Athens, and was living with Stephanus, and taking some young men with him he came to the house of Stephanus and attempted to carry her off. When Stephanus took her away from him, as the law allowed, declaring her to be a free woman, Phrynion required her to post bonds with the polemarch.¹

To prove that this statement is true, I will bring before you as a witness to these facts the man himself who was polemarch at the time.

(To the clerk.)

Please call Aeetes of Ceiriadae.²

The Deposition

Aeetes of Ceiriadae deposes that while he was polemarch, Neaera, the present defendant, was required by Phrynion, the brother of Demochares, to post bonds, and that the sureties of Neaera were Stephanus of Eroeadae,³ Glaucetes of Cephisia,⁴ and Aristocrates of Phalerum.⁵

Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.

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Current edition Perseus

Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 3. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939 (printing).)

Editions (1)

κατὰ Νεαίρας Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. III. Rennie, W., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931.) — 40 focus

[40] πυθόμενος δὲ ὁ Φρυνίων ἐπιδημοῦσαν αὐτὴν καὶ οὖσαν παρὰ τούτῳ, παραλαβὼν νεανίσκους μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν τοῦ Στεφάνου ἦγεν αὐτήν. ἀφαιρουμένου δὲ τοῦ Στεφάνου κατὰ τὸν νόμον εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, κατηγγύησεν αὐτὴν πρὸς τῷ πολεμάρχῳ. καὶ ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, τούτων αὐτὸν μάρτυρα ὑμῖν τὸν τότε πολέμαρχον παρέξομαι. καί μοι κάλει Αἰήτην Κειριάδην.

ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.

Αἰήτης Κειριάδης μαρτυρεῖ πολεμαρχοῦντος αὑτοῦ κατεγγυηθῆναι Νέαιραν τὴν νυνὶ ἀγωνιζομένην ὑπὸ Φρυνίωνος τοῦ Δημοχάρους ἀδελφοῦ, καὶ ἐγγυητὰς γενέσθαι Νεαίρας Στέφανον Ἐροιάδην, Γλαυκέτην Κηφισιέα, Ἀριστοκράτην Φαληρέα.

Notes on the current edition

Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera

1. That is, until her status, as free woman or slave, should be determined.

2. Ceiriadae, a deme of the tribe Hippothontis.

3. Eroeadae, a deme of the tribe Hippothontis.

4. Cephisia, a deme of the tribe Erectheïs.

5. Phalerum, a deme of the tribe Aeantis.

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