“Apollodoros has not only failed to substantiate his claim that Neaira was the boys’ mother, but he has also provided us with a compelling reason to not believe him.” (Trying Neaira, 60) Evidence. Evidence is something that was lacking in Neaira’s court case. Apollodoros was making so many claims against her and Stephanos but did not have the legitimate evidence to back them up. Apollodoros had a feud with Stephanos in the summer of 348 and Stephanos made a second attack on him but was not successful “in convicting Apollodoros on a charge of murder.” (125) Apollodoros and Stephanos’ history is something to be considered. Whether or not Apollodoros is making all these accusations against his enemies’ love is because of his hatred for Stephanos reigns in question. Apollodoros was accused of killing an alien, someone who was not from Athens, which is what Neaira is. Just as Stephanos goal “may be that he, …show more content…
It is key. Although Apollodoros was correct in saying that she is not a citizen, he is making a “slippery argument” (50) when he begins to bring up the children. Stephanos treated the children as if they were citizens, including Neaira’s daughter, Phano, whom was believed to not be a citizen. But if she was not a citizen then Stephanos would not have been able to give her away in marriage legally to an Athenian citizen. If they were Neaira’s children by someone other than Stephanos then it would have been him who was committing the illegal actions due to his “introduction of the boys into his deme.” (51) Yet another reason why Neaira should be trialed not guilty because she did not say these children were hers. How Stephanos raises his children as citizens, whom were most likely born to a citizen woman, is “unproblematic and irrelevant to the question of his relationship with Neaira.” (51) Apollodoros can try to prove that the children were Neaira’s and Stephanos’ but once again has no evidence to back his