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He listened gladly to these words of hers,and taking the money which had been paid in to her by her other lovers added the balance himself and paid the twenty minae as the price of her freedom to Eucrates and Timanoridas on the condition that she should not ply her trade in Corinth.
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To prove that these statements of mine are true, I will call as witness to them the man who was present.
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(To the clerk.) Please call Philagrus of Melitê.Melitê, a deme of the tribe Cecropis.
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Philagrus of Melitê deposes that he was present in Corinth when Phrynion, the brother of Demochares, paid down twenty minae as the price of Neaera, the present defendant, to Timanoridas, the Corinthian, and Eucrates, the Leucadian; and that after paying down the money Phrynion went off to Athens, taking Neaera with him.
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When he came back here, bringing her with him, he treated her without decency or restraint, taking her everywhere with him to dinners where there was drinking and making her a partner in his revels; and he had intercourse with her openly whenever and wherever he wished, making his privilege a display to the onlookers. He took her to many houses to gay parties and among them to that of Chabrias of Aexonê, when, in the archonship of Socratidas,That is, in 373 B.C. he was victor at the Pythian gamesThe Pythian games were celebrated at Delphi (Pytho) every four years. with the four-horse chariot which he had bought from the sons of Mitys, the Argive, and returning from Delphi he gave a feast at Colias,The temple of Athena Colias was situated on a point on the Bay of Phalerum. to celebrate his victory, and in that place many had intercourse with her when she was drunk, while Phrynion was asleep, among them even the serving-men of Chabrias.
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To prove that these statements of mine are true, I will bring before you as witnesses those who were present and saw for themselves.
