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Philocrates yonder presented himself before the Heliaea of the Thesmothetae1 on the very day of the boy's burial, and declared that I had murdered his brother, a member of the chorus, by forcing him to drink poison. At that, I presented myself before the court in my turn. I told the same jury that Philocrates had no right to place legal impediments in my way by coming to court with his outrageous charge, when I was bringing suits against Aristion and Philinus on the following day and the day after: for that was his only reason for making such allegations.
1 i.e. before an ordinary Heliastic court （δικαστήριον）.
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