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A man named Simos later brought Neaira back to Athens, where she drank and dined openly with men. Neaira in time became a famous prostitute in Corinth.

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Μαρτυρία: in the fourth century BCE, witness testimony was read aloud by a clerk (rather than delivered directly by witness). The witness simply affirmed or denied that a given statement was true. Dilts 2009 brackets this testimony (following Westermann), considering it spurious.

Νικαρέτης: “(a slave) of Nikarete”

ἐπεδήμησαν: “visited (Athens)”

ἐν Κορίνθῳ οἰκοῦσαι: “dwelling in Corinth,” i.e., from their home in Corinth

καταστῆσαι: “set up,” “caused to dwell.” The subject is Λυσίαν.

ὡς αὑτὸν: “at his own (Philostratos’) house”

ἐπίτηδειον: substantive, “a close friend” (LSJ ἐπιτήδειος II.2)

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πάλιν τοίνυν: “again, furthermore,” introducing a new element in the narrative

Παναθήναια τὰ μέγαλα: The Panathenaia was a yearly festival in Athens in honor of Athena; every four years the Great Panathenaia, a more elaborate version of the festival, was celebrated.

Κυδαντίδῃ: of the deme Kydantidai

ἐναντίον πολλῶν: “in the presence of many men”

ὡς ἂν ἑταίρα οὖσα: Dilts 2009, following Kapparis 1999, brackets the ἄν as spurious. As Kapparis 1999: 221 says: “ἄν after ὡς would imply that Neaira actually was not a courtesan. But the orator says ‘like a courtesan.’”

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μοι: the ethical dative (G. 523a, S. 1486); translate as “please.”

Μάρτυρες: Dilts 2009 brackets this whole passage as spurious, following Westermann.

Αἰξιωνέα: of the deme Aixone

Ἀλωπεκῆθεν: from the deme Alopeke

ἀγωνιζομένην: “on trial,” “in dispute” < ἀγωνίζομαι

ἄλλων...συμπινόντων: genitive absolute, awkwardly placed at the end of the sentence. It makes better sense if understood before συμπίνειν…οὖσαν.

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οὔσης λαμπρᾶς: “being quite a celebrity”

ἄλλοι τε...καί: “others, and especially”; ἄλλος often precedes the particular thing with which it is contrasted (S. 1273; see also LSJ II.6).

μεμισθωμένοι: pf. middle, “having taken out a lease,” implying a promise of regular payment

οὐ γὰρ ἐῶσιν αὐτὸν οἱ νόμοι μαρτυρεῖν: i.e., because he was disenfranchised (ἄτιμος), for reasons about to be explained