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Do you know what we ought to do, Hermes? Let us put off the rest of. the cases until to-morrow, and to-day let us provide only for those entered by professions or pursuits or sciences against men. Pass me up the writs of that description.As Hermes gives each writ to Justice, he reads the heading and she tells him how many jurors are to be drawn. Her orders are carried out in silence, and the juries are all in readiness when the first case is called, which is not until she has filled the docket for the day (§ 15).
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Intemperance v. the Academy in re Polemo: kidnapping.Polemo, intemperate in his youth, went to a lecture by Xenocrates to create a disturbance, but was converted to philosophy by what he heard. He succeeded Xenocrates as ead of the Academy (Diog. L. iv. 1 ff.).
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Draw seven jurors.
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Stoa v. Pleasure: alienation of affections— because Pleasure coaxed away her lover, Dionysius.Dionyaius the Convert was a pupil of Zeno, but became a Cyrenaic, “being converted to pleasure; for sore eyes gave him so much trouble that he could not bring himself to μaintain any longer that pain did not matter” (Diog. L. vii. 1, 31; cf. vii. 4).
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Five will do.
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High-living v. Virtue, re Aristippus.Follower of Socrates; later, founder of the Cyrenaic School.
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Let five sit in this case too.
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Banking v. Diogenes: absconding.Diogenes the Cynic was son and partner of the banker Hicesias in Sinope. They were caught muking counterfeit coin; the father was put to death, and the son fled to Athens (Diog. L. vii. 2, 1).
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Draw only three.
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Painting v. Pyrrho: breach of contract.Pyrrho the Sceptic began life as an artist (Diog. L. ix. 11).
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Let nine sit on jury.
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Do you want us to provide juries for these two cases also, recorded yesterday against the public speaker?Lucian; coming from Samosata on the Euphrates, he is presently called “the Syrian.”
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Let us first finish up the cases of long-standing; these can go over until to-morrow for trial.
