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Euphemus first when the husband died of Phlya from him that the woman he had left his wife with child, which did not entail any breach of the law. But if their interpretation of this story tallied with that given by Ariston in the impeachment, theyThe reference seems to be to those relatives due to benefit by the will in the event of the child’s death. See Introduction. should not surely have prevented the nearest relatives from ejecting Euphemus. They ought to have let them do so. Whereas now, by behaving as they did, they have by their own action furnished evidence that the charge against me is false. Besides, is it not strange that if anything had happened to the child at birth, or after, they would have adhered firmly to this will, in which
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nor is it possible for him to deny his own handwriting
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to be sluggish
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and he had Ariston’s slaves in his works. This fact he confirmed for you himselfThe subject is probably Theomnestus. in court when Ariston was bringing an action against Archestratides.Nothing is known of this man. He may be the Archestratides against whom Hyperides composed a speech. Compare Hyp. Fr. 52.
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Let me explain the kind of method which this man Ariston employs. He issues a summons against everyone he meets, accusing and prosecuting those who do not give him money, but letting go all who are willing to pay. He gives the money to Theomnestus who takes it and buys slaves, providing Ariston with a livelihood, as is done for pirates, and paying him an obol a day for each slave, to enable him to continue permanently as a false informer.
