Demosthenes, For Phormio, section 10

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Against Onetor 2

Against Zenothemis

Against Apaturius

Against Phormio

Against Lacritus

Against Pantaenetus

Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes

Against Boeotus 1

Against Boeotus 2

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[10] For in that case, when Pasicles came of age and Phormio relinquished the lease, you¹ would never have freed him from all claims, but would then instantly have demanded payment, if he had owed you anything.

To prove that I speak the truth in this and that the plaintiff did divide the property with his brother, who was still a minor, and that they released Phormio from his liability under the lease and from all other charges, take this deposition.“ Deposition ”

1 Addressed to the two brothers, Apollodorus and Pasicles.

Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.

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