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To Hagnias was born a son, Polemon, and a daughter,
Phylomachê, sister of Polemon by the same father and the same mother;
and to Stratius, the brother of Hagnias, there were born Phanostratus and
Charidemus, the grandfather of the defendant Macartatus. Now I ask you, men of
the jury, which is nearer of kin and more closely related to Hagnias, his son
Polemon and his daughter Phylomachê, or Charidemus, the son of
Stratius, and nephew of Hagnias? For my part I think that to every one of us his
son and daughter are more nearly related than his nephew; and not only with us
does this hold good, but also among all other people whether Greeks or
barbarians.
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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