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“Sir, who was your father?”
“My father? Thucritus.” “Do any of your relatives
give testimony in his favor?” “Certainly; first, four
cousins; then, the son of a cousin; then, those who are married to the female
cousins; then, the clansmen; then, those of the gens who worship Apollo, our
ancestral god, and Zeus, the god of the household1; then, those who
have the right to the same places of burial; then, the members of the deme, who
testify that he has often passed the scrutiny and held office, and who are shown
themselves to have cast their votes in his favor.” In all that
concerns my father, then, how could I prove my case to you more fairly or more
convincingly? I will call my relatives before you, if you so wish.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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