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 her to lay the Case before them. Her very Opening her Mouth in such Company requir'd, it seems, an Apology.

Demosthenes prosecuted his Tutors, to make them refund his Patrimony, it became necessary for him, in the Course of the Law suit, to prove that the Marriage of Aphobus's Sister with Oneter was entirely fraudulent, and that, notwithstanding her Sham-marriage, she had liv'd with her Brother at Athens for two Years last past, ever since her Divorce from her former Husband. And 'tis remarkable, that tho' these were People of the first Fortune and Distinction in the City, the Orator could prove this Fact no Way, but by calling for her female Slaves to be put to the Question, and by the Evidence of one Physician, who had seen her in her Brother's House during her Illness. So reserv'd were Greek Manners.

may be certain, that an extreme Purity was the Consequence of this Reserve. Accordingly, we find, that, except the fabulous Stories of an Helen and a Clytemnestra, there scarce is an Instance of any Event in the Greek History, that proceeded from the Intrigues of Women. On the other hand, in modern