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(1) When Demosthenes of Paeanea, father of Demosthenes the orator, was about to die, he established guardians over his two children (Demosthenes and a daughter) and the estate. Two of the guardians were relatives, Aphobus and Demophon, and one was a friend from childhood, Therippides. (2) He gave Therippides seventy mnae off of which to enjoy the interest until Demosthenes was enrolled among the men [i.e., turned eighteen]; he betrothed his daughter to Demophon and decided that he should receive two talents as a dowry; and he decided that his wife Cleobule, daughter of Gylon and mother of his children, should be married to Aphobus; he gave this man an additional eighty mnae and told him to enjoy the house and the things in it until Demosthenes was enrolled among the men. (3) These men immediately got the money that was willed to them, but Aphobus did not marry the dead man’s wife, nor did Demophon marry his daughter. Although they managed an estate worth fourteen talents, as the orator demonstrates, and were obliged to pay back thirty talents from the interest <and the principal>, they handed over only a very small amount to Demosthenes when he was enrolled among the men. So he has come to court to bring a guardianship suit against Aphobus for ten talents; since Aphobus was one of three guardians, he owes one-third of the money, which the orator totals up from the principal and the interest.

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