<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text xml:lang="eng"><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022.perseus-eng4" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" xml:base="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022.perseus-eng4:" n="49"><sp><speaker>Timon</speaker><p>Now for number three. Lawyer Demeas—my cousin, as he calls himself, with a decree in his hand. Between three and four thousand it was that I paid in to the Treasury in ready money for him; he had been fined that amount and imprisoned in default, and I took pity on him. Well, the other day he was distributing-officer of the festival money<note xml:lang="eng" n="v.1.p.49.n.1"> Every citizen had the right to receive from the State the small sum which would pay for his admission to theatrical or other festival entertainments.</note>; when I applied for my share, he pretended I was not a citizen. </p></sp></div></div></body></text></TEI>