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The jurors should convict Neaira in order to prevent poor citizen women from turning to prostitution, and to prevent prostitutes from exercising the rights of citizens.

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ἀπορηθῇ < ἀπορέω

ἱκανὴν προῖκ’: Patteson 1978: 113 takes this as the literal dowry provided by the nearest male relative (if he doesn’t marry her himself) for an ἐπίκληρος (“heiress”) of the poorest class. More likely, however, is the interpretation of Carey 1992: 143 and Kapparis 1999: 407, both of whom think that it is a metaphorical dowry, namely the right to marry an Athenian citizen. As long as the law remains in force, being the daughter of citizens makes one more marriageable, like a dowry.

ἀποφυγούσης < ἀποφεύγω. 

ἂν ἄδειαν λάβωσι τοῦ ἐξεῖναι “if they should get permission to be able,” i.e., if they are allowed.

καί . . . μετέχειν “and (at the same time) to have a share in”

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ὥστε: at the beginning of a sentence ὥστε marks a strong conclusion: “and so . . .”

νομιζέτω . . . φέρειν: “let him consider (which way) to cast,” 3rd sing. imperat.

ὑπέρ “on behalf of,” “in defense of.”

ἐκείνας: the citizen women just mentioned.

ἐξ ἴσου “equally to” (+ dat.); see similarly ἐν τῷ ἴσῳ, below.

φανῆναι < φαίνω; subject is ἐκείνας, predicate is τιμωμένας.

τραφείσας < τρέφω. 

τῇ . . . συγγεγενημένῃ “a woman who has had sex with” + dat.; this is all one very long substantive phrase.

μετὰ πολλῶν καὶ ἀσελγῶν τρόπων “in many vulgar ways”; see §108 note on εἰργασμένην.

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ἡγεῖσθε: imperative, “consider,” “have the opinion that” + acc. + infin.

Ἀπολλόδωρον . . . πολίτας: predicates.

εἶναι Ἀπολλόδωρον: Dilts 2009 brackets this, following van Herwerden.

ἀπολογησομένους καὶ συνεροῦντας: both these participles are future; 

συνεροῦντας < συναγορεύω.

τοὺς νόμους καὶ Νέαιραν ταυτηνί: take these as the subject of δικάζεσθαι; the laws here are personified.

αὐτῇ: dative of agent. 

ἐπὶ τῆς κατηγορίας γένησθε “you are in the presence of the accusation,” i.e., “you listen to the accusation.”

οἰκεῖται “is administered,” “is governed.”

ὁμωμόκατε < ὅμνυμι. This refers to the oath that all prospective jurors swore at the beginning of each year, stating that they would vote according to the laws, and in cases where laws didn’t exist, they would give an opinion rooted in justice.

τί κελεύουσι καὶ τί παραβεβήκασιν: the subject of the first verb is the laws, the second is implied, namely Stephanos and Neaira.

παραβεβήκασιν < παραβαίνω. 

τὸν ἔλεγχον τὸν τῶν εἰρημένων “the scrutiny of what has been said,” i.e., the refutations consisting in the testimony already given. Explanatory genitive, S. 1322.