Against Boeotus I

And yet, if your character was such that you could force him to adopt you, but not study how you might please him, you were not what a true son ought to be toward his parents; and, if you were not, you would have deserved, not only to be treated with indignity, but even to be put to death. It would indeed be an outrageous thing, if the laws concerning parents are to be binding upon children whom the father recognizes as his own, but are to be of no effect against those who have forced themselves in[*](The word chosen is the one properly used of aliens who seek to arrogate to themselves the rights of citizenship.) and compelled an unwilling adoption.