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Buselus, men of the jury, was a member of
the deme Oeon, and to him were born five sons, Hagnias and Eubulides and
Stratius and Habron and Cleocritus. And all these sons of Buselus grew up to
manhood, and their father Buselus divided his property among them all fairly and
equitably, as was fitting. And when they had divided the property among
themselves, each of them married a wife according to your laws, and sons and
grandsons were born to them all, and there sprang up five households from the
single one of Buselus; and they dwelt apart, each one having his own home and
begetting his descendants.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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