citizens by birth
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in the texts
Against Stephanus I
Native citizens whose civic duties are said to be measured by legal requirements.
for I am well aware that for you who are citizens by birth it is sufficient to perform public services as the laws require;
For Phormio
Native-born Athenian citizens.
For although to you, men of Athens, who are citizens by birth, it would be a disgrace to esteem any conceivable amount of wealth above your honorable descent, yet those who obtain citizenship as a gift either from you or from others, and who in the first instance, thanks to this good fortune, were counted worthy of the same privileges, because of their success in money-making, and their possession …