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Apollodoros describes a number of Neaira’s former clients, including Timanoridas and Eukrates.

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ὅτε γὰρ Λακεδαιμονίους ὑμεῖς ἐσῴζετε ὑπὸ Καλλισράτου: In 369 the Thebans invaded Sparta, and the Spartans turned to Athens for help. Kallistratos, to whom Apollodoros was hostile, was a prominent politician who had negotiated peace with Sparta in 371.

ἀντείπων < ἀντεῖπον (a second aorist without a present) (+ dat.)

ἐν τῷ δήμῳ: as often, δῆμος refers to the Assembly.

ἐωνημένος: “since he had purchased” < ὠνέομαι

τὴν πεντηκοστὴν τοῦ σίτου: “(the right to collect) the two percent tax on grain.” πεντηκοστήν: literally, 50^th part, a tax of two percent. Imports into the harbors of Attica were taxed at this rate. The πωληταί (financial magistrates) auctioned off tax-collecting to the highest bidder, and the tax-collector’s profit came from the difference between what they bid and the amount they collected.

καὶ δέον αὐτόν: “and it was required that he.” δέον < δεῖ; accusative absolute (see §13)

καταβολάς: “installments, payments,” cognate with καταβάλλω, above; the tax-collector's bid was paid in 10 installments, one per prytany.

κατὰ πρυτανείαν: “each prytany”; for this term, see §7.

ἀτελείας: refers here to exemption from military service. Apparently, tax collectors were exempt from serving in the military because they needed to remain in town to collect and deliver taxes.

οὐκ ἐξελθών: ”when he did not go out on” < ἐξέρχομαι + cognate accusative (see G. 536, S. 1567)

ἀστρατείας: genitive of charge or crime (see §5). Conviction in a γραφὴ ἀστρατείας resulted in disenfranchisement.

διαβληθείς < διαβάλλω

ἑάλω < ἁλίσκομαι; for this root aorist form, see G. 366, S. 682. Dilts 2009 replaces ἑάλω (Rennie’s correction) with the manuscript reading ἥλω (an alternate spelling of ἑάλω; see S. 431).

ἠτιμώθη < ἀτιμόω

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δεινόν: “a monstrous thing, an outrage”

ἀπεστέρηκε < ἀποστερέω, “to rob someone (acc.) of something (gen.)”

προσήκοντας < προσήκω: frequently in the participle, προσήκω functions as an adjective meaning “belonging, befitting”

μηδέν: adverbial accusative (see §1)

βιάζεται: “forces in,” i.e., into the citizen body

ἐξόμνυσθαι: i.e., to swear that one does not know anything, or possibly that the testimony read aloud was false. This is referred to as an “oath of disclaimer.”

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

Ἀθμονεύς: of the deme Athmone

τῶν μισθαρνουσῶν: “of the type who charge a fee,” removing any potential ambiguity in the term ἑταίρα

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Κορίνθιος: from Corinth

Λευκάδιος: from Leukas, a Greek island in the Ionian sea

πολυτελής...τοῖς ἐπιτάγμασιν: “extravagant in the demands she made of them”

ἀξιοῦσα: parenthetical, “since she expected...”

αὐτῆς…τοῦ σώματος: αὐτῆς is a possessive genitive (“her [body]”); take σώματος with τιμήν (“price [of her body]”)

τριάκοντας μνᾶς: 30 mnae is a very high price for a slave; most slaves cost in the range of 1-5 mnae.

αὐτήν...αὐτῆς: the first αὐτή refers to Neaira, the second to Nikarete.

νόμῳ πόλεως: i.e., by the law of Corinth; it is unclear if Corinth’s law on the sale of slaves differed from Athens’.

εἶναι: infinitive of purpose (S. 2008)

ἐχρῶτο: “had sex with” < χράομαι + dat. (LSJ IV.2)

ὅσον…χρόνον: take these words together.