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And when the archon
brought the case into court, and the trial was to be held, they had everything
cleverly arranged for the trial, and in particular the water which was to
measure their speeches was four times as much as that allowed to us. For the
archon, men of the jury, was obliged to pour into the water-clock an
amphora1 of water for each claimant, and three choes2 for the
reply;
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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