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They agreed in the articles that, if we three were of one
mind, our decision should be binding on them, but, if not, then they should be
bound to abide by what the two should determine. Having made this agreement,
they appointed sureties for one another to guarantee its fulfillment. Apaturius
appointed Aristocles, and Parmeno Archippus of Myrrhinus.1 At the outset they
deposited their agreement with Phocritus, but upon his bidding them to deposit
it with someone else, they deposited it with Aristocles.In proof that my words are true, hear the depositions.“
Depositions
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1 A deme of the tribe Pandionis.
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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