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Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40Editions and translations: Greek | EnglishYour current position in the text is marked in red. Click anywhere on the line to jump to another position.
Inasmuch as the laws, men of the jury, have granted that a special plea may be entered in cases where a man, after giving a release and discharge,1 nevertheless brings suit, and as both of these have been given to our father by Nausimachus and Xenopeithes who have commenced suit against us, we have pleaded, as you have just now heard, that their suit is not admissible. 1 The opening sentences of this speech repeat almost verbatim those of the preceding oration. Preferred URL for linking to this page: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Dem.+38+1 The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. This text is based on the following book(s): Buy a copy of this text (not necessarily the same edition) from Amazon.com. |