Demosthenes, Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 87

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[87] That this is so, you will see clearly, when you have heard the law read.

(To the clerk.)

Take it please.

The Law Regarding Adultery

When he has caught the adulterer, it shall not be lawful for the one who has caught him to continue living with his wife, and if he does so, he shall lose his civic rights and it shall not be lawful for the woman who is taken in adultery to attend public sacrifices; and if she does attend them, she may be made to suffer any punishment whatsoever, short of death, and that with impunity.

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

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

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[87] καὶ ὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει, τοῦ νόμου αὐτοῦ ἀκούσαντες ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴσεσθε. καί μοι λαβέ.

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ἐπειδὰν δὲ ἕλῃ τὸν μοιχόν, μὴ ἐξέστω τῷ ἑλόντι συνοικεῖν τῇ γυναικί· ἐὰν δὲ συνοικῇ, ἄτιμος ἔστω. μηδὲ τῇ γυναικὶ ἐξέστω εἰσιέναι εἰς τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δημοτελῆ, ἐφʼ ᾗ ἂν μοιχὸς ἁλῷ· ἐὰν δʼ εἰσίῃ, νηποινεὶ πασχέτω ὅ τι ἂν πάσχῃ, πλὴν θανάτου.

Demosthenes Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera 87

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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(To the clerk.)

The Law Regarding Adultery

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