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title: "Against Aphobus I · Κατὰ Ἀφόβου ἐπιτροπῆς α΄"
author: "Demosthenes"
translator: "Augustus Taber Murray"
languages: [grc, en]
shelf: "Classical Greek"
section: 1 of 2
url: https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-1/1/
cite: "Demosthenes, tr. Augustus Taber Murray, Against Aphobus I · Κατὰ Ἀφόβου ἐπιτροπῆς α΄, section 1. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-1/1/"
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# Against Aphobus I · Κατὰ Ἀφόβου ἐπιτροπῆς α΄

*Demosthenes, tr. Augustus Taber Murray*

At twenty Demosthenes sues the guardian who squandered his inheritance, and accounts for it item by item.

> Greek: ed. William Rennie, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0014.tlg027, CC BY-SA 4.0).

> English: Augustus Taber Murray, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0014.tlg027.perseus-eng2). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the references the two texts share (chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

## 1. Sections 1–35

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-1/1/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-1/1/#p-N

[¶0] 1. If Aphobus, men of the jury, had been willing to do what is fair, or to submit the matters in dispute between us to the arbitration of friends, there would be no occasion for a troublesome lawsuit; for I should have been satisfied to abide by their decision, and we should have had no controversy with him. Since, however, he has refused to let those well acquainted with our affairs give a decision, and has come before you, who have no accurate knowledge of them, it must be in your court that I try to win from him what is my due.

> Greek: 1. εἰ μὲν ἐβούλετʼ Ἄφοβος, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὰ δίκαια ποιεῖν ἢ περὶ ὧν διεφερόμεθα τοῖς οἰκείοις ἐπιτρέπειν, οὐδὲν ἂν ἔδει δικῶν οὐδὲ πραγμάτων· ἀπέχρη γὰρ ἂν τοῖς ὑπʼ ἐκείνων γνωσθεῖσιν ἐμμένειν, ὥστε μηδεμίαν ἡμῖν εἶναι πρὸς τοῦτον διαφοράν. ἐπειδὴ δʼ οὗτος τοὺς μὲν σαφῶς εἰδότας τὰ ἡμέτερʼ ἔφυγε μηδὲν διαγνῶναι περὶ αὐτῶν, εἰς δʼ ὑμᾶς τοὺς οὐδὲν τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀκριβῶς ἐπισταμένους ἐλήλυθεν, ἀνάγκη ἐστὶν ἐν ὑμῖν παρʼ αὐτοῦ πειρᾶσθαι τῶν δικαίων τυγχάνειν.

[¶1] 2. I know well, men of the jury, that it is a hard task to enter into a contest in which all my fortune is at stake with men who are able speakers and clever in preparing their case, while I because of my youth am wholly without experience in affairs. Yet nevertheless, although they have every advantage over me, I have strong hopes that I shall obtain justice in your court, and that, as far at least as relating the facts, I shall myself speak well enough to ensure that not a single detail shall escape you, and that you will not be in the dark regarding the matters concerning which you are to cast your vote.

> Greek: 2. οἶδα μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὅτι πρὸς ἄνδρας καὶ λέγειν ἱκανοὺς καὶ παρασκευάσασθαι δυναμένους χαλεπόν ἐστιν εἰς ἀγῶνα καθίστασθαι περὶ τῶν ὄντων ἁπάντων, ἄπειρον ὄντα παντάπασι πραγμάτων διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν· ὅμως δέ, καίπερ πολὺ τούτων καταδεέστερος ὤν, πολλὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχω καὶ παρʼ ὑμῖν τεύξεσθαι τῶν δικαίων καὶ μέχρι γε τοῦ τὰ γεγενημένα διεξελθεῖν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀρκούντως ἐρεῖν, ὥσθʼ ὑμᾶς μήτʼ ἀπολειφθῆναι τῶν πραγμάτων μηδὲ καθʼ ἓν μήτʼ ἀγνοῆσαι περὶ ὧν δεήσει τὴν ψῆφον ἐνεγκεῖν.

[¶2] 3. I beg of you, men of the jury, to give me a favorable hearing, and, if you judge that I have been wronged, to render me the aid which is my due. I shall make my speech as brief as possible, and shall begin by endeavoring to inform you of the facts from which you will most readily understand the case.

> Greek: 3. δέομαι δʼ ὑμῶν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, μετʼ εὐνοίας τέ μου ἀκοῦσαι, κἂν ἠδικῆσθαι δοκῶ, βοηθῆσαί μοι τὰ δίκαια. ποιήσομαι δʼ ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων τοὺς λόγους. ὅθεν οὖν ῥᾷστα μαθήσεσθε περὶ αὐτῶν, ἐντεῦθεν ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐγὼ πρῶτον πειράσομαι διδάσκειν.

[¶3] 4. Demosthenes, my father, men of the jury, left at his death an estate of nearly fourteen talents, a son, myself, aged seven, and my sister, aged five, and his widow, our mother, who had brought him a fortune of fifty minae. He had taken thought for our welfare, and, when he was about to die, put all this property in the hands of the defendant, Aphobus, and Demophon, son of Demo, nephews of his, one by his brother, the other by his sister, and of Therippides of Paeania, who was not a relative, but had been his friend from boyhood.

> Greek: 4. Δημοσθένης γὰρ οὑμὸς πατήρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, κατέλιπεν οὐσίαν μὲν σχεδὸν τεττάρων καὶ δέκα ταλάντων, ἐμὲ δʼ ἕπτʼ ἐτῶν ὄντα καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν πέντε, ἔτι δὲ τὴν ἡμετέραν μητέρα πεντήκοντα μνᾶς εἰς τὸν οἶκον εἰσενηνεγμένην. βουλευσάμενος δὲ περὶ ἡμῶν, ὅτʼ ἔμελλε τελευτᾶν, ἅπαντα ταῦτʼ ἐνεχείρισεν Ἀφόβῳ τε τουτῳὶ καὶ Δημοφῶντι τῷ Δήμωνος υἱεῖ, τούτοιν μὲν ἀδελφιδοῖν ὄντοιν, τῷ μὲν ἐξ ἀδελφοῦ, τῷ δʼ ἐξ ἀδελφῆς γεγονότοιν, ἔτι δὲ Θηριππίδῃ τῷ Παιανιεῖ, γένει μὲν οὐδὲν προσήκοντι, φίλῳ δʼ ἐκ παιδὸς ὑπάρχοντι.

[¶4] 5. To Therippides he gave the interest on seventy minae of my property, to be enjoyed by him until I should come of age, in order that avarice might not tempt him to mismanage my affairs. To Demophon he gave my sister with a dowry of two talents, to be paid at once, and to the defendant himself he gave our mother with a dowry of eighty minae, and the right to use my house and furniture. His thought was that, if he should unite these men to me by still closer ties, they would look after my interests the better because of this added bond of kinship.

> Greek: 5. κἀκείνῳ μὲν ἔδωκεν ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς καρπώσασθαι τοσοῦτον χρόνον, ἕως ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην, ὅπως μὴ διʼ ἐπιθυμίαν χρημάτων χεῖρόν τι τῶν ἐμῶν διοικήσειεν· Δημοφῶντι δὲ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀδελφὴν καὶ δύο τάλαντʼ εὐθὺς ἔδωκεν ἔχειν, αὐτῷ δὲ τούτῳ τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ προῖκʼ ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς, καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ⟨οἰκεῖν⟩ καὶ σκεύεσι χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἐμοῖς, ἡγούμενος, καὶ τούτους ἔτʼ οἰκειοτέρους εἴ μοι ποιήσειεν, οὐκ ἂν χεῖρόν μʼ ἐπιτροπευθῆναι ταύτης τῆς οἰκειότητος προσγενομένης.

[¶5] 6. But these men, who took at once their own legacies from the estate, and as my guardians administered all the remainder for ten years, have robbed me of my entire fortune except the house, and fourteen slaves and thirty silver minae, which they have handed over to me—amounting in all to about seventy minae.

> Greek: 6. λαβόντες δʼ οὗτοι ταῦτα πρῶτον σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῶν χρημάτων, καὶ τὴν ἄλλην οὐσίαν ἅπασαν διαχειρίσαντες, καὶ δέκʼ ἔτη ἡμᾶς ἐπιτροπεύσαντες, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα πάντʼ ἀπεστερήκασιν, τὴν οἰκίαν δὲ καὶ ἀνδράποδα τέτταρα καὶ δέκα καὶ ἀργυρίου μνᾶς τριάκοντα, μάλιστα σύμπαντα ταῦτʼ εἰς ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς παραδεδώκασι.

[¶6] 7. This, men of the jury, to put it as briefly as possible, is a summing up of the wrongs they have done me. But of the fact that the amount of property left by my father was as much as I have stated these men themselves have proved the most convincing witnesses, for in the tax-company they agreed on my behalf to a tax of five hundred drachmae on every twenty-five minae —a tax equal to that paid by Timotheus, son of Conon, and those possessing the largest fortunes. However, I had better inform you in detail what portions of the property were producing a profit and what were unproductive, and what were their respective values; for when you have accurate information regarding these matters, you will know that of all who have ever acted as trustees none have so shamelessly and so openly plundered an estate as these men have plundered ours.

> Greek: 7. καὶ τὸ μὲν κεφάλαιον τῶν ἀδικημάτων, ὡς ἂν συντομώτατʼ εἴποι τις, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί· τὸ δὲ πλῆθος τῆς οὐσίας ὅτι τοῦτʼ ἦν τὸ καταλειφθέν, μέγιστοι μὲν αὐτοὶ μάρτυρές μοι γεγόνασιν· εἰς γὰρ τὴν συμμορίαν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ συνετάξαντο κατὰ τὰς πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι μνᾶς πεντακοσίας δραχμὰς εἰσφέρειν, ὅσονπερ Τιμόθεος ὁ Κόνωνος καὶ οἱ τὰ μέγιστα κεκτημένοι τιμήματʼ εἰσέφερον· δεῖ δὲ καὶ καθʼ ἕκαστον ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι τά τʼ ἐνεργὰ αὐτῶν καὶ ὅσʼ ἦν ἀργὰ καὶ ὅσου ἦν ἄξιʼ ἕκαστα. ταῦτα γὰρ μαθόντες ἀκριβῶς εἴσεσθε, ὅτι τῶν πώποτʼ ἐπιτροπευσάντων οὐδένες ἀναιδέστερον οὐδὲ περιφανέστερον ἢ οὗτοι τὰ ἡμέτερα διηρπάκασιν.

[¶7] 8. I shall produce witnesses to prove, first, that in the tax-company they agreed on my behalf to be taxed to the amount which I have stated, and, next, that my father did not leave me a poor man, nor one possessing an estate of merely seventy minae. On the contrary, my estate was so considerable that these men were themselves unable to hide its value from the state. Take, please, and read this deposition. The Deposition From this evidence it is clear what the value of the property was.

> Greek: 8. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὡς συνετιμήσανθʼ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ταύτην τὴν εἰσφορὰν εἰς τὴν συμμορίαν, παρέξομαι τούτων μάρτυρας, ἔπειθʼ ὅτι οὐ πένητα κατέλιπέν μʼ ὁ πατὴρ οὐδʼ ἑβδομήκοντα μνῶν οὐσίαν κεκτημένον, ἀλλὰ τοσαύτην ὅσην οὐδʼ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι ἀποκρύψασθαι διὰ τὸ μέγεθος πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ἐδυνήθησαν. καί μοι ἀναγίγνωσκε λαβὼν ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.

[¶8] 9. Three talents is the tax on an estate of fifteen, and this tax they saw fit to pay. But you will see this more clearly if you hear what the property was. My father, men of the jury, left two factories, both doing a large business. One was a sword-manufactory, employing thirty-two or thirty-three slaves, most of them worth five or six minae each and none worth less than three minae. From these my father received a clear income of thirty minae each year. The other was a sofa-manufactory, employing twenty slaves, given to my father as security for a debt of forty minae. These brought him in a clear income of twelve minae. In money he left as much as a talent, loaned at the rate of a drachma a month, the interest of which amounted to more than seven minae a year.

> Greek: 9. δῆλον μὲν τοίνυν καὶ ἐκ τούτων ἐστὶν τὸ πλῆθος τῆς οὐσίας. πεντεκαίδεκα ταλάντων γὰρ τρία τάλαντα τίμημα· ταύτην ἠξίουν εἰσφέρειν τὴν εἰσφοράν. ἔτι δʼ ἀκριβέστερον εἴσεσθε τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτὴν ἀκούσαντες· ὁ γὰρ πατήρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, κατέλιπεν δύʼ ἐργαστήρια, τέχνης οὐ μικρᾶς ἑκάτερον, μαχαιροποιοὺς μὲν τριάκοντα καὶ δύʼ ἢ τρεῖς, ἀνὰ πέντε μνᾶς καὶ ἕξ, τοὺς δʼ οὐκ ἐλάττονος ἢ τριῶν μνῶν ἀξίους, ἀφʼ ὧν τριάκοντα μνᾶς ἀτελεῖς ἐλάμβανεν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τὴν πρόσοδον, κλινοποιοὺς δʼ εἴκοσι τὸν ἀριθμόν, τετταράκοντα μνῶν ὑποκειμένους, οἳ δώδεκα μνᾶς ἀτελεῖς αὐτῷ προσέφερον, ἀργυρίου δʼ εἰς τάλαντον ἐπὶ δραχμῇ δεδανεισμένου, οὗ τόκος ἐγίγνετο τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἑκάστου πλεῖν ἢ ἑπτὰ μναῖ.

[¶9] 10. This was the amount of productive capital which my father left, as these men will themselves admit, the principal amounting to four talents and five thousand drachmae, and the proceeds to fifty minae each year. Besides this, he left ivory and iron, used in the factory, and wood for sofas, worth about eighty minae; and gall and copper, which he had bought for seventy minae; furthermore, a house worth three thousand drachmae, and furniture and plate, and my mother’s jewelry and apparel and ornaments, worth in all ten thousand drachmae, and in the house eighty minae in silver.

> Greek: 10. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐνεργὰ κατέλιπεν, ὡς καὶ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι ὁμολογήσουσιν· ὧν γίγνεται τοῦ μὲν ἀρχαίου κεφάλαιον τέτταρα τάλαντα καὶ πεντακισχίλιαι, τὸ δʼ ἔργον αὐτῶν πεντήκοντα μναῖ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἑκάστου. χωρὶς δὲ τούτων ἐλέφαντα μὲν καὶ σίδηρον, ὃν κατηργάζοντο, καὶ ξύλα κλίνειʼ εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄξια, κηκῖδα δὲ καὶ χαλκὸν ἑβδομήκοντα μνῶν ἐωνημένα, ἔτι δʼ οἰκίαν τρισχιλίων, ἔπιπλα δὲ καὶ ἐκπώματα καὶ χρυσία καὶ ἱμάτια, τὸν κόσμον τῆς μητρός, ἄξια σύμπαντα ταῦτʼ εἰς μυρίας δραχμάς, ἀργυρίου δʼ ἔνδον ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς.

[¶10] 11. To these sums left by him at home we must add seventy minae, a maritime loan to Xuthus; twenty-four hundred drachmae in the bank of Pasion, six hundred in that of Pylades, sixteen hundred in the hands of Demomeles, son of Demon, and about a talent loaned without interest in sums of two hundred or three hundred drachmae. The total of these last sums amounts to more than eight talents and fifty minae, and the whole taken together you will find on examination to come to about fourteen talents.

> Greek: 11. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν οἴκοι κατέλιπεν πάντα, ναυτικὰ δʼ ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς, ἔκδοσιν παρὰ Ξούθῳ, τετρακοσίας δὲ καὶ δισχιλίας ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ τῇ Πασίωνος, ἑξακοσίας δʼ ἐπὶ τῇ Πυλάδου, παρὰ Δημομέλει δὲ τῷ Δήμωνος υἱεῖ χιλίας καὶ ἑξακοσίας, κατὰ διακοσίας δὲ καὶ τριακοσίας ὁμοῦ τι τάλαντον διακεχρημένον. καὶ τούτων αὖ τῶν χρημάτων τὸ κεφάλαιον πλέον ἢ ὀκτὼ τάλαντα καὶ πεντήκοντα μναῖ γίγνονται. συμπάντων δʼ εἰς τέτταρα καὶ δέκα τάλανθʼ εὑρήσετε σκοποῦντες.

[¶11] 12. This, then, men of the jury, was the amount of property left by my father. How much of it has been squandered, how much they have severally taken, and of how much they have jointly robbed me, it is impossible to tell in the time allotted to one plea. I must discuss each one of these questions separately. I pass over the question as to what property of mine Demophon or Therippides are holding. It will be time enough to discuss this when I bring in my accusations against them. I shall speak to you now of the defendant and shall state what his colleagues prove that he has in his hands, and what I know he has taken. In the first place I shall show that he has the marriage-portion, the eighty minae, and after that shall take up the other matters and discuss them with the utmost brevity.

> Greek: 12. καὶ τὸ μὲν πλῆθος τῆς οὐσίας τοῦτʼ ἦν τὸ καταλειφθέν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί. ὅσα δʼ αὐτῆς διακέκλεπται καὶ ὅσʼ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος εἴληφεν καὶ ὁπόσα κοινῇ πάντες ἀποστεροῦσιν, οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕδωρ εἰπεῖν, ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη χωρὶς ἕκαστον διελεῖν ἐστίν. ἃ μὲν οὖν Δημοφῶν ἢ Θηριππίδης ἔχουσι τῶν ἐμῶν, τότʼ ἐξαρκέσει περὶ αὐτῶν εἰπεῖν, ὅταν κατʼ αὐτῶν τὰς γραφὰς ἀπενέγκωμεν· ἃ δὲ τοῦτον ἔχοντʼ ἐξελέγχουσιν ἐκεῖνοι καὶ ἐγὼ οἶδʼ αὐτὸν εἰληφότα, περὶ τούτων ἤδη ποιήσομαι τοὺς λόγους πρὸς ὑμᾶς. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὡς ἔχει τὴν προῖκα, τὰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς, τοῦθʼ ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων, ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων.

[¶12] 13. Immediately after my father’s death the defendant came and dwelt in the house according to the terms of the will, and took possession of my mother’s jewels and the plate. In these he received the equivalent of about fifty minae. Furthermore, he received from Therippides and Demophon the proceeds of the sale of the slaves until he had made up the full amount of the marriage-portion, eighty minae.

> Greek: 13. οὗτος γὰρ εὐθὺς μετὰ τὸν τοῦ πατρὸς θάνατον ᾤκει τὴν οἰκίαν εἰσελθὼν κατὰ τὴν ἐκείνου διαθήκην, καὶ λαμβάνει τά τε χρυσία τῆς μητρὸς καὶ τὰ ἐκπώματα τὰ καταλειφθέντα. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὡς εἰς πεντήκοντα μνᾶς εἶχεν, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἀνδραπόδων τῶν πιπρασκομένων παρά τε Θηριππίδου καὶ Δημοφῶντος τὰς τιμὰς ἐλάμβανεν, ἕως ἀνεπληρώσατο τὴν προῖκα, τὰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς.

[¶13] 14. and after getting this, when he was about to set sail for Corcyra as trierarch, he sent Therippides a written acknowledgement that he had these sums in his possession, and admitted that he had received the marriage-portion. Of these matters Demophon and Therippides, his co-trustees, are witnesses, and, besides this, his own acknowledgement of having received these moneys is attested by Demochares, of Leuconion, who is the husband of my aunt, and by many other witnesses.

> Greek: 14. καὶ ἐπειδὴ εἶχεν, ἐκπλεῖν μέλλων εἰς Κέρκυραν τριήραρχος, ἀπέγραψε ταῦτα πρὸς Θηριππίδην ἔχονθʼ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ὡμολόγει κεκομίσθαι τὴν προῖκα. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τούτων Δημοφῶν καὶ Θηριππίδης, οἱ τούτου συνεπίτροποι, μάρτυρές εἰσιν· ἔτι δὲ καὶ ὡς αὐτὸς ὡμολόγει ταῦτʼ ἔχειν, Δημοχάρης θʼ ὁ Λευκονοεύς, ὁ τὴν τηθίδα τὴν ἐμὴν ἔχων, καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ μάρτυρες γεγόνασιν.

[¶14] 15. For when it proved that Aphobus, though he had her fortune, would not maintain my mother, and refused to let the property, choosing rather to administer it himself in conjunction with the other guardians, Demochares remonstrated with him about the matter; and Aphobus, when he had heard him, neither denied that he had the money nor waxed indignant as one who had received nothing, but admitted the fact, and said that he was having a little dispute with my mother about her jewels, and that, when he had settled this matter, he would act regarding the maintenance and all else in such a way that I should have no ground for complaint.

> Greek: 15. οὐ γὰρ διδόντος τούτου σῖτον τῇ μητρί, τὴν προῖκʼ ἔχοντος, οὐδὲ τὸν οἶκον μισθοῦν ἐθέλοντος, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτρόπων διαχειρίζειν ἀξιοῦντος, ἐποιήσατο λόγους περὶ τούτων ὁ Δημοχάρης. οὗτος δʼ ἀκούσας οὔτʼ ἠμφεσβήτησεν μὴ ἔχειν οὔτε χαλεπῶς ἤνεγκεν ὡς οὐκ εἰληφώς, ἀλλʼ ὡμολόγει καὶ ἔτι μικρὸν ἔφη πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν μητέρα περὶ χρυσιδίων ἀντιλέγεσθαι· τοῦτʼ οὖν διευκρινησάμενος, καὶ περὶ τῆς τροφῆς καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ποιήσειν οὕτως ὥστʼ ἔχειν μοι πάντα καλῶς.

[¶15] 16. Yet, if it be shown that he made these admissions before Demochares and the others who were present; that he received from Demophon and Therippides the money accruing from the sale of the slaves in part settlement of the marriage portion; that he gave to his co-trustees a written acknowledgement that he had received the portion; and that he occupied the house immediately after the death of my father; will it not be clear—the matter being admitted by everybody—that he has received the portion, the eighty minae, and that his denial of having received it is a piece of shameless impudence.

> Greek: 16. καίτοι εἰ φανήσεται πρός τε τὸν Δημοχάρη ταῦθʼ ὡμολογηκὼς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους οἳ παρῆσαν, παρά τε τοῦ Δημοφῶντος καὶ τοῦ Θηριππίδου τῶν ἀνδραπόδων εἰς τὴν προῖκα τὰς τιμὰς εἰληφώς, αὐτός θʼ ἑαυτὸν ἔχειν τὴν προῖκʼ ἀπογράψας πρὸς τοὺς συνεπιτρόπους, οἰκῶν τε τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπειδὴ τάχιστʼ ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ πατήρ, πῶς οὐκ ἐκ πάντων ὁμολογουμένου τοῦ πράγματος εὑρεθήσεται φανερῶς τὴν προῖκα, τὰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς, κεκομισμένος, καὶ λίαν ἀναιδῶς μὴ λαβεῖν ἐξαρνούμενος.

[¶16] 17. To prove that what I say is true, take and read the depositions. The Depositions The dowry, then, he got in this way, and kept. But in the event of his not marrying my mother the law declares that he owes me the amount of the dowry with interest at nine obols a month. However, I set it down at a drachma a month only. This comes, if one adds the principle and the interest for ten years, to about three talents.

> Greek: 17. ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, λαβὲ τὰς μαρτυρίας καὶ ἀνάγνωθι. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ. τὴν μὲν τοίνυν προῖκα τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἔχει λαβών. μὴ γήμαντος δʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμήν, ὁ μὲν νόμος κελεύει τὴν προῖκʼ ὀφείλειν ἐπʼ ἐννέʼ ὀβολοῖς, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπὶ δραχμῇ μόνον τίθημι. γίγνεται δʼ, ἐάν τις συντιθῇ τό τʼ ἀρχαῖον καὶ τὸ ἔργον τῶν δέκʼ ἐτῶν, μάλιστα τρία τάλαντα.

[¶17] 18. This money I have thus shown you that he received and that he confessed in the presence of a host of witnesses that he had it. Then he has also in his possession thirty minae besides, which he received as the revenue from the factory, and of which he has tried to defraud me in the most shameless manner possible. My father left me a revenue of thirty minae accruing from the factory; and after the sale by these men of one-half of the slaves, I should receive the proportionate sum of fifteen minae.

> Greek: 18. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν οὕτως ὑμῖν ἐπιδείκνυμι λαβόντα καὶ ἔχειν ὁμολογήσαντα μαρτύρων ἐναντίον τοσούτων· ἄλλας τοίνυν ἔχει τριάκοντα μνᾶς, τοῦ ἐργαστηρίου λαβὼν τὴν πρόσοδον, καὶ ἀναισχυντότατʼ ἀνθρώπων ἀποστερεῖν ἐπικεχείρηκεν. ἐμοὶ δʼ ὁ πατὴρ κατέλιπεν τριάκοντα μνᾶς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν τὴν πρόσοδον· ἀποδομένων δὲ τούτων τὰ ἡμίσεα τῶν ἀνδραπόδων, πεντεκαίδεκά μοι μνᾶς γίγνεσθαι κατὰ λόγον προσῆκε.

[¶18] 19. Therippides, however, who had charge of the slaves for seven years, has submitted an account of eleven minae a year, four minae a year less than it should have been; and the defendant who had charge of the business at the first for two years shows no profit whatever, but says sometimes that the factory was idle, and sometimes that he was not himself the manager, but that the foreman, Milyas, a freedman of ours, had charge of it, and that I should look for an accounting from him. If he persists even now in making any of these statements he will easily be convicted of falsehood.

> Greek: 19. Θηριππίδης μὲν οὖν ἕπτʼ ἔτη τῶν ἀνδραπόδων ἐπιμεληθεὶς ἕνδεκα μνᾶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπέφηνε, τέτταρσι μναῖς καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ἔλαττον ἢ ὅσον προσῆκε λογιζόμενος. οὗτος δὲ δύʼ ἔτη τὰ πρῶτʼ ἐπιμεληθεὶς οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀποδείκνυσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐνίοτε μέν φησιν ἀργῆσαι τὸ ἐργαστήριον, ἐνίοτε δʼ ὡς αὐτὸς μὲν οὐκ ἐπεμελήθη τούτων, ὁ δʼ ἐπίτροπος Μιλύας, ὁ ἀπελεύθερος ὁ ἡμέτερος, διῴκησεν αὐτά, καὶ παρʼ ἐκείνου μοι προσήκει λόγον λαβεῖν. ἂν οὖν καὶ νῦν εἴπῃ τινὰ τούτων τῶν λόγων, ῥᾳδίως ἐξελεγχθήσεται ψευδόμενος.

[¶19] 20. If he declares that the factory was idle, yet he has himself rendered an account of money expended, not on provisions for the men, but for their work—ivory for the trade, swordhandles, and other supplies—indicating that the workmen were busy. Furthermore, he charges me with money which he has paid to Therippides for the hire of three slaves of his who were in my factory. Yet if no work was being done, Therippides should have received no pay, nor should these expenditures have been charged to me.

> Greek: 20. ἂν μὲν οὖν ἀργὸν φῇ γενέσθαι, λόγον αὐτὸς ἀπενήνοχεν ἀναλωμάτων οὐκ εἰς σιτία τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλʼ εἰς ἔργα, τὸν εἰς τὴν τέχνην ἐλέφαντα καὶ μαχαιρῶν λαβὰς καὶ ἄλλας ἐπισκευάς, ὡς ἐργαζομένων τῶν δημιουργῶν. ἔτι δὲ Θηριππίδῃ τριῶν ἀνδραπόδων, ἃ ἦν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ἐργαστηρίῳ, μισθὸν ἀποδεδωκέναι λογίζεται. καίτοι μὴ γενομένης ἐργασίας οὔτʼ ἐκείνῳ λαβεῖν μισθὸν οὔτʼ ἐμοὶ τὰ ἀναλώματα ταῦτα λογισθῆναι προσῆκεν.

[¶20] 21. Again, if he alleges that the work was done, but that there was no market for goods manufactured, he ought at any rate to show that he has delivered to me these goods, and to produce witnesses in whose presence he delivered them. Seeing that he has done neither of these things, how can you doubt that he is keeping thirty minae, the two years’ income from the factory, since the business has so manifestly been carried on.

> Greek: 21. εἰ δʼ αὖ γενέσθαι μὲν φήσει, τῶν δʼ ἔργων ἀπρασίαν εἶναι, δεῖ δήπου τά γʼ ἔργʼ αὐτὸν ἀποδεδωκότα μοι φαίνεσθαι, καὶ ὧν ἐναντίον ἀπέδωκε παρασχέσθαι μάρτυρας. εἰ δὲ μηδὲν τούτων πεποίηκεν, πῶς οὐκ ἔχει τὴν πρόσοδον δυοῖν ἐτοῖν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἐργαστηρίου, τὰς τριάκοντα μνᾶς, φανερῶς οὕτως τῶν ἔργων γεγενημένων.

[¶21] 22. If, however, he shall make none of these statements, but shall assert that Milyas had charge of everything, how can you believe him, when he alleges that he himself made the disbursements amounting to more than five hundred drachmae, but that any profits which accrued are in the hands of Milyas? For my part, I think it likely that the very opposite is the case, supposing that Milyas actually did have charge of the work,—that he made the disbursements, and that Aphobus received the profits, if we may draw any conclusion from the general character and the shamelessness of the man. Take now and read these depositions to the jury. The Depositions These thirty minae, then, he has received from the factory, and the interest on them for eight years; and if one sets this down at the rate of a drachma only, it will make thirty minae more.

> Greek: 22. εἰ δʼ αὖ τούτων μὲν μηδὲν ἐρεῖ, Μιλύαν δʼ αὐτὰ φήσει πάντα διῳκηκέναι, πῶς χρὴ πιστεύειν, ὅταν φῇ τὰ μὲν ἀναλώματʼ αὐτὸς ἀνηλωκέναι, πλέον ἢ πεντακοσίας δραχμάς, λῆμμα δʼ εἴ τι γέγονεν, ἐκεῖνον ἔχειν; ἐμοὶ μὲν γὰρ δοκεῖ τοὐναντίον ἂν γενέσθαι τούτων, εἰ καὶ Μιλύας αὐτῶν ἐπεμελεῖτο, τὰ μὲν ἀναλώματʼ ἐκεῖνος ἀναλῶσαι, τὰ δὲ λήμμαθʼ οὗτος λαβεῖν, εἴ τι δεῖ τεκμαίρεσθαι πρὸς τὸν ἄλλον αὐτοῦ τρόπον καὶ τὴν ἀναίδειαν. λάβʼ οὖν τὰς μαρτυρίας ταύτας, καὶ ἀνάγνωθʼ αὐτοῖς. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.

[¶22] 23. These sums he has himself embezzled, and, if they be added to the marriage-portion, the total is about four talents, principal and interest combined. Now I shall go on to show you what sums he has embezzled in conjunction with his co-trustees, and what sums he asserts were never left by my father at all.

> Greek: 23. ταύτας τοίνυν ἔχει τριάκοντα μνᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐργαστηρίου, καὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν· ὃ ἂν ἐπὶ δραχμῇ τις τιθῇ μόνον, ἄλλας τριάκοντα μνᾶς εὑρήσει. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἰδίᾳ μόνος εἴληφεν· ἃ συντεθέντα πρὸς τὴν προῖκα μάλιστα τέτταρα τάλαντα γίγνεται σὺν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις. ἃ δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτρόπων κοινῇ διήρπακεν, καὶ ὅσʼ ἔνια μηδὲ καταλειφθῆναι παντάπασιν ἠμφεσβήτηκεν, ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν ἤδη ἐπιδείξω καθʼ ἕκαστον.

[¶23] 24. First, regarding the twenty sofa-makers, given to my father as security for a debt of forty minae, whom my father certainly left behind him at his death, but of whom these men show not a trace—let me prove to you with what utter shamelessness and how openly they are seeking to cheat me of these. That these slaves were left by my father in the house they all admit, and that they brought him in an income of twelve minae every year. Yet these men report no receipts as having come in to my credit from them in ten years, and Aphobus reckons up a total expenditure on them of nearly a thousand drachmae. To such a pitch of effrontery has he come.

> Greek: 24. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν περὶ τῶν κλινοποιῶν, οὓς κατέλιπεν μὲν ὁ πατήρ, ἀφανίζουσι δʼ οὗτοι, τετταράκοντα μὲν μνῶν ὑποκειμένους, εἴκοσι δʼ ὄντας τὸν ἀριθμόν, ἐπιδείξω ὑμῖν ὡς λίαν ἀναιδῶς καὶ φανερῶς μʼ ἀποστεροῦσι. τούτους γὰρ καταλειφθῆναι μὲν οἴκοι παρʼ ἡμῖν πάντες ὁμολογοῦσιν, καὶ τὰς δώδεκα μνᾶς ἑκάστου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τῷ πατρὶ γίγνεσθαί φασιν· αὐτοὶ δὲ λῆμμα μὲν παρʼ αὐτῶν ἐν δέκʼ ἔτεσιν οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ γεγενημένον ἀποφαίνουσιν ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ μικρόν, ἀναλώματος δὲ κεφάλαιον εἰς αὐτοὺς οὗτος ὀλίγου δεῖν λογίζεται χιλίας· εἰς τοῦτʼ ἀναιδείας ἐλήλυθεν.

[¶24] 25. And these slaves themselves, upon whom he alleges that he has expended the money, they have never handed over to me. On the contrary, they tell the idlest tale imaginable, to the effect that the man who pledged the slaves to my father is the vilest sort of a fellow, who has left many friendly loans unpaid, and who is overwhelmed with debt; and to prove this against him they have called a large number of witnesses. But as for the slaves—who got them; how they went out of the house; who took them away; or in what suit they lost them by judgement, they are unable to say.

> Greek: 25. αὐτοὺς δὲ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, εἰς οὓς ταῦτʼ ἀνηλωκέναι φησίν, οὐδαμοῦ μοι παραδεδώκασιν, ἀλλὰ πάντων κενότατον λόγον λέγουσιν, ὡς ὁ ὑποθεὶς τῷ πατρὶ τἀνδράποδα πονηρότατος ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν καὶ ἐράνους τε λέλοιπε πλείστους καὶ ὑπέρχρεως γέγονε, καὶ τούτων οὐκ ὀλίγους κεκλήκασι κατʼ ἐκείνου μάρτυρας. τὰ δʼ ἀνδράποδʼ ὅστις ἐστὶν ὁ λαβών, ἢ πῶς ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἐξῆλθεν, ἢ τίς ἀφείλετο, ἢ πρὸς τίνα δίκην ἥττηνται περὶ αὐτῶν, οὐκ ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν.

[¶25] 26. Yet, if there were any truth in what they allege they would not be bringing forward witnesses to prove this man’s vile character (with which I have no concern), but would be holding on to the slaves, or would show who took them, and would have left not one of them out of sight. But as it is, though they admit that the slaves were left by my father, and though they took possession of them and enjoyed the profits from them for ten years, they have in the most ruthless manner possible done away with the whole factory. To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, take, please, and read the depositions. The Depositions That, moreover, Moeriades was not without resources and that my father did not act foolishly in making the contract with him about the slaves, I will show you by the clearest proof.

> Greek: 26. καίτοι εἴ τι ἔλεγον ὑγιές, οὐκ ἂν κατὰ τῆς ἐκείνου πονηρίας παρείχοντο μάρτυρας, ἧς οὐδέν μοι προσήκει φροντίζειν, ἀλλὰ τούτων ἂν ἀντελαμβάνοντο καὶ τοὺς λαβόντας ἀπεδείκνυσαν καὶ οὐδὲν ἂν αὐτῶν παρέλειπον. νῦν δʼ ὠμότατʼ ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογοῦντες καταλειφθῆναι καὶ λαβόντες ὡς αὑτοὺς καὶ καρπωσάμενοι δέκʼ ἔτη τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἄρδην ὅλον τὸ ἐργαστήριον ἀφανίζουσι. καὶ ταῦθʼ ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, λαβέ μοι τὰς μαρτυρίας καὶ ἀναγίγνωσκε. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.

[¶26] 27. For after Aphobus took into his own hands the factory as you have yourselves heard from the witnesses, when it was his duty as my guardian to prevent anyone else from advancing money on the same security, he himself loaned to Moeriades on the security of these same slaves the sum of five hundred drachmae, which he admits he has duly recovered from him in full.

> Greek: 27. ὅτι τοίνυν οὐκ ἄπορος ἦν ὁ Μοιριάδης, οὐδʼ ἦν τῇ πατρὶ τοῦτο τὸ συμβόλαιον εἰς τἀνδράποδʼ ἠλιθίως συμβεβλημένον, μεγίστῳ τεκμηρίῳ γνώσεσθε· λαβὼν γὰρ ὡς ἑαυτὸν Ἄφοβος τοῦτο τὸ ἐργαστήριον, ὡς αὐτοὶ τῶν μαρτύρων ἠκούσατε, καὶ δέον αὐτόν, εἰ καί τις ἄλλος ἐβούλετʼ εἰς ταῦτα συμβαλεῖν, τοῦτον διακωλύειν ἐπίτροπόν γʼ ὄντα, αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τούτοις τοῖς ἀνδραπόδοις τῷ Μοιριάδῃ πεντακοσίας δραχμὰς ἐδάνεισεν, ἃς ὀρθῶς καὶ δικαίως παρʼ ἐκείνου κεκομίσθαι ὡμολόγηκεν.

[¶27] 28. And yet is it not outrageous that we who made the prior loan should, besides having received no profit from the slaves, have lost our security, while this fellow, who loaned money on security belonging to us, and whose loan was so long subsequent to ours, should from funds that were ours have recovered both principal and interest, and have suffered no loss whatever? To prove that what I say is true, take the deposition and read it. The Deposition Consider now of how large a sum they are defrauding me in the matter of these sofa-makers: the principal alone, forty minae, and interest upon it for ten years, two talents; for they obtained from the slaves a profit of twelve minae each year.

> Greek: 28. καίτοι πῶς οὐ δεινόν, εἰ ἡμῖν μὲν πρὸς τῷ λῆμμʼ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν μηδὲν γεγονέναι καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ ὑποτεθέντʼ ἀπόλωλεν, οἳ πρότερον συνεβάλομεν, τῷ δʼ εἰς τὰ ἡμέτερα δανείσαντι καὶ τοσούτῳ χρόνῳ πράξαντι καὶ οἱ τόκοι καὶ τἀρχαῖʼ ἐκ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀποδέδοται καὶ οὐδεμίʼ ἀπορία γέγονεν; ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, λαβὲ τὴν μαρτυρίαν καὶ ἀνάγνωθι. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.

[¶28] 29. Is this a trifling sum drawn from some obscure source, which might easily have been miscalculated, or have they not manifestly robbed me of nearly three talents? Of this sum which they have jointly scattered to the winds, it is surely right that I should recover a third from the defendant.

> Greek: 29. σκέψασθε τοίνυν ὅσον ἀργύριον οὗτοι παρὰ τοὺς κλινοποιοὺς κλέπτουσι, τετταράκοντα μὲν μνᾶς αὐτὸ τὸ ἀρχαῖον, δέκα δʼ ἐτῶν τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν δύο τάλαντα· δώδεκα γὰρ μνᾶς ἑκάστου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τὴν πρόσοδον αὐτῶν ἐλάμβανον. ἆρα μικρόν τι καὶ ἐξ ἀφανοῦς ποθεν καὶ παραλογίσασθαι. ῥᾴδιον, ἀλλʼ οὐ φανερῶς οὑτωσὶ μικροῦ δεῖν τρία τάλαντα ταῦτʼ ἀνηρπάκασιν; ὧν κοινῇ διαπεφορημένων τὸ τρίτον δήπου μέρος παρὰ τούτου μοι προσήκει κεκομίσθαι.

[¶29] 30. Furthermore, men of the jury, they have dealt in much the same way with the ivory and iron which were left me. They do not produce them. Yet it is impossible that one who possessed so many sofa-makers and so many sword-makers should not also have left iron and ivory. These things must have been available, for what could the slaves have produced without these materials.

> Greek: 30. καὶ μήν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ τὰ περὶ τοῦ ἐλέφαντος καὶ σιδήρου τοῦ καταλειφθέντος παραπλήσιά πως τούτοις πεποιήκασιν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ταῦτʼ ἀποφαίνουσιν. καίτοι κεκτημένον μὲν τοσούτους κλινοποιούς, κεκτημένον δὲ μαχαιροποιοὺς οὐχ οἷόν τε μὴ οὐχὶ καὶ σίδηρον καὶ ἐλέφαντα καταλιπεῖν, ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη ταῦτά γʼ ὑπάρχειν· τί γὰρ ἂν ἠργάζοντο τούτων μὴ ὑπαρξάντων.

[¶30] 31. Well then, though my father possessed more than fifty slaves and conducted two factories, one of which easily consumed two minae worth of ivory per month for the sofas, while the sword-factory consumed as much more, and iron besides, these men declare that he left no ivory and no iron; to such a pitch of shamelessness have they come.

> Greek: 31. τὸν τοίνυν πλέον ἢ πεντήκοντʼ ἀνδράποδα κεκτημένον καὶ δυοῖν τέχναιν ἐπιμελούμενον, ὧν θάτερον ἐργαστήριον εἰς τὰς κλίνας ῥᾳδίως δύο μνᾶς τοῦ μηνὸς ἀνήλισκεν ἐλέφαντος, τὸ δὲ μαχαιροποιεῖον οὐκ ἔλαττον ἢ τοσοῦτον ἕτερον σὺν σιδήρῳ, τοῦτον οὔ φασιν καταλιπεῖν οὐδὲν τούτων· εἰς τοῦτʼ ἀναιδείας ἐληλύθασιν.

[¶31] 32. From these facts alone it is easy to see that no credence is to be given to their statements; but that my father actually did leave such an amount of these materials as not only to suffice for his own workmen to use in their trade, but also for sale to anyone else who wished to buy, is made clear by the fact that he himself during his lifetime used to sell these materials, and that after his death Demophon and the defendant continued to sell them from out my house to those wishing to buy.

> Greek: 32. ὅτι μὲν οὖν οὐ πιστὰ λέγουσιν, καὶ ἐκ τούτων αὐτῶν ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι μαθεῖν· ὅτι δʼ ἐκεῖνος κατέλιπε τοσοῦτον τὸ πλῆθος ὥστε μὴ μόνον ἱκανὸν εἶναι κατεργάζεσθαι τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ δημιουργοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ βουλομένῳ πρὸς ὠνεῖσθαι τῶν ἄλλων, ἐκεῖθεν φανερόν, ὅτι αὐτός τʼ ἐπώλει ζῶν καὶ Δημοφῶν καὶ οὗτος τοῦ πατρὸς ἤδη τετελευτηκότος ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπεδίδοντο τοῖς βουλομένοις.

[¶32] 33. And yet how large must one suppose the quantity left by my father to have been, when it is shown to have sufficed for such extensive factories, and to have been sold by the guardians besides? Was it a small amount, or not rather much more than I have charged? Take now these depositions and read them to the jury. The Depositions Of this ivory, you see, there is more than a talent’s worth of which they make no report—neither of the raw material nor of the finished product. No; this also they have utterly and absolutely made away with.

> Greek: 33. καίτοι πόσον τινὰ χρὴ τὸν καταλειφθέντα νομίζειν εἶναι, ὅταν φαίνηται τηλικούτοις τʼ ἐργαστηρίοις ἐξαρκῶν καὶ χωρὶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων πιπρασκόμενος; ἆρʼ ὀλίγον, ἀλλʼ οὐ πολλῷ πλείω τῶν ἐγκεκλημένων; λαβὲ τοίνυν τὰς μαρτυρίας ταυτασὶ καὶ ἀνάγνωθʼ αὐτοῖς. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ τούτου τοίνυν τοῦ ἐλέφαντός ἐστι πλέον ἢ τάλαντον, ὃν οὔτʼ αὐτὸν οὔτε τὸ ἔργον μοι ἀποφαίνουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτον ἄρδην ἀφανίζουσιν ὅλον.

[¶33] 34. Furthermore, men of the jury, I shall prove to you from the account which they render, and from the receipts admitted by themselves, that these three men have in their possession more than eight talents of my money, and that of this amount Aphobus has separately taken three talents and one thousand drachmae. I shall set down separately at a higher figure than they do themselves the moneys they have expended, and shall deduct all the sums they have paid me, that you may see the utter shamelessness of their attempts.

> Greek: 34. ἔτι τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, παρὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν ἀποφέρουσιν, ἐξ ὧν αὐτοὶ λαβεῖν ὁμολογοῦσιν, ἐπιδείξω ὑμῖν τρεῖς μὲν ὄντας αὐτοὺς πλέον ἢ ὀκτὼ τάλαντʼ ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν ἔχοντας, ἰδίᾳ δʼ ἐκ τούτων Ἄφοβον τρία τάλαντα καὶ χιλίας εἰληφότα, τά τʼ ἀνηλωμένα χωρὶς τούτων πλείω τιθεὶς καὶ ὅσʼ ἐκ τούτων ἀπέδοσαν ἀφαιρῶν, ἵνʼ εἰδῆθʼ ὅτι οὐ μικρᾶς ἀναιδείας τὰ ἐγχειρήματʼ αὐτῶν ἐστίν.

[¶34] 35. They confess to have received from my estate, Aphobus one hundred and eight minae (besides what I shall now show to be in his hands); Therippides two talents; and Demophon eighty-seven minae. This makes altogether five talents and fifteen minae. Of this sum there are nearly seventy-seven minae, the income from the slaves, which were not received all at once, and a little less than four talents of which they got possession immediately. Now, if you add to this last sum the interest for ten years, reckoned at a drachma only you will find that the whole, principal and interest, amounts to eight talents and four thousand drachmae.

> Greek: 35. λαβεῖν γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν ὁμολογοῦσιν οὗτος μὲν ὀκτὼ καὶ ἑκατὸν μνᾶς, χωρὶς ὧν ἔχοντʼ αὐτὸν ἐγὼ ἐπιδείξω νῦν, Θηριππίδης δὲ δύο τάλαντα, Δημοφῶν δʼ ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς. τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶ πέντε τάλαντα καὶ πεντεκαίδεκα μναῖ. τούτου τοίνυν ὃ μὲν οὐχ ἅθρουν ἐλήφθη, σχεδόν εἰσιν ἑβδομήκοντα μναῖ καὶ ἑπτά, ἡ πρόσοδος ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδραπόδων, ὃ δʼ εὐθὺς ἔλαβον οὗτοι, μικροῦ δέοντα τέτταρα τάλαντα· οἷς τὸ ἔργον ἂν προσθῆτʼ ἐπὶ δραχμῇ μόνον τῶν δέκʼ ἐτῶν, ὀκτὼ τάλανθʼ εὑρήσετε σὺν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις καὶ χιλίας γιγνομένας.