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He established her and her children in the cottage which he had near the Whispering HermesWe do not know where this statue stood. between the house of Dorotheus the Eleusinian and that of Cleinomachus—the cottage which Spintharus has now bought from him for seven minae; so the property which Stephanus owned was just this and nothing besides. There were two reasons why he brought her here: first, because he would have a beautiful mistress without cost, and secondly, because her earnings would procure supplies and maintain the house; for he had no other income save what he might get by pettifoggery.
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Phrynion, however, learned that the woman was in Athens, and was living with Stephanus, and taking some young men with him he came to the house of Stephanus and attempted to carry her off. When Stephanus took her away from him, as the law allowed, declaring her to be a free woman, Phrynion required her to post bonds with the polemarch.That is, until her status, as free woman or slave, should be determined.
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To prove that this statement is true, I will bring before you as a witness to these facts the man himself who was polemarch at the time.
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(To the clerk.) Please call Aeetes of Ceiriadae.Ceiriadae, a deme of the tribe Hippothontis.
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The Deposition
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Aeetes of Ceiriadae deposes that while he was polemarch, Neaera, the present defendant, was required by Phrynion, the brother of Demochares, to post bonds, and that the sureties of Neaera were Stephanus of Eroeadae,Eroeadae, a deme of the tribe Hippothontis. Glaucetes of Cephisia,Cephisia, a deme of the tribe Erectheïs. and Aristocrates of Phalerum.Phalerum, a deme of the tribe Aeantis.
