--- title: "Against Aphobus III · Πρὸς Ἄφοβον ὑπὲρ Φάνου ψευδομαρτυριῶν γ΄" author: "Demosthenes" translator: "Augustus Taber Murray" languages: [grc, en] shelf: "Classical Greek" url: https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/ cite: "Demosthenes, tr. Augustus Taber Murray, Against Aphobus III · Πρὸς Ἄφοβον ὑπὲρ Φάνου ψευδομαρτυριῶν γ΄. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/" --- # Against Aphobus III · Πρὸς Ἄφοβον ὑπὲρ Φάνου ψευδομαρτυριῶν γ΄ *Demosthenes, tr. Augustus Taber Murray* Defending a witness in the case against his guardian. > Greek: ed. William Rennie, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0014.tlg029, CC BY-SA 4.0). > English: Augustus Taber Murray, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0014.tlg029.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. ## Contents 1. [Sections 1–29](https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/1.md) 2. [Sections 31–60](https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/2.md) ## 1. Sections 1–29 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/1/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/1/#p-N [¶0] 1. If I were not conscious, men of the jury, that in a former suit against Aphobus I had readily (so absolutely manifest were his wrongdoings) convicted him of lies greater and more outrageous than these which he now utters, I should have grave doubts of my ability to show how he seeks to lead you astray in regard to each one of them. As it is, however (be it said with the favor of heaven), if you prove fair and impartial hearers, I have strong hopes that you will become as fully aware of the shamelessness of this man as were the jurors in the former trial. If the case required eloquence or cleverness I should shrink through distrust of my youth; but, as matters are, I need merely point out and rehearse to you what the plaintiff’s conduct toward us has been. From this it will be easy, I think, for all of you to determine which of us is the villain. > Greek: 1. εἰ μὴ πρότερόν μοι δίκης γενομένης πρὸς Ἄφοβον, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, συνῄδειν πολλῷ τούτων μείζω καὶ δεινότερʼ αὐτοῦ ψευσαμένου ῥᾳδίως ἐξελέγξας διὰ τὴν περιφάνειαν τῶν ἀδικημάτων, θαυμασίως ἂν ὡς ηὐλαβούμην μὴ καὶ νῦν οὐ δυνηθῶ δεῖξαι, πῇ παρακρούεταί ποθʼ ἕκασθʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτῶν. νῦν δὲ σὺν θεοῖς εἰπεῖν, ἄνπερ ἴσοι καὶ κοινοὶ γένησθʼ ἡμῶν ἀκροαταί, πολλὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχω μηδὲν ἧττον ὑμᾶς τὴν ἀναίδειαν τὴν τούτου γνώσεσθαι τῶν πρότερον δικασάντων. καὶ ταῦτʼ εἰ μὲν ἐδεῖτο λόγου τινὸς ἢ ποικιλίας, ἔγωγε κατώκνουν ἂν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ καταμεμφόμενος ἡλικίαν· νῦν δʼ ἁπλῶς δεῖ διδάξαι καὶ διηγήσασθαι τὰ τούτῳ πεπραγμένα περὶ ἡμῶν· ἐκ δὲ τούτων οἶμαι πᾶσιν ὑμῖν εὔγνωστον ἔσεσθαι, πότερός ποθʼ ἡμῶν ἐσθʼ ὁ πονηρός. [¶1] 2. I know that the plaintiff has instituted this suit, not because he believes he can convict anyone of having borne false witness against him, but because he thinks that the large amount of damages which he was condemned to pay will give rise to a feeling of prejudice against me, and of compassion toward himself. For this reason he is now seeking to defend himself against charges made in a suit that has already been decided, regarding which he had at the time no reasonable defence to make. I, for my part, men of the jury, if I had proceeded to execute the judgement against him and had been unwilling to make any reasonable concession, should even so have done no wrong in exacting the damages awarded by your decision; but for all that it might have been said that I had shown undue ruthlessness and enmity toward a man who is a relative in depriving him of all his property. > Greek: 2. οἶδα μὲν οὖν ὅτι τὴν δίκην οὗτος εἴληχε ταύτην, οὐχὶ τῷ τὰ ψευδῆ τινʼ αὑτοῦ καταμεμαρτυρηκέναι ἐξελέγξειν πιστεύων, ἀλλʼ ἡγούμενος διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ τιμήματος τῆς δίκης, ἣν ὦφλεν, ἐμοὶ μὲν ἂν γενέσθαι τινὰ φθόνον, αὑτῷ δʼ ἔλεον. καὶ διὰ ταῦτα περὶ τῆς γεγενημένης δίκης νῦν ἀπολογεῖται, περὶ ἧς τότʼ οὐδὲν ἔσχε δίκαιον εἰπεῖν. ἐγὼ δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἰ μὲν ἐπεπράγμην τοῦτον τὴν δίκην ἢ μηδὲν ἤθελον μέτριον συγχωρεῖν, ἠδίκουν μὲν οὐδʼ ἂν οὕτως, τὰ παρʼ ὑμῖν γνωσθέντα πραττόμενος αὐτόν, ὅμως δʼ ἂν εἶχέν τις εἰπεῖν, ὡς λίαν ὠμῶς καὶ πικρῶς ὄντα συγγενῆ τοῦτον ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας ἁπάσης ἐκβέβληκα. [¶2] 3. But, as it is, the precise contrary is the truth. This man with his co-trustees has robbed me of my entire patrimony, and, even after being clearly convicted in your court, he does not consider himself obliged to do anything reasonable. On the contrary he has dispersed his property, giving his farm-buildings to Aesius and his farm to Onetor, against whom he has forced me to engage in a troublesome lawsuit. He himself stripped the house of its furniture, took away the slaves, destroyed the wine-vat, tore off the doors, and all but set fire to the house itself; then he made off to Megara, where he has settled and paid the alien’s tax. You would, therefore, with better ground loathe this man for deeds like these, than judge me guilty of undue severity. > Greek: 3. νῦν δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐστίν· οὗτος ἐμὲ τῶν πατρῴων ἁπάντων μετὰ τῶν συνεπιτρόπων ἀπεστέρηκεν, καὶ οὐδʼ ἐν ὑμῖν φανερῶς ἐξελεγχθεὶς οἴεται δεῖν οὐδὲν τῶν μετρίων ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ διασκευασάμενος τὴν οὐσίαν, καὶ παραδοὺς τὴν μὲν συνοικίαν Αἰσίῳ, τὸν δʼ ἀγρὸν Ὀνήτορι, πρὸς μὲν ἐκείνους δίκην καὶ πράγματʼ ἔχειν ἐμὲ πεποίηκεν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτὸς τὰ σκεύη λαβὼν καὶ τἀνδράποδʼ ἐξαγαγὼν καὶ τὸν λάκκον συντρίψας καὶ τὰ θυρώματʼ ἀποσπάσας καὶ μόνον οὐκ αὐτὴν τὴν οἰκίαν ἐμπρήσας Μέγαράδʼ ἐξῴκηκεν κἀκεῖ μετοίκιον τέθηκεν. ὥστε πολὺ ἂν δικαιότερον διὰ ταῦτα τὰ ἔργα τοῦτον μισήσαιτε ἢ ἐμοῦ τινʼ ἀνεπιείκειαν καταγνοίητε. [¶3] 4. Regarding the rapacity and vile character of the plaintiff I purpose to speak at length before you later on, though what you have even now heard gives you a fair idea of it. But I shall now undertake to show you, that the testimony which has been given, about which you are going to cast your votes, is true. But one request I make of you, men of the jury, and it is a reasonable one—that you will give us both a fair hearing. This is as much in your interest as in mine, for the more accurate your knowledge of the facts, the more just and in harmony with your oaths will be the vote you will cast regarding them. > Greek: 4. περὶ μὲν οὖν τῆς αἰσχροκερδίας τῆς τούτου καὶ μιαρίας ὕστερόν μοι δοκεῖ διεξελθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς· καὶ νῦν δʼ ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίοις ἀκηκόατε· περὶ δὲ τῶν μεμαρτυρημένων, ὡς ἔστιν ἀληθῆ, περὶ ὧνπερ οἴσετε τὴν ψῆφον, ἤδη πειράσομαι διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς. δέομαι δʼ ὑμῶν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, δικαίαν δέησιν, ἐξ ἴσου ἡμῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἀκοῦσαι. τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ὁμοίως· ὅσῳ γὰρ ἂν ἀκριβέστερον τὰ πεπραγμένα μάθητε, τοσούτῳ δικαιοτέραν καὶ εὐορκοτέραν θήσεσθε τὴν ψῆφον περὶ αὐτῶν. [¶4] 5. I shall show that Aphobus has not only acknowledged Milyas to be a freeman, but has even proved it by his actions; that, furthermore, about this matter he has declined the absolutely sure test by torture, and does not wish to have the truth brought to light that on the contrary he has recourse to trickery, brings forward false witnesses, and by his own words distorts the truth regarding what has taken place. So strong and so plain is the evidence by which I shall prove these statements that you will all see clearly that it is I who am speaking the truth, and that he has uttered not a word worthy of credence. I shall begin at a point which will make it easiest for you to learn the facts, and for me to instruct you regarding them in the briefest time. > Greek: 5. ἐπιδείξω δὲ τοῦτον οὐ μόνον ὡμολογηκότʼ εἶναι τὸν Μιλύαν ἐλεύθερον, ἀλλὰ καὶ φανερὸν τοῦτʼ ἔργῳ πεποιηκότα, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ⟨τοὺς⟩ ἐκ βασάνου περὶ αὐτῶν πεφευγότα τοῦτον τοὺς ἀκριβεστάτους ἐλέγχους, καὶ οὐκ ἐθελήσαντʼ ἐκ τούτων ἐπιδεῖξαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλὰ πανουργοῦντα καὶ μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς παρεχόμενον καὶ διακλέπτοντα τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ λόγοις τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῶν πεπραγμένων, οὕτω μεγάλοις καὶ φανεροῖς ἐλέγχοις ὥσθʼ ὑμᾶς πάντας εἴσεσθαι σαφῶς, ὅτι ἡμεῖς μὲν ἀληθῆ λέγομεν, οὗτος δʼ οὐδὲν ὑγιὲς εἴρηκεν. ἄρξομαι δʼ ἐντεῦθεν ὅθεν καὶ ὑμεῖς ῥᾷστʼ ἂν μάθοιτε κἀγὼ τάχιστʼ ἂν διδάξαιμι. [¶5] 6. I instituted suit, men of the jury, against Demophon, Therippides and the plaintiff for breach of trust in their guardianship, for I had been defrauded by them of all my inheritance. When my suit against Aphobus in the first instance came up for trial, I proved clearly to the jury, as I shall prove to you, that he, in conjunction with the others, had robbed me of all the property that had been left me; and I relied upon no false testimony. > Greek: 6. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, Δημοφῶντι καὶ Θηριππίδῃ καὶ τούτῳ δίκας ἔλαχον ἐπιτροπῆς ἀποστερηθεὶς ἁπάντων τῶν ὄντων. γενομένης δέ μοι τῆς δίκης πρὸς τοῦτον πρῶτον, ἐπέδειξα σαφῶς τοῖς δικάζουσιν, ὥσπερ ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω, πάνθʼ ὅσʼ ἡμῖν κατελείφθη χρήματʼ ἀπεστερηκότα τοῦτον μετʼ ἐκείνων, οὐ καταψευδομαρτυρησάμενος. [¶6] 7. Here is a clear proof of this. A host of depositions was read at the trial, some of the deponents declaring that they had given to the plaintiff property of mine, others that he had received such property in their presence, still others that they had purchased goods from him, and paid him the price; yet he has charged not a single one of these with bearing false testimony. He has dared to attack this one piece of testimony, and it alone, although in it he cannot show that there was mention even of one single drachma. > Greek: 7. τεκμήριον δὲ μέγιστον· μαρτυριῶν γὰρ πλέον ἢ πάνυ πολλῶν τῶν ἁπασῶν ἀναγνωσθεισῶν ἐπὶ τῇ δίκῃ, καὶ τούτων τῶν μὲν ὡς ἔδοσάν τι τούτῳ τῶν ἐμῶν καταμαρτυρουσῶν, τῶν δʼ ὡς παρῆσαν κομιζομένῳ, τῶν δʼ ὡς πριάμενοι παρὰ τούτου τούτῳ τὰς τιμὰς διέλυσαν, οὐδʼ ᾗ τινι τούτων τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων ἐπεσκήψατο, οὐδὲ τετόλμηκεν διώκειν ἀλλʼ ἢ ταύτην μίαν οὖσαν, ἐν ᾗ δραχμὴν οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι δεῖξαι μεμαρτυρημένην. [¶7] 8. And yet for the computation of the sums of which I had been robbed, I relied not so much on this man’s testimony, for there was no mention of money in it, but on the several statements of the others, against whom the plaintiff has made no charges. Therefore the jurymen who at that time heard my plea, not only found him guilty, but fixed the damages at the full amount stated in my complaint. Why was it, then, that he passed over the other witnesses and sued the defendant alone? I will tell you. > Greek: 8. καίτοι τό γε τίμημα τῶν χρημάτων ὧν ἀπεστερήμην, οὐκ ἐκ ταύτης συντιθεὶς ἐλογιζόμην τοσοῦτον (οὐ γὰρ ἔνεστʼ ἀργύριον), ἀλλʼ ἐξ ἐκείνων καθʼ ἕκαστα τιθείς, αἷς οὗτος οὐκ ἐπεσκήψατο. ὅθεν οἱ τότʼ ἀκούσαντες οὐ μόνον αὐτοῦ κατέγνωσαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐπιγεγραμμένων ἐτίμησαν. τίνος οὖν ἕνεκʼ ἐκείνας μὲν εἴασε, τῇδε δʼ ἐπεσκήψατο; ἐγὼ καὶ τοῦτο διδάξω. [¶8] 9. In regard to all the witnesses who testified that he had received the money, he knew that the more discussion there should be over each separate point, the more convincingly would he be convicted of possessing it, and this was bound to be the case in a trial for false witness; for the accusations which I then made along with all the others in a small part of the time allotted me, I should now discuss severally and in detail in the time of an entire speech; > Greek: 9. τῶν μαρτυριῶν ὅσαι μὲν αὐτοῦ χρήματʼ ἔχειν κατεμαρτύρουν, ᾔδει σαφῶς ὅτι τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἐξελεγχθήσεται ταῦτʼ ἔχων, ὅσῳ πλείων λόγος δοθήσεται καθʼ ἓν περὶ ἑκάστου. τοῦτο δʼ ἔμελλεν ἐν τῇ τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων ἔσεσθαι κρίσει· ὃ γὰρ τότʼ ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τινὶ τοῦ παντὸς ὕδατος μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων κατηγορήσαμεν, νῦν πρὸς ἅπαν τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτὸ καθʼ αὑτὸ διδάξειν ἐμέλλομεν. [¶9] 10. whereas, if he attacked an answer given, he thought that as he had made an admission before, so now it would be in his power to make a denial. That is the reason why he attacks the testimony of this witness, the truth of whose testimony I mean to prove conclusively to you all, not on the basis of probabilities, or of arguments made up to fit the occasion, but by reasoning which, I am sure, will approve itself to you all as just and fair. Listen, and judge. > Greek: 10. ἀποκρίσει δʼ ἐπισκηψάμενος ἐνόμιζεν, ὥσπερ τόθʼ ὡμολόγησεν, οὕτω πάλιν ἔξαρνος γενέσθαι ταῦτʼ ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ γενήσεσθαι. διὰ ταῦτα τήνδε διώκει. βούλομαι δὴ ταύτην, ὡς ἔστιν ἀληθής, ἐπιδεῖξαι σαφῶς πᾶσιν ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἐξ εἰκότων οὐδὲ λόγων πρὸς τὸ παρὸν μεμηχανημένων, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ παρὰ πᾶσιν ὑμῖν δόξοντος, ὡς ἐγὼ νομίζω, δικαίου. σκοπεῖτε δʼ ἀκούσαντες. [¶10] 11. I knew, men of the jury, that I should find the whole contest centring about the deposition inserted in the record, and that it would be regarding the truth or falsehood of this that you would cast your votes, and I therefore determined that the first step for me to take was to offer Aphobus a challenge. What, then, did I do? I offered to surrender to him for examination by torture a slave who knew how to read and write, and who had been present when Aphobus made the admission in question, and who wrote down the statement of the witness. This man had been ordered by me not to use any fraud or trickery, nor to write down some and suppress others of the statements made by the plaintiff regarding the matters at issue, but simply to write the absolute truth, and what Aphobus actually said. > Greek: 11. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, περὶ τῆς μαρτυρίας τῆς ἐν τῷ γραμματείῳ γεγραμμένης εἰδὼς ὄντα μοι τὸν ἀγῶνα, καὶ περὶ τούτου τὴν ψῆφον ὑμᾶς οἴσοντας ἐπιστάμενος, ᾠήθην δεῖν μηδὲν ἄλλο τούτου πρότερον ἢ τοῦτον προκαλούμενος ἐλέγξαι. καὶ τί ποιῶ; παραδοῦναι παῖδʼ ἤθελον αὐτῷ γράμματʼ ἐπιστάμενον βασανίζειν, ὃς παρῆν ὅθʼ ὡμολόγει ταῦθʼ οὗτος, καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἔγραφεν, οὐδὲν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν κελευσθεὶς κακοτεχνεῖν, οὐδὲ τὸ μὲν γράφειν, τὸ δʼ ἀφαιρεῖν ὧν οὗτος εἰρήκει περὶ τούτων, ἀλλʼ ἁπλῶς ὑπὲρ τοῦ πάντα τἀληθῆ καὶ τὰ τούτῳ ῥηθέντα γράψαι. [¶11] 12. What better opportunity could he have had of convicting us of falsehood than by putting my slave to torture? But Aphobus knew better than anyone else that the slave had borne true testimony, and therefore he declined the test. And in truth it is not one or two only who know these facts; the challenge was not made in secret, but in the midst of the agora where many were present. Call, please, the witnesses to these facts. The Witnesses The fellow is so cunning, and so ready to pretend ignorance of what is right, that, although he is pressing a suit for false witness, and although you are to cast your votes regarding this, and have sworn so to do, he refused the proffered examination by torture in regard to the testimony (the point to which he should have devoted his argument), and declares that he requires the slave to be given up for testing in regard to other matters. > Greek: 12. καίτοι τί κάλλιον ἦν τοῦ τὸν παῖδα στρεβλοῦντʼ ἐλέγξαι ψευδομένους ἡμᾶς; ἀλλὰ συνῄδει πάντων μάλιστʼ ἀνθρώπων ὅτι τἀληθῆ μεμαρτύρηται· διόπερ ἔφευγε τὴν βάσανον. ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο ταῦτʼ ἴσασιν, οὐδʼ ὑπὸ μάλης ἡ πρόκλησις γέγονεν, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ πολλῶν παρόντων. καί μοι κάλει τούτων τοὺς μάρτυρας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. [¶12] 13. In this he is lying. Is it not indeed monstrous that he should claim that he is being outrageously treated by my refusal of his demand to have delivered to him for torture a freeman (for such I shall conclusively prove Milyas to be), and should not consider that my witnesses are being outrageously treated, when I offer him one who is admittedly a slave, to be tested by torture regarding their testimony, and he refuses? For he surely cannot maintain this, that for some matters, which he himself desires, torture is a certain test, and for others not. > Greek: 13. οὕτω τοίνυν οὗτός ἐστιν σοφιστὴς καὶ σφόδρʼ ἑκὼν τὰ δίκαιʼ ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος, ὥστε ψευδομαρτυρίων διώκων, καὶ περὶ τούτου τὴν ψῆφον ὑμῶν μελλόντων οἴσειν καὶ ὀμωμοκότων, περὶ τῆς μαρτυρίας μὲν ἔφευγε τὴν βάσανον, περὶ οὗ μάλιστα προσῆκεν αὐτῷ τὸν λόγον ποιεῖσθαι, περὶ δʼ ἄλλων φησὶν ἐξαιτεῖν, ψευδόμενος. καίτοι πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές, αὑτὸν μὲν δεινὰ πεπονθέναι φάσκειν, εἰ τὸν ἐλεύθερον ἐξαιτῶν, ὡς ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω, μὴ παρέλαβεν, τοὺς δὲ μάρτυρας οὐ δεινὰ πάσχειν νομίζειν, τὸν ὁμολογουμένως δοῦλον περὶ ὧν ἐμαρτύρησαν ἐκδιδόντος, οὐκ ἐθέλοντος τούτου παραλαβεῖν; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτό γʼ ἔνεστιν εἰπεῖν, ὡς περὶ μὲν τινῶν ὧν αὐτὸς βούλεται σαφὴς ἡ βάσανος, περὶ δʼ αὖ τινῶν οὐ σαφής. [¶13] 15. Furthermore, men of the jury, the first witness to give this testimony was Aesius, the brother of the plaintiff. He now denies it, because he has allied himself in the suit with Aphobus; but at that time he gave this testimony along with the other witnesses, for he had no desire to perjure himself, or to suffer the penalty which would straightway follow. Surely now, if I had been getting up false testimony, I should not have put this man in my list of witnesses, seeing that he was more intimate with Aphobus than with anyone else in the world, and knowing that he was going to plead for him in the suit, and that he was an adversary of my own. It is not reasonable that one should call as witness to a false statement one who is an opponent of his own, and a brother of his adversary. > Greek: 15. ἔτι τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐμαρτύρησεν ἁδελφὸς ὁ τούτου πρῶτος Αἴσιος, ὃς νῦν μὲν ἔξαρνός ἐστιν τούτῳ συναγωνιζόμενος, τότε δʼ ἐμαρτύρησεν ταῦτα μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων, οὔτʼ ἐπιορκεῖν οὔτʼ εὐθὺς παραχρῆμα δίκην ὀφλισκάνειν βουλόμενος. ὃν οὐκ ἂν δήπου, ψευδῆ μαρτυρίαν εἰ παρεσκευαζόμην, ἐνέγραψʼ ἂν εἰς τοὺς μάρτυρας, ὁρῶν μὲν Ἀφόβῳ χρώμενον μάλιστʼ ἀνθρώπων ἁπάντων, εἰδὼς δὲ συνεροῦντʼ αὐτῷ τὴν δίκην, ἔτι δʼ ἐμαυτοῦ ὄντʼ ἀντίδικον· οὐ γὰρ ἔχει λόγον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ διάφορον καὶ τούτου ἀδελφὸν μὴ ἀληθινῆς μαρτυρίας ἐγγράψαι μάρτυρα. [¶14] 16. I have many witnesses to these facts, and circumstantial proofs no fewer in number than the witnesses. In the first place, if he did not in very truth give this testimony, he would not be denying it now, but would have done so at once in the courtroom, when the deposition was read, for it would have answered his purpose better then than now. In the second place Aesius would not have kept quiet, but would have sued me for damages, if without cause I had made him liable to a charge of bearing false witness against his brother, a charge on which men run the risk both of damages in money and the loss of citizenship. > Greek: 16. τούτων τοίνυν εἰσὶ μὲν πολλοὶ μάρτυρες, ἔτι δʼ οὐκ ἐλάττω τεκμήρια τῶν μαρτύρων. πρῶτον μὲν γάρ, εἴπερ ὡς ἀληθῶς ταῦτα μὴ ἐμαρτύρησεν, οὐκ ἂν νῦν ἔξαρνος ἦν, ἀλλὰ τότʼ εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαστηρίου τῆς μαρτυρίας ἀναγιγνωσκομένης, ἡνίκα μᾶλλον ἂν αὐτὸν ἢ νῦν ὠφέλει. δεύτερον δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἡσυχίαν ἦγεν, ἀλλὰ δίκην ἄν μοι βλάβης ἔλαχεν, εἰ ψευδομαρτυρίων ὑπόδικον αὐτὸν ἐποίουν κατὰ τἀδελφοῦ οὐ προσῆκον, ἐν ᾗ καὶ περὶ χρημάτων καὶ περὶ ἀτιμίας ἄνθρωποι κινδυνεύουσιν. [¶15] 17. Again, in seeking to bring the truth of the matter to light, he would have demanded of me the slave who wrote the depositions, in order that, if I refused to give him up, I might seem to have no just ground for my statements. But, as it is, so far from doing anything of the sort, he refused to accept the slave for torture, when I, on his denial that he had given the evidence, offered him. So plain is it that regarding this matter too both he and Aphobus as well were alike unwilling to have recourse to torture. > Greek: 17. ἔτι δὲ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ἂν ἐξελέγξαι ζητῶν, ἐξῄτησεν ἄν με τὸν παῖδα τὸν γράφοντα τὰς μαρτυρίας, ἵνʼ εἰ μὴ παρεδίδουν, μηδὲν δίκαιον λέγειν ἐδόκουν. νῦν δὲ τοσούτου ποιῆσαί τι τούτων ἐδέησεν, ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἐμοῦ παραδιδόντος, ἐπειδὴ ταῦτʼ ἔξαρνος ἐγένεθʼ οὗτος, παραλαβεῖν ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλʼ ὁμοίως φαίνονται καὶ περὶ τούτων φεύγοντες τὰς βασάνους. [¶16] 18. To prove that my words are true, that after Aesius had given his testimony with the other witnesses, he made no denial of the fact, when, standing by the plaintiff’s side in the courtroom, he heard the deposition read, and that, when I offered the slave to them to be questioned by torture regarding all these matters, he refused to accept the offer—regarding each of these points severally I shall produce witnesses. Please call them here. The Witnesses I wish now to set forth to you, men of the jury, what I consider a stronger proof than all those that have been mentioned, to show that the plaintiff did give this answer. > Greek: 18. καὶ ταῦθʼ ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, καὶ ἔν τε τοῖς μάρτυσιν μεμαρτυρηκὼς [Αἴσιος] οὐκ ἠρνήθη ταῦτʼ ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαστηρίου τούτῳ παρεστηκὼς τῆς μαρτυρίας ἀναγιγνωσκομένης, ἐμοῦ τʼ ἐκδιδόντος τὸν παῖδα περὶ ἁπάντων τούτων βασανίζειν αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἠθέλησε παραλαβεῖν, καθʼ ἕκαστον ὑμῖν παρέξομαι τοὺς μάρτυρας. καί μοι κάλει δεῦρʼ αὐτούς. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. [¶17] 19. When, despite the admissions which he is proved to have made, he demanded of me Milyas for torture, I was so eager to show on the spot that this, too, was a subterfuge on his part, that what do you think I did? > Greek: 19. ὃ τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πάντων τῶν εἰρημένων οἶμαι μέγιστον ὑμῖν ἐρεῖν σημεῖον τοῦ ταῦτʼ ἀποκρίνασθαι τοῦτον, βούλομαι διελθεῖν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐξῄτει με τὸν ἄνθρωπον ταῦθʼ ὡμολογηκὼς ἃ μεμαρτύρηται, βουλόμενος καὶ τότʼ αὐτὸν ἐξελέγξαι τεχνάζοντα τί ποιῶ; [¶18] 20. I summoned Aphobus to give evidence against Demo, his uncle and a partner in his crimes. I wrote out the testimony which he now attacks as false and ordered him to make a deposition to it. At first he brazenly refused, but when the arbitrator bade him depose, or deny the fact under oath, he deposed, sorely against his will. And yet if the man was a slave, and had not been already admitted by Aphobus here to be free, what in the world induced him to make this deposition? Why did he not deny it on oath, and so get free of the affair? > Greek: 20. προσκαλοῦμαι κατὰ Δήμωνος εἰς μαρτυρίαν, ὄντος αὐτῷ θείου καὶ κοινωνοῦ τῶν ἀδικημάτων, καὶ συγγράψας ταῦτʼ ἐκέλευον μαρτυρεῖν, ἃ νῦν διώκει τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων. οὗτος δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπηναισχύντει, τοῦ δὲ διαιτητοῦ κελεύοντος μαρτυρεῖν ἢ ἐξομνύειν ἐμαρτύρησεν πάνυ μόγις. καίτοι εἴ γʼ ἦν δοῦλος ἅνθρωπος καὶ μὴ προωμολόγητο πρὸς τοῦδʼ ἐλεύθερος εἶναι, τί μαθὼν ἐμαρτύρησεν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐξομόσας ἀπηλλάγη τοῦ πράγματος; [¶19] 21. Pray note that in regard to this matter also I was ready to give over to him for torture the slave who had written the deposition, who would know his own handwriting, and who clearly remembered that Aphobus had made the deposition. I was ready to do this, not for want of witnesses who were present, for there were some; but in order that he might not accuse these men of giving false testimony, and that the result of the torture might support them. Yet it is not fair to condemn the witnesses on his account. They alone of men who have as yet stood trial before you can show that the plaintiff himself has borne witness to their testimony as to these matters. To prove that I am speaking the truth, take the challenge and the deposition. The Challenge. The Deposition Such are the legal tests which he has refused, and so numerous the proofs by which he is shown to be acting with malice and insincerity; yet he demands that you put credence in his own witnesses, and he slanders mine, and declares that their testimony is false. > Greek: 21. ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ περὶ τούτων ἤθελον παραδοῦναι τὸν παῖδα τὸν γράφοντα τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ὃς τά τε γράμματʼ ἔμελλεν γνώσεσθαι τὰ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῦτον ἐμνημόνευεν ἀκριβῶς μαρτυρήσαντα ταῦτα. καὶ ταῦτʼ ἤθελον οὐχὶ μαρτύρων ἀπορῶν οἳ παρῆσαν (ἦσαν γάρ), ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ τούτους αἰτιῷτο τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸ πιστὸν ἐκ τῆς βασάνου τούτοις ὑπάρχοι. καίτοι πῶς ἄξιόν ἐστι καταγνῶναι τῶν μαρτύρων διὰ τοῦτο, οἳ μόνοι τῶν πώποτʼ ἠγωνισμένων δίκην ἐν ὑμῖν τὸν διώκοντʼ αὐτὸν αὑτοῖς μάρτυρα τούτων ἐπιδεικνύουσιν γεγενημένον; ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, λαβὲ τὴν πρόκλησιν καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν. ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΙΣ. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. [¶20] 22. I wish now to speak of the matter on the basis of probabilities. I am certain that you would all agree that those who give false testimony are led to do so by bribes through stress of poverty, or by friendship, or else by enmity toward the opposite party in the suit. > Greek: 22. τηλικαῦτα τοίνυν δίκαια φυγὼν οὗτος, καὶ ἐκ τοσούτων τεκμηρίων ἐπιδεικνύμενος ὅτι συκοφαντεῖ, τοῖς μὲν αὑτοῦ μάρτυσιν ἀξιοῖ πιστεύειν ὑμᾶς, τοὺς δʼ ἐμοὺς διαβάλλει καί φησιν οὐ τἀληθῆ μαρτυρεῖν. βούλομαι δὴ καὶ ἐκ τῶν εἰκότων περὶ αὐτῶν εἰπεῖν. οἶδʼ οὖν ὅτι πάντες ἂν ὁμολογήσαιτε τοὺς τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυροῦντας ἢ κέρδεσιν διʼ ἀπορίαν ἐπαιρομένους ἢ διʼ ἑταιρίαν ἢ καὶ διʼ ἔχθραν τῶν ἀντιδίκων ἐθέλειν ἄν τι τοιοῦτον ποιῆσαι. [¶21] 23. Now no one of these reasons would have led the men to testify in my favor. Not friendship; how could that be, seeing that they are not engaged in the same pursuits, nor are they of like age, I will not say with me, but with one another? Not enmity against my adversary, that is plain; for one of them is his brother and pleads on his side; Phanus is a close friend and a member of the same tribe; and Philip is neither friend nor enemy, so that this motive, too, cannot be justly charged against them. > Greek: 23. τούτων τοίνυν οὐδὲ διʼ ἓν ἂν εἶεν ἐμοὶ μεμαρτυρηκότες. οὔτε γὰρ ἑταιρίᾳ (πῶς γάρ; οἵ γε μήτʼ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς διατριβαῖς μήτε καθʼ ἡλικίαν, μὴ ὅτι ἐμοί τινες αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς εἰσίν), οὔτʼ ἔχθρᾳ τούτου· φανερὸν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτʼ ἔστιν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀδελφὸς καὶ σύνδικος, Φᾶνος δʼ ἐπιτήδειος καὶ φυλέτης, Φίλιππος δʼ οὔτε φίλος οὔτʼ ἐχθρός, ὥστʼ οὐδὲ ταύτην ἄν τις ἐπενέγκοι δικαίως τὴν αἰτίαν. [¶22] 24. Furthermore, no one could say that poverty was the ground, for they all possess means so ample that they willingly assume the expense of public services, and discharge whatever duties are laid upon them. Besides all this, they are well known to you, and you know nothing to their discredit; for they are worthy citizens. Yet, if they are not poor, nor enemies of the plaintiff, nor friends of mine, how can it be right to suspect them of bearing false witness? I certainly do not know. > Greek: 24. καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ διʼ ἀπορίαν ἄν τις φήσειεν· πάντες γὰρ κέκτηνται τοσαύτην οὐσίαν ὥστε καὶ λῃτουργεῖν ὑμῖν προθύμως καὶ τὰ προσταττόμενα ποιεῖν. χωρὶς δὲ τούτων οὔτʼ ἀγνῶτες ὑμῖν οὔτʼ ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω γιγνωσκόμενοι, μέτριοι δʼ ὄντες ἄνθρωποι. καίτοι εἰ μήτʼ ἄποροι μήτʼ ἐχθροὶ τούτου μήτʼ ἐμοὶ φίλοι, πῶς χρὴ κατὰ τούτων λαβεῖν τινʼ ὑποψίαν ὡς τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυροῦσιν; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ οἶδα. [¶23] 25. My opponent was aware of all this, and knew better than anybody else that their testimony was true, but nonetheless he brings forward a malicious charge against them, and not only declares that he did not make the statement which I have proved in the most conclusive manner that he did make, but even asserts that the man, Milyas, is in fact a slave. I wish in a very few words to prove that in this, too, he is lying. I was ready, men of the jury, regarding this point also to give over to him to be tested by torture my female slaves, who remember that my father on his death-bed set this man free. > Greek: 25. ταῦτα τοίνυν οὗτος εἰδώς, καὶ πάντων μάλιστʼ ἐπιστάμενος τἀληθῆ μεμαρτυρηκότας αὐτούς, ὅμως συκοφαντεῖ καί φησιν οὐ μόνον οὐκ εἰπεῖν ταῦτα, ἃ πῶς τις ἂν μᾶλλον ἐξελέγξειεν εἰρηκότα; ἀλλὰ καὶ δοῦλον εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῷ ὄντι. βούλομαι δὲ διὰ βραχέων εἰπὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐξελέγξαι καὶ ταῦτʼ αὐτὸν ψευδόμενον. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ περὶ τούτων ἠθέλησα τούτῳ παραδοῦναι βασανίζειν τὰς θεραπαίνας, αἳ τελευτῶντος τοῦ πατρὸς μνημονεύουσιν ἀφεθέντα τοῦτον ἐλεύθερον εἶναι τότε. [¶24] 26. Besides this, my mother was ready to call to her side my sister and myself, and swear, with imprecations on our heads if she spoke falsely—we were her only children, and it was for our sakes that she gave herself up to a life of widowhood—that my father when he was about to die had set this man free, and that Milyas was regarded by us as free thereafter. Let no one of you assume that she would have been willing to make this oath with imprecations on our heads if she had not known well that what she was to swear to was true. Come now, to prove that I am speaking the truth and that we were ready to do these things, call the witnesses thereto. The Witnesses So many were the just arguments we had to urge, and so ready were we to have recourse to the most infallible tests regarding the testimony given; and yet the plaintiff evades all these, and fancies that by slandering me regarding the trial which has already taken place, and bringing accusations against me, he can induce you to convict the witness,—a piece of trickery the most unfair and the most rapacious imaginable. > Greek: 26. καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἡ μήτηρ κατʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς, οἳ μόνοι παῖδές ἐσμεν αὐτῇ, διʼ οὓς κατεχήρευσε τὸν βίον, πίστιν ἤθελεν ἐπιθεῖναι παραστησαμένη, τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον ἀφεῖναι τὸν πατέρʼ ἡνίκʼ ἐτελεύτα, καὶ νομίζεσθαι παρʼ ἡμῖν τοῦτον ἐλεύθερον· ἣν μηδεὶς ὑμῶν νομιζέτω καθʼ ἡμῶν ποτʼ ἂν ὀμνύναι ταῦτʼ ἂν ἐθέλειν, εἰ μὴ σαφῶς ᾔδει τὰ εὔορκʼ ὀμουμένη. ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω καὶ ταῦτʼ ἦμεν ἕτοιμοι ποιεῖν, κάλει τούτων τοὺς μάρτυρας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. τοσαῦτα τοίνυν δίκαια λέγειν ἐχόντων ἡμῶν καὶ καταφεύγειν εἰς τοὺς μεγίστους ἐλέγχους ἐθελόντων περὶ τῶν μεμαρτυρημένων, πάντα ταῦτα φυγὼν οὗτος οἴεται, περὶ τῆς γεγενημένης δίκης διαβάλλων καὶ κατηγορῶν ἐμοῦ, τοῦ μάρτυρος ὑμᾶς πείσειν καταψηφίσασθαι, πάντων οἶμαι πρᾶγμα κατασκευάσας ἀδικώτατον καὶ πλεονεκτικώτατον. [¶25] 28. For he has himself suborned men to bear false witness about these matters, having as co-workers his brother-in-law Onetor, and Timocrates; we had no forewarning of this, and supposed that the contest would be regarding the deposition alone, and therefore have not come prepared with witnesses regarding the guardianship accounts. Nevertheless, despite the fellow’s trickery, I think that, simply by reciting the facts, I shall easily convince you that no man was ever more justly convicted than he. > Greek: 28. αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς παρεσκεύασται περὶ τούτων, συγχορηγὸν ἔχων Ὀνήτορα τὸν κηδεστὴν καὶ Τιμοκράτην· ἡμεῖς δʼ οὐχὶ προειδότες, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τῆς μαρτυρίας ἡγούμενοι τὸν ἀγῶνʼ ἔσεσθαι, τοὺς περὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς χρημάτων μάρτυρας οὐ παρεσκευάσμεθα νῦν. ὅμως δέ, καίπερ οὕτως τούτου σεσοφισμένου, τὰ πράγματʼ αὐτὰ διεξιὼν οἶμαι ῥᾳδίως ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξειν δικαιότατʼ ἀνθρώπων τοῦτον ὠφληκότα τὴν δίκην, οὐχ ὅτι τὸν Μιλύαν ἐκώλυον βασανίζειν, οὐδʼ ὅτι τοῦτον ἐλεύθερον ὡμολόγησεν, οἱ δὲ μάρτυρες οἵδʼ ἐμαρτύρησαν, ἀλλʼ ὅτι πολλὰ τῶν ἐμῶν ἐξηλέγχθη λαβὼν καὶ τὸν οἶκον οὐκ ἐμίσθωσεν τῶν νόμων κελευόντων καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ γράψαντος, ὡς ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω· [¶26] 29. It was not because I refused to allow Milyas to be put to the torture, nor because he himself admitted the man to be a freeman, nor yet because these witnesses gave their testimony; but because he was proved to have taken possession of large sums belonging to me, and because he did not let the estate, though the laws so ordered and my father had so directed in his will, as I shall plainly show you. For these were things that anyone could see, the laws, namely, and the amount of my property which these men had taken as plunder; but as for Milyas, nobody knew even who he was. You will see from the charges brought against Aphobus that these things are so. For, men of the jury, when I instituted my suit against him concerning his guardianship, I did not fix the damages at a lump sum, as one bringing forward a baseless charge out of malice would have done, but specified each item, stating the source of each, the precise amount, and the person from whom it had been received. In no case did I add mention of Milyas as having knowledge of any of these matters. > Greek: 29. ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ ἦν πᾶσιν ἰδεῖν, οἱ νόμοι καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ὧν οὗτοι διηρπάκεσαν χρημάτων· τὸν Μιλύαν δʼ οὐδʼ ὅστις ἔστιν οὐδεὶς ᾔδει. γνώσεσθε δʼ ἐκ τῶν ἐγκεκλημένων ὅτι ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἔχοντʼ ἐστίν. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὴν δίκην ἔλαχον τούτῳ τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς οὐχ ἓν τίμημα συνθείς, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις συκοφαντεῖν ἐπιχειρῶν, ἀλλʼ ἕκαστον ἐγγράψας καὶ πόθεν λαβὼν καὶ πόσον τὸ πλῆθος καὶ παρὰ τοῦ, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ τὸν Μιλύαν παρέγραψʼ ὡς εἰδότα τι τούτων. ## 2. Sections 31–60 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/2/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-aphobus-3/2/#p-N [¶0] 31. Hence this is the beginning of the complaint: “Demosthenes makes the following charges against Aphobus. Aphobus has in his possession moneys of mine, received by him in his capacity as guardian, as follows: eighty minae, which he received as the marriage-portion of my mother in accordance with the terms of my father’s will.” This is the first of the sums of which I claim to have been defrauded. Now what was the declaration of the witnesses? “That they were present before the arbitrator, Notharchus, when Aphobus admitted that Milyas was a freeman, having been emancipated by the father of Demosthenes.” > Greek: 31. ἔστιν οὖν τοῦ μὲν ἐγκλήματος ἀρχή τάδʼ ἐγκαλεῖ Δημοσθένης Ἀφόβῳ· ἔχει μου χρήματʼ Ἄφοβος ἀπʼ ἐπιτροπῆς ἐχόμενα, ὀγδοήκοντα μὲν μνᾶς, ἣν ἔλαβεν προῖκα τῆς μητρὸς κατὰ τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ πατρός. τοῦτο πρῶτόν ἐστιν τῶν χρημάτων ὧν ἀπεστερῆσθαί φημι. τοῖς δὲ μάρτυσιν τί μεμαρτύρηται; μαρτυροῦσιν παραγενέσθαι πρὸς τῷ διαιτητῇ Νοθάρχῳ, ὅτε Ἄφοβος ὡμολόγει Μιλύαν ἐλεύθερον εἶναι, ἀφεθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Δημοσθένους πατρός. [¶1] 32. Consider now for yourselves whether in your judgement there could be an orator, or sophist or magician so wondrously clever in speaking as by means of this testimony to convince any man on earth that Aphobus is in possession of the marriage-portion of the speaker’s mother. What in heaven’s name would he say? “Aphobus has admitted that Milyas is a freeman.” And why on that account is he any the more in possession of the marriage-portion? The statement would surely not seem to prove it. > Greek: 32. σκοπεῖτε τοίνυν παρʼ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς, εἴ τις ἂν ὑμῖν ἢ ῥήτωρ ἢ σοφιστὴς ἢ γόης οὕτω θαυμάσιος δοκεῖ γενέσθαι καὶ λέγειν δεινός, ὥστʼ ἐκ ταύτης τῆς μαρτυρίας διδάξαι τινʼ ἀνθρώπων, ὡς ἔχει τὴν προῖκʼ Ἄφοβος τῆς μητρὸς τῆς ἑαυτοῦ. καὶ τί λέγων, ὦ πρὸς Διός; ὡμολόγησεν εἶναι Μιλύαν ἐλεύθερον; καὶ τί μᾶλλον ἔχων τὴν προῖκα; οὐδὲν ἂν δήπου διὰ τοῦτό γε δόξειεν. [¶2] 33. But how was it proved? In the first place, Therippides, his co-trustee, testified that he had given him the money. Secondly, Demo, his uncle, and the rest of the witnesses who were present, testified that he agreed to supply my mother with maintenance, as being in possession of her portion. Against these men he has lodged no charges, plainly because he knew that their testimony was true. Besides this, my mother was ready to call to her side my sister and myself, and swear with imprecations on our heads, if she spoke falsely, that Aphobus had received her marriage-portion according to the terms of my father’s will. > Greek: 33. ἀλλὰ πόθεν τοῦτʼ ἐπεδείχθη; πρῶτον μὲν Θηριππίδης ὢν αὐτῷ συνεπίτροπος κατεμαρτύρησε δοῦναι· δεύτερον δὲ Δήμων θεῖος ὢν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων οἱ παρόντες ἐμαρτύρησαν σῖτον τῇ μητρὶ δώσειν ὁμολογεῖν τοῦτον ὡς ἔχοντα τὴν προῖκα. καὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπεσκήψατο, δῆλον ὅτι τἀληθῆ μεμαρτυρηκότας εἰδώς. ἔτι τοίνυν ἡ μήτηρ πίστιν ἠθέλησεν ἐπιθεῖναι κατʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς παραστησαμένη, λαβεῖν τὴν προῖκα τοῦτον τὴν ἑαυτῆς κατὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς διαθήκην. [¶3] 34. Shall we, then, say, or shall we not, that he has possession of these eighty minae? And was it on the evidence of these witnesses here or of those that he was convicted? I think it was on the evidence of truth. He has enjoyed the interest on this sum for ten years, and even though judgement has been given against him, cannot bring himself to pay it back. Despite this, he declares that he has been outrageously treated and that he lost the suit by reason of these witnesses. Yet not one of them testified that he had received the marriage-portion. > Greek: 34. ταύτας τὰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς πότερʼ αὐτὸν ἔχειν φῶμεν ἢ μή; καὶ πότερον διὰ τούσδʼ ὀφλεῖν τοὺς μάρτυρας ἢ διὰ τούσδε; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἶμαι διὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. ταύτας τοίνυν δέκʼ ἔτη κεκαρπωμένος, καὶ οὐδὲ δίκην ὀφλὼν ἀποδοῦναι τετολμηκώς, δεινὰ πεπονθέναι φησὶν καὶ διὰ τούσδε τοὺς μάρτυρας ὠφληκέναι. καίτοι τούτων γʼ οὐδεὶς αὐτὸν ἔχειν ταύτην ἐμαρτύρησεν. [¶4] 35. With regard to the maritime loan, the sofa-makers, and the iron and the ivory that were left me, and my sister’s marriage-portion, at the purloining of which Aphobus connived in order to secure for himself the right to take whatever he pleased of my goods, listen, and see how just was the verdict given against him, and how absurd it would have been to examine Milyas by torture regarding any of these matters. > Greek: 35. περὶ τοίνυν τῆς ἐκδόσεως καὶ τῶν κλινοποιῶν καὶ τοῦ σιδήρου καὶ τοῦ καταλειφθέντος ἡμῖν ἐλέφαντος καὶ τῆς προικὸς τῆς ἀδελφῆς, ἣν οὗτος καθυφεῖκεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔχειν ὅσα βούλοιτο τῶν ἐμῶν, ἀκούσατε, καὶ σκοπεῖθʼ ὡς δικαίως τʼ ὤφληκεν καὶ οὐδὲν ἦν Μιλύαν περὶ τούτων βασανιστέον. [¶5] 36. For as regards the purloining of funds at which you connived there is a law which expressly declares that you are responsible for them exactly as if you had them in your own possession. So what has the law to do with the testing of a slave by torture? But in the matter of the maritime loan you made common cause with Xuthus, divided the money with him, and destroyed the contract, and now that you have arranged everything to suit your wish, and have done away with the documentary evidence (as Demo testified against you), you have recourse to trickery, and endeavor to mislead these gentlemen. > Greek: 36. περὶ μὲν γὰρ ὧν καθυφεῖκας, νόμος ἔστιν, διαρρήδην ὃς κελεύει σʼ ὁμοίως ὀφλισκάνειν ὥσπερ ἂν αὐτὸς ἔχῃς· ὥστε τί τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τῇ βασάνῳ; περὶ δʼ αὖ τῆς ἐκδόσεως, ἐπικοινωνήσαντες τῷ Ξούθῳ καὶ διανειμάμενοι τὰ χρήματα καὶ τὰς συγγραφὰς ἀνελόντες, καὶ πάνθʼ ὃν τρόπον ἐβούλεσθε κατασκευάσαντες, καὶ διαφθείραντες τὰ γράμματα, ὡς ὑμῶν ὁ Δήμων κατεμαρτύρει, φενακίζετε καὶ τουτουσὶ παρακρούσασθαι ζητεῖτε. [¶6] 37. Regarding the sofa-makers, if you took money, and made large profits for yourself by making loans on security that was mine—you, who should rather have prevented others from doing so—and finally made away with the slaves altogether, what, pray, can the witnesses do in your behalf? These men at any rate have not testified that you admitted lending money on the security of my slaves, and that you appropriated the slaves to yourself. On the contrary, it was you who acknowledged this in your account, and the witnesses testified to the fact against you. > Greek: 37. περὶ τοίνυν τῶν κλινοποιῶν, εἰ σὺ λαβὼν ἀργύριον καὶ πόλλʼ ἰδίᾳ κερδάνας ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς δανείζων, ὃν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους προσῆκε κωλύειν, εἶτʼ ἀφανεῖς πεποίηκας, τί σοι ποιήσωσιν οἱ μάρτυρες; οὐ γὰρ οὗτοί γε μεμαρτυρήκασιν, ὡς ὡμολόγεις ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς δανείζειν καὶ λαβεῖν τἀνδράποδʼ ὡς σαυτόν, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τοῦτʼ ἔγραψας σύ, κατεμαρτύρησαν δʼ οἱ μάρτυρες. [¶7] 38. Now look you, as to the ivory and iron, I have this to say: all the slaves of the household know that the plaintiff used to sell these articles. I am ready now, as I was then, to give over to him any one of these slaves whom he may choose to be examined by torture. If then, he alleges that I refuse to surrender the man who has knowledge of the facts, and offer him others who have no such knowledge, he will but show that he ought all the more to have accepted my offer. For if those whom I offered to him as having knowledge of the facts, declared that he had none of these articles in his possession, he would of course have been acquitted of the charge. > Greek: 38. ἀλλὰ μὴν περί γε τοῦ ἐλέφαντος καὶ τοῦ σιδήρου, πάντας ἐγώ φημι τοὺς οἰκέτας εἰδέναι τοῦτον πωλοῦντα, καὶ παραδοῦναι καὶ τότε καὶ νῦν ἤθελον αὐτῷ τούτων ὅντινα βούλοιτο λαβὼν βασανίζειν. εἰ τοίνυν φήσει με, τὸν εἰδότʼ οὐκ ἐθέλοντα δοῦναι, τοὺς οὐκ εἰδότας ἐκδιδόναι, πολὺ δὴ μᾶλλον αὐτῷ παραλαβεῖν φανήσεται προσῆκον· εἰ γάρ, οὓς ὡς εἰδότας ἐξεδίδουν ἐγώ, μηδὲν ἔχειν ἔφασαν τούτων αὐτόν, ἀπήλλακτο δήπουθεν ἂν τῆς αἰτίας. [¶8] 39. But nothing of the sort is the truth. It would have been proved past all question that he had sold the goods, and appropriated the profits. Therefore, he passed over those who were admittedly slaves, and demanded that a freeman be examined by torture, whom it would have been a crime for me to surrender; for it was not his purpose that he should sift out the matter, but that he might make a specious argument out of the fact that his demand was refused. Regarding, therefore, all these facts, first the marriage-portion, then his connivance with fraud, then all the rest, there shall be read to you the laws and the depositions, that you may have full knowledge. The Laws. The Depositions Not only from the facts already adduced can you see that Aphobus was not in any respect whatever prejudiced by my refusal to give the man up for torture, but also from a consideration of the matter itself. > Greek: 39. ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ σαφῶς ἂν ἐξηλέγχθη πωλῶν καὶ τὴν τιμὴν κεκομισμένος. διόπερ τοὺς ὁμολογουμένως δούλους παραβὰς τὸν ἐλεύθερον ἠξίου βασανίζειν, ὃν οὐδʼ ὅσιον παραδοῦναι, τὸ πρᾶγμʼ οὐκ ἄγειν εἰς ἔλεγχον ζητῶν, ἀλλὰ μὴ παραλαμβάνων βουλόμενός τι δοκεῖν λέγειν. περὶ τοίνυν πάντων τούτων, πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τῆς προικός, εἶθʼ ὑπὲρ ὧν καθυφεῖκεν, εἶθʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἄλλων, ἀναγνώσεται τούς τε νόμους καὶ τὰς μαρτυρίας, ἵνʼ εἰδῆτε. ΝΟΜΟΙ. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ. [¶9] 40. Let us suppose that Milyas is being racked upon the wheel, and consider what Aphobus would most wish him to say. Would it not be that he was not aware that the plaintiff had any of the property in his possession? Well, suppose he says so. Does that prove that the plaintiff has none? Far from it; for I produced men who knew, men who paid him the money, men who were present in person, as witnesses. It is convincing proof, not if one is ignorant that a man has something in his possession (for there might be many such), but if one knows that he has it. > Greek: 40. οὐ τοίνυν μόνον ἐκ τούτων ἂν γνοίητε, ὅτι δεινὸν οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν πέπονθεν τὸν ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐκδόντος ἐμοῦ βασανίζειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ αὔτʼ εἰ σκέψαισθε. θῶμεν γὰρ δὴ τὸν Μιλύαν ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ στρεβλοῦσθαι, καὶ τί μάλιστʼ ἂν αὐτὸν εὔξαιτο λέγειν σκοπῶμεν. οὐχ ὅτι τῶν χρημάτων οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν οἶδεν τοῦτον ἔχοντα; καὶ δὴ λέγει. διὰ τοῦτʼ ἄρʼ οὐκ ἔχει; πολλοῦ γε δεῖ· τοὺς γὰρ εἰδότας καὶ παρόντας μάρτυρας παρεσχόμην ἐγώ. τεκμήριον δὲ καὶ πίστις ἐστίν, οὐκ εἴ τίς τι μὴ οἶδε τοῦτον ἔχοντα (πολλοὶ γὰρ ἂν εἶεν), ἀλλʼ εἴ τις οἶδεν. [¶10] 41. But of the many witnesses who testified against you, what one have you sued for false testimony? Tell us. But you cannot. Yet you plainly convict yourself, and prove that you lie when you declare that you have been outrageously treated, and that you lost the suit unjustly, because this man was not given up to you—you who made no charge of giving false testimony against the witnesses who testified that you received and had in your possession the property, concerning which you demanded Milyas for torture to prove that it was never left us. If you had really been wronged, it would have been more fitting to proceed against them. But you were not wronged, and are bringing a baseless suit out of malice. > Greek: 41. καταμαρτυρησάντων τοίνυν τοσούτων σου μαρτύρων, τίνι τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων ἐπεσκήψω; δεῖξον. ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἂν ἔχοις δεῖξαι. καίτοι πῶς οὐ σαφῶς σὺ σαυτὸν ἐξελέγχεις, ὅτι ψεύδει δεινὰ πεπονθέναι φάσκων καὶ τὴν δίκην ἀδίκως ὠφληκέναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον οὐ παραλαβών, ὃς τοὺς ταῦτα μαρτυρήσαντας ἔχειν σε καὶ λαβεῖν, περὶ ὧν ὡς οὐ καταλειφθέντων σὺ τὸν Μιλύαν ἐξῄτεις, ἀφῆκας τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων; οὓς πολὺ κάλλιον ἦν, εἴπερ ἠδίκησο, διώκειν. ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἠδικημένος σὺ συκοφαντεῖς. [¶11] 42. There are many points from which one may see your rascality, but most of all if one hears how you acted regarding the will. For although my father, men of the jury, wrote a will containing an inventory of all that he left, with instructions for letting the property, this will Aphobus never gave up to me, lest I should learn from it the value of the estate, and admitted possessing only those items which were so well known that he could not deny that he had them. > Greek: 42. πολλαχόθεν μὲν οὖν ἄν τις ἴδοι τὴν σὴν πονηρίαν, μάλιστα δʼ εἰ περὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἀκούσειεν. τοῦ γὰρ πατρός, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὰ καταλειφθέντα πάντʼ ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ γράψαντος, καὶ τὸν οἶκον ὅπως μισθώσουσιν, ταύτην μὲν οὐκ ἀπέδωκεν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ πλῆθος εὕροιμʼ ἐγὼ τῶν χρημάτων ἐξ αὐτῆς, ὡμολόγει δὲ [κεκτῆσθαι] ταῦτα, ἃ μάλιστʼ οὐχ οἷόν τʼ ἦν ἐξάρνῳ γενέσθαι διὰ τὴν περιφάνειαν. [¶12] 43. The will, according to his statement, contained these provisions: that Demophon should at once receive two talents, and should marry my sister when she should come of age (this would be in ten years); that Aphobus himself should have eighty minae with my mother, and the house to live in; and that Therippides should enjoy the interest on seventy minae until I should reach manhood. All the rest of the property left to me apart from these items, and the clause regarding the letting of the estate, he suppressed from the will, not thinking that it was to his interest that these matters should be made known in your court. > Greek: 43. ἦν δὲ ταῦθʼ ἃ γεγράφθαι φησὶν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ, δύο μὲν τάλαντα Δημοφῶντα λαβεῖν εὐθύς, τὴν δʼ ἀδελφὴν ὅταν ἡλικίαν ἔχῃ (τοῦτο δʼ ἔμελλεν εἰς ἔτος δέκατον γενήσεσθαι), τοῦτον δʼ ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς καὶ τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν οἰκεῖν, Θηριππίδην δʼ ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς λαβόντα καρπώσασθαι, τέως ἀνὴρ ἐγὼ γενοίμην. τὰ δʼ ἄλλʼ ὅσʼ ἐμοὶ χωρὶς τούτων κατελείφθη, καὶ τὸ μισθοῦν τὸν οἶκον ἠφάνιζεν ἐκ τῆς διαθήκης, οὐ συμφέρον αὑτῷ νομίζων ταῦτʼ ἐπιδειχθῆναι παρʼ ὑμῖν. [¶13] 44. However, since it was admitted by Aphobus himself that my father on his death-bed gave to each of these men such large sums of money, the jurymen at the former trial considered these admissions to be a proof of the size of the estate. For when a man gave out of his estate four talents and three thousand drachmae by way of marriage-portion and legacy, it was plain that he took these sums, not from a small estate, but from one (bequeathed to me) of more than double this amount. > Greek: 44. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ὡμολόγηθʼ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τούτου τὸν πατέρʼ ἡμῶν τελευτῶντα τοσοῦτον ἀργύριον τούτων ἑκάστῳ δοῦναι, τεκμήριον οἱ δικάζοντες τότε τὰς ὁμολογίας ἐποιήσαντο ταύτας τοῦ πλήθους τῶν χρημάτων· ὅστις γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ὄντων τέτταρα τάλαντα καὶ τρισχιλίας προῖκα καὶ δωρεὰν ἔδωκεν, φανερὸν ἦν ὅτι οὐκ ἀπὸ μικρᾶς οὐσίας, ἀλλὰ πλέον ἢ διπλασίας ἧς ἐμοὶ κατέλειπεν ταῦτʼ ἀφεῖλεν. [¶14] 45. For it cannot be supposed that he would wish to leave me, his son, in poverty, and be eager further to enrich these men, who were already wealthy. No; it was because of the size of the estate left to me that he gave to Therippides the interest on seventy minae, and to Demophon that on the two talents—though he was not yet to marry my sister. These moneys it has been proved that Aphobus never gave over to me, nor even an amount slightly less. Part of it he said he had spent, part he had never received, part he knew nothing about, part was in the hands of so-and-so, part was in the house, and of part he could say anything except when and where he had paid it over. > Greek: 45. οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐδόκει τὸν μὲν υἱὸν ἐμὲ πένητα βούλεσθαι καταστῆσαι, τούτους δὲ πλουσίους ὄντας ἔτι πλουσιωτέρους ποιῆσαι ἐπιθυμεῖν, ἀλλʼ ἕνεκα τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἐμοὶ καταλειπομένων Θηριππίδῃ τε τὰς ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς καὶ Δημοφῶντι τὰ δύο τάλαντα, οὔπω μέλλοντι τῇ ἀδελφῇ τῇ ἐμῇ συνοικήσειν, καρποῦσθαι δοῦναι. ταῦτα δὴ τὰ χρήματʼ οὐδαμοῦ παραδοὺς ἐφαίνετο, οὐδʼ ἐλάττω μικροῖς· ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν ἀνηλωκέναι, τὰ δʼ οὐ λαβεῖν ἔφη, τὰ δʼ οὐκ εἰδέναι, τὰ δὲ τὸν δεῖνʼ ἔχειν, τὰ δʼ ἔνδον εἶναι, τὰ δὲ πάντα μᾶλλον ἢ ὅπου παρέδωκεν εἶχεν λέγειν. [¶15] 46. As to his story of money left in the house I shall clearly prove to you that he is lying. This argument he speciously introduced, when it had become clear that the property was large and was unable to show that he had paid it back, in order that it might appear a reasonable inference that I was wrongfully seeking to recover what was already in my possession. > Greek: 46. περὶ δὲ τοῦ μὴ καταλειφθῆναι τὰ χρήματʼ ἔνδον, βούλομαι σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιδεῖξαι ψευδόμενον. τοῦτον γὰρ τὸν λόγον καθεῖκεν, ἐπειδὴ τὰ χρήματα μὲν πολλὰ πέφηνεν ὄντα, οὐκ ἔχει δʼ ἐπιδεῖξαι ταῦθʼ ὡς ἀποδέδωκεν, ἵνʼ ἐξ εἰκότος οὐδὲν προσῆκον ἡμῖν φανῇ κομίζεσθαι τά γʼ ὄντα παρʼ ἡμῖν. [¶16] 47. If my father had no confidence in these men it is plain that he would neither have entrusted them with the rest of his property, nor, if he had left this money in the way alleged, would he have told them of it. How, then, do they know about it? But, if he had confidence in them, he would not, I take it, have given into their hands the bulk of his property, and not have put them in charge of the rest. Nor would he have entrusted this remainder to my mother to keep and then have pledged her herself in marriage to this man, who was one of the guardians. For it is not reasonable that he should seek to make the money secure through her, and yet put one of the men whom he distrusted in control both of her and of it. > Greek: 47. εἰ μὲν τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ ἠπίστει τούτοις, δῆλον ὅτι οὔτʼ ἂν τἄλλʼ ἐπέτρεπεν, οὔτʼ ἂν ἐκεῖνʼ οὕτω καταλείπων αὐτοῖς ἔφραζεν· ὥστε πόθεν ἴσασιν; εἰ δʼ ἐπίστευεν, οὐκ ἂν δήπου τὰ μὲν πλεῖστʼ αὐτοῖς τῶν χρημάτων ἐνεχείρισεν, τῶν δʼ οὐκ ἂν κυρίους ἐποίησεν. οὐδʼ ἂν τῇ μὲν μητρί μου ταῦτα φυλάττειν παρέδωκεν, αὐτὴν δὲ ταύτην ἑνὶ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων τούτῳ γυναῖκʼ ἠγγύησεν· οὐ γὰρ ἔχει λόγον, σῷσαι μὲν τὰ χρήματα διʼ ἐκείνης ζητεῖν, ἕνα δὲ τῶν ἀπιστουμένων ταύτης κἀκείνων κύριον ποιεῖν. [¶17] 48. Furthermore, if there were any truth in all this, do you suppose that Aphobus would not have taken my mother to wife, bequeathed to him as she was by my father? He had already taken her marriage-portion—the eighty minae—as though he were going to marry her; but he subsequently married the daughter of Philonides of Melite, from motives of avarice, in order that, in addition to what he had received from us, he might get from him other eighty minae. But, if there had been four talents in the house, and in her custody, as he alleges, don’t you imagine he would have raced to get possession both of her and of them? > Greek: 48. ἔτι δὲ τοῦτον, εἴ τι τούτων ἀληθὲς ἦν, οἴεσθʼ οὐκ ἂν αὐτὴν λαβεῖν δοθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός; ὃς τὴν μὲν προῖκʼ αὐτῆς ἤδη, τὰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς, ἔχων ὡς αὐτῇ συνοικήσων, τὴν Φιλωνίδου τοῦ Μελιτέως θυγατέρʼ ἔγημεν διʼ αἰσχροκερδίαν, ἵνα πρὸς αἷς εἶχεν παρʼ ἡμῶν, ἑτέρας ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς λάβοι παρʼ ἐκείνου· τεττάρων δὲ ταλάντων ἔνδον ὄντων καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐκείνης ἐχούσης, ὡς οὗτός φησιν, οὐκ ἂν ἡγεῖσθʼ αὐτὸν κἂν ἐπιδραμεῖν, ὥστε γενέσθαι μετʼ ἐκείνης αὐτῶν κύριον; [¶18] 49. Would he have joined with his co-trustees in so shamefully plundering my visible property, which many of you knew had been left me, and have refrained, when he had the chance, from seizing a fund to the existence of which you would not be able to testify? Who can believe this? It is impossible, men of the jury; it is impossible. No; all the money which my father left was indeed buried on the day on which it came into the hands of these men; and the defendant, not being able to tell when and where he paid back any of it, makes use of these arguments, hoping that I may seem to be a rich man, and so meet with no compassion from you. > Greek: 49. ἢ τὴν μὲν φανερὰν οὐσίαν, ἣν καὶ ὑμῶν πολλοὶ συνῄδεσαν ὅτι κατελείφθη, μετὰ τῶν συνεπιτρόπων οὕτως αἰσχρῶς διήρπασεν, ὧν δʼ οὐκ ἐμέλλεθʼ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθαι μάρτυρες, ἀπέσχετʼ ἂν ἐξὸν αὐτῷ λαβεῖν; καὶ τίς ἂν πιστεύσειεν; οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, οὐκ ἔστιν· ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν χρήματα, ὅσα κατέλιπεν ὁ πατήρ, ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ κατωρύττετο, ὅτʼ εἰς τὰς τούτων χεῖρας ἦλθεν, οὗτος δʼ οὐκ ἔχων ἂν εἰπεῖν ὅπου τι τούτων ἀπέδωκεν, ἵνʼ εὔπορος εἶναι δοκῶν μηδενὸς τύχω παρʼ ὑμῶν ἐλέου, τούτοις χρῆται τοῖς λόγοις. [¶19] 50. I have many other charges to make against him, but I have not the right to speak of the injuries I myself have suffered, when the witness is in danger of losing his civic rights. Still I wish to read to you a challenge, for you will know, when you have heard it, that the testimony was true, and that Aphobus, who now declares that he demands Milyas to be examined about all the matters involved in the suit, at first demanded him only in regard to a question of thirty minae; and, furthermore, that he has been put to no disadvantage because of the testimony. > Greek: 50. πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγʼ ἔχω καὶ ἄλλα τούτου κατηγορεῖν· οὐκ ἐνδέχεται δέ μοι, τῷ μάρτυρι τοῦ κινδύνου περὶ τῆς ἐπιτιμίας ὄντος, περὶ ὧν αὐτὸς ἠδίκημαι λέγειν. ἀλλὰ βούλομαι πρόκλησιν ὑμῖν ἀναγνῶναι· γνώσεσθε γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀκούσαντες, τὰ μεμαρτυρημένʼ ὡς ἔστιν ἀληθῆ, καὶ τὸν Μιλύαν ὅτι νῦν μὲν περὶ πάντων φησὶν ἐξαιτεῖν, τὸ δὲ πρῶτον ὑπὲρ τριάκοντα μόνον μνῶν ἐξῄτει, καὶ προσέτι ζημιοῦται κατὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν οὐδέν. [¶20] 51. For I, in my desire to refute him in every particular, and in my attempt to make clear to you his tricks and his villainies, asked him how large the sum was regarding which he demanded to examine Milyas, as one who had knowledge of the facts. To this he replied falsely, that it was in regard to the whole amount. “Well then,” said I, “as to this I will give up to you for examination by torture the slave who has the copy of your challenge to me.” > Greek: 51. ἐγὼ γὰρ πανταχῇ τοῦτον ἐλέγξαι βουλόμενος, καὶ τὰς τέχνας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς πανουργίας ἐμφανεῖς ὑμῖν καταστῆσαι πειρώμενος, ἠρόμην αὐτὸν πόσʼ εἴη τὰ χρήματα τὸ πλῆθος, καθʼ ἃ τὸν Μιλύαν ὡς συνειδότʼ ἐξῄτησεν· οὗτος δὲ ψευσάμενος περὶ πάντων ἔφησεν. περὶ μὲν τοίνυν ἔφην ἐγώ τούτου παραδώσω σοι τὸν ἔχοντα τἀντίγραφα ὧν σύ με προὐκαλέσω. [¶21] 52. “If, when I have given oath that you acknowledged the man to be free, and that you so testified against Demo, you will swear to the contrary with imprecations upon your daughter, I release to you the entire sum, for which you shall be shown by the examination of the slave to have at the first demanded Milyas; and the damages which you were condemned to pay shall be lessened by thus much—that is, by the amount in regard to which you demanded Milyas, to the end that you may be found to have been put to no disadvantage by the witnesses.” > Greek: 52. προομόσαντος δέ μου τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὡς ὡμολόγησας ἐλεύθερον εἶναι καὶ κατὰ Δήμωνος ἐμαρτύρησας, ἂν ἀπομόσῃς τἀναντία τούτων κατὰ τῆς θυγατρός, ἀφίημί σοι πάνθʼ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἂν ἐξαιτήσας φανῇς τὸ πρῶτον βασανιζομένου τοῦ παιδός, καὶ τοσούτῳ σοι γενέσθω τὸ τίμημʼ ἔλαττον ὧν ὦφλες, καθʼ ἃ τὸν Μιλύαν ἐξῄτησας, ἵνα μηδὲν ζημιωθῇς παρὰ τοὺς μάρτυρας. [¶22] 53. This challenge I made to him in the presence of many witnesses; but he said he could not accept it. Yet, if a man refused to give this judgement in his own favor, how can it be right for you, who are upon your oaths, to give credence to his words and convict the witnesses, and not rather to regard this man as the most shameless of humankind? To prove that my words are true, call the witnesses to these facts. The Witnesses Do not suppose that while I was ready to take this course, the witnesses did not hold the same opinion. > Greek: 53. ταῦτʼ ἐμοῦ προκαλεσαμένου πολλῶν παρόντων, οὐκ ἂν ἔφη ποιῆσαι. καίτοι ὅστις αὐτὸς αὑτῷ ταῦτʼ ἔφυγεν δικάσαι, πῶς ὑμᾶς χρὴ τοὺς ὀμωμοκότας τούτῳ πειθομένους καταγνῶναι τῶν μαρτύρων, ἀλλʼ οὐ τοῦτον ἀναισχυντότατον πάντων ἀνθρώπων εἶναι νομίζειν; ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, κάλει τούτων τοὺς μάρτυρας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. [¶23] 54. No; they too were ready to place their children by their side, and in confirmation of the testimony they had given, to take an oath with imprecations upon them, if they swore falsely. But Aphobus did not see fit to allow an oath to be given either to them or to me. Instead, he rests his case on arguments subtly planned and on witnesses accustomed to perjury, and thinks thereby easily to mislead you. So take and read to the jury this deposition also. The Deposition How could one prove more clearly than I have proved that we are the object of a malicious charge; that the evidence brought forward against my opponent is true; and that his condemnation was just? > Greek: 54. οὐ τοίνυν ἐγὼ μὲν ταῦθʼ ἕτοιμος ἦν, οἱ δὲ μάρτυρες οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν γνώμην ἐμοὶ εἶχον, ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνοι παραστησάμενοι τοὺς παῖδας, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐμαρτύρησαν, πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι ἠθέλησαν κατʼ ἐκείνων. ὁ δʼ οὔτʼ ἐκείνοις οὔτʼ ἐμοὶ δοῦναι τὸν ὅρκον ἠξίωσεν, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ λόγοις μεμηχανημένοις καὶ μάρτυσιν οὐ τἀληθῆ μαρτυρεῖν εἰθισμένοις τὸ πρᾶγμα καταστήσας, ἐλπίζει ῥᾳδίως ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσειν. λάβʼ οὖν αὐτοῖς καὶ ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. [¶24] 55. I have shown that he refused to examine by torture the slave who wrote the testimony regarding the very things to which he had testified; that his brother, Aesius, has attested the facts which he on his part declares to be false; > Greek: 55. πῶς οὖν ἄν τις σαφέστερον ἐξελέγξειεν συκοφαντουμένους ἡμᾶς καὶ καταμεμαρτυρημένα τἀληθῆ καὶ τὴν δίκην δικαίως ὠφλημένην, ἢ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἐπιδεικνύς; οἰκέτην τὸν τὴν μαρτυρίαν γράφοντʼ οὐκ ἐθελήσαντα τοῦτον βασανίζειν περὶ αὐτῶν τῶν μεμαρτυρημένων· αἴσιον τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ταῦτα μεμαρτυρηκότα, ἅ φησιν εἶναι ψευδῆ· [¶25] 56. that Aphobus himself has, at my summons, given against Demo, his uncle and co-trustee, the same testimony as the witnesses whom he is suing; that he refused to examine my women-servants as to the fact of Milyas being a freeman; that my own mother was ready to give an oath regarding these matters with imprecations upon us; that he refused to accept for examination any one of my other slaves who knew all the circumstances better than Milyas did; that he has not brought a charge of false witness against any one of those who testified that he had the money; > Greek: 56. τοῦτον αὐτὸν ταὐτὰ τοῖς μάρτυσιν οὓς διώκει μεμαρτυρηκότα μοι κατὰ Δήμωνος, ὄντος αὐτῷ θείου καὶ συνεπιτρόπου· τὰς θεραπαίνας οὐκ ἐθελήσανθʼ ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐλεύθερον εἶναι βασανίζειν· τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ πίστιν περὶ τούτων ἐπιθεῖναι καθʼ ἡμῶν ἐθέλουσαν· τῶν ἄλλων οἰκετῶν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα τοῦτον παραλαμβάνειν οὐδένα, τῶν πάντʼ εἰδότων μᾶλλον ἢ Μιλύας· τῶν μαρτύρων οἳ κατεμαρτύρουν χρήματʼ ἔχειν αὐτόν, οὐδενὶ τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων ἐπεσκημμένον· [¶26] 57. that he did not give over the will, nor let the house, although the laws so bade; and finally that he did not see fit to give an oath, after the witnesses and I myself had sworn, whereby he could have secured release to the amount of the sums regarding which he had demanded Milyas for torture. By heaven, I certainly could think of no better way than this to establish these facts. Yet, plain as it is that he falsely attacks the witnesses; that he suffers no damage from the facts adduced; that he was justly condemned; he still tries to brazen it out. > Greek: 57. τὴν διαθήκην οὐκ ἀποδόντα, οὐδὲ τὸν οἶκον μισθώσαντα τῶν νόμων κελευόντων· πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι προομνύντος ἐμοῦ καὶ τῶν μαρτύρων, ὥστʼ ἀφεῖσθαι τοῦτον τῶν χρημάτων καθʼ ἃ τὸν Μιλύαν ἐξῄτησεν, οὐκ οἰηθέντα δεῖν; μὰ τοὺς θεούς, ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἂν ἔχοιμʼ ἐπιδεῖξαι ταῦτʼ ἀκριβέστερον ἢ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον. οὕτω τοίνυν φανερῶς τῶν μαρτύρων καταψευδόμενος καὶ ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων οὐδὲν ζημιούμενος καὶ τὴν δίκην δικαίως ὠφληκώς, ὅμως ἀναισχυντεῖ. [¶27] 58. If it were not that he uses his present language after having at the outset been judged to be in the wrong by his own friends and by the arbitrator, there would be less reason to wonder at all this. But the fact is, that after persuading me to refer the matter to Archeneus and Dracontides and Phanus (the last of whom he is now suing on a charge of giving false witness), he rejected them (having heard them say that, if they decided on oath, they would condemn his conduct as guardian), and appeared before the official arbitrator, who, since Aphobus was unable to clear himself from the charges which I brought, gave judgement against him. > Greek: 58. καὶ εἰ μὲν μὴ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς αὑτοῦ φίλοις καὶ παρὰ τῷ διαιτητῇ προεγνωσμένος ἀδικεῖν τούτους ἐποιεῖτο τοὺς λόγους, ἧττον ἂν ἦν ἄξιον θαυμάζειν· νῦν δʼ ἐπιτρέψαι με πείσας Ἀρχένεῳ καὶ Δρακοντίδῃ καὶ Φάνῳ τουτῳί, τῷ νῦν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ φεύγοντι τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων, τούτους μὲν ἀφῆκεν ἀκούσας αὐτῶν ὅτι, εἰ μεθʼ ὅρκου ταῦτα διαιτήσουσιν, καταγνώσονται τὴν ἐπιτροπήν, ἐπὶ τὸν κληρωτὸν δὲ διαιτητὴν ἐλθὼν καὶ οὐδὲν ἔχων ἀπολύσασθαι τῶν ἐγκεκλημένων ὦφλεν τὴν δίαιταν. [¶28] 59. The jury, to whom he then appealed, having heard the case, gave the same decision that his own friends and the arbitrator had given, and fixed the damages at ten talents. This was not, heaven knows, because he had admitted Milyas to be a freeman (for this was nothing to the point), but because, a fortune of fifteen talents having been left me, he had not let the property; because further, he with his co-trustees had the management of the estate for ten years, and agreed on behalf of me, a child, to pay a property-tax at the rate of five minae, the same rate at which Timotheus, son of Conon, and those possessing the largest fortunes were assessed; > Greek: 59. οἱ δικασταὶ δʼ ἀκούσαντες, εἰς οὓς ἐφῆκεν, ταὐτὰ καὶ τοῖς τούτου φίλοις καὶ τῷ διαιτητῇ περὶ αὐτῶν ἔγνωσαν καὶ δέκα ταλάντων ἐτίμησαν, οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐχ ὅτι τὸν Μιλύαν ὡμολόγησεν εἶναι ἐλεύθερον (τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦν), ἀλλʼ ὅτι πεντεκαίδεκα ταλάντων οὐσίας μοι καταλειφθείσης τὸν μὲν οἶκον οὐκ ἐμίσθωσεν, δέκα δʼ ἔτη μετὰ τῶν συνεπιτρόπων διαχειρίσας πρὸς μὲν τὴν συμμορίαν ὑπὲρ παιδὸς ὄντος ἐμοῦ πέντε μνᾶς συνετάξατʼ εἰσφέρειν, ὅσονπερ Τιμόθεος ὁ Κόνωνος καὶ οἱ τὰ μέγιστα κεκτημένοι τιμήματʼ εἰσέφερον, χρόνον δὲ τοσοῦτον τὰ χρήματα ταῦτʼ ἐπιτροπεύσας, ὑπὲρ ὧν τηλικαύτην αὐτὸς εἰσφορὰν ἠξίου εἰσφέρειν, ἐμοὶ μὲν τὸ καθʼ αὑτὸν οὐδʼ εἴκοσι μνῶν ἄξια παρέδωκεν, μετὰ δʼ ἐκείνων ὅλα τὰ κεφάλαια καὶ τὰς ἐπικαρπίας ἀπεστέρηκεν. [¶29] 60. and because, after administering for so long an estate, on which he voluntarily chose to pay so high a tax, he turned over to me, as the amount due from him, property not even of the value of twenty minae, having together with those others robbed me of my whole estate, principal as well as interest. The jurymen, therefore, although they allowed interest on the whole property at the lowest rate, and not that at which estates are ordinarily let, found that these men had robbed me of more than thirty talents, and accordingly fixed the damages against Aphobus at ten talents. > Greek: 60. θέντες οὖν οἱ δικασταὶ τοῖς πᾶσι χρήμασιν οὐκ ἐφʼ ὅσῳ μισθοῦσιν τοὺς οἴκους τόκον, ἀλλʼ ὃς ἦν ἐλάχιστος, ηὗρον τὸ σύμπαν πλέον ἢ τριάκοντα τάλαντʼ αὐτοὺς ἀποστεροῦντας· διὸ τούτῳ τῶν δέκα ταλάντων ἐτίμησαν.