Literary Record Details

Author: DEMOSTHENES Orat.

Opus: In Neaeram [Sp.]
Reference: Dem.59.52

Period: Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: forensic
Object:
Gender: m
Context: legal

Greek Text: λαχόντος δὲ τοῦ Στεφάνου αὐτῷ δίκην σίτου εἰς Ὠιδεῖον κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὃς κελεύει, ἐὰν ἀποπέμπῃ τὴν γυναῖκα, ἀποδιδόναι τὴν προῖκα, ἐὰν δὲ μή, ἐπ᾽ ἐννέ᾽ ὀβολοῖς τοκοφορεῖν

English Text: Stephanus brought suit for alimony against him in the Odeum in accordance with the law which enacts that, if a man puts away his wife, he must pay back the marriage portion or else pay interest on it at the rate of nine obols a month for each mina

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Kleros 376, Dem.59.52
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