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To prove the truth of my statements—that the defendant belonged to Nicaretê and followed in her train, and that she prostituted her person to anyone who wished to pay for it—I will call Philostratus as witness to these facts.
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The Deposition
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Philostratus, son of Dionysius, of Colonus, deposes that he knows that Neaera was a slave of Nicaretê, to whom Metaneira also belonged, that they were residents of Corinth, and that they stayed at his house when they came to Athens for the mysteries, and that Lysias the son of Cephalêus, who was an intimate friend of his, established them in his house.
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Again after this, men of Athens, Simus the Thessalian came here with the defendant Neaera for the great Panathenaea.The Great Panathenaea was celebrated in Athens every fifth year in the month Hecatombaeon (July). Nicaretê came with her, and they lodged with Ctesippus son of Glauconides,of CydantidaeCydantidae, a deme of the tribe Aegeïs.; and the defendant Neaera drank and dined with them in the presence of many men, as any courtesan would do.
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To prove the truth of my statements, I will call witnesses to these facts.
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(To the clerk.) Please call Euphiletus, son of Simon, of Aexonê,Aexonê, a deme of the tribe Cecropis. and Aristomachus, son of Critodemus, of Alopecê.Alopecê, a deme of the tribe Antiochis.
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The Witnesses
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Euphiletus son of Simon, of Aexonê, and Aristomachus son of Critodemus, of Alopecê, depose that they know that Simus the Thessalian came to Athens for the great Panathenaea, and that Nicaretê came with him, and Neaera, the present defendant; and that they lodged with Ctesippus son of Glauconides, and that Neaera drank with them as being a courtesan, while many others were present and joined in the drinking in the house of Ctesippus.
