42. Well, then, the trial of Theophemus came on before the senate in accordance with the impeachment which I had preferred; and after both sides had been heard and the senators had cast their votes secretly, he was convicted in the senate-chamber and adjudged to be guilty.
42. γενομένης τοίνυν τῆς κρίσεως τῷ Θεοφήμῳ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ κατὰ τὴν εἰσαγγελίαν ἣν ἐγὼ εἰσήγγειλα, καὶ ἀποδοθέντος λόγου ἑκατέρῳ, καὶ κρύβδην διαψηφισαμένων τῶν βουλευτῶν, ἑάλω ἐν τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ καὶ ἔδοξεν ἀδικεῖν.
43. And when the senate was going into a division on the question whether it should remand him to a jury-court or sentence him to a fine of five hundred drachmae, the highest penalty which the law allowed it to inflict, while all these men were making pleas and entreaties and sending any number of people to intercede for them, and offering us right there in the senate-chamber the inventory of the equipment due, and promising to submit the question of the assault to any one of the Athenians whom I should name, I consented that a fine of twenty-five drachmae should be imposed upon Theophemus.
43. καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ διαχειροτονεῖν ἦν ἡ βουλὴ πότερα δικαστηρίῳ παραδοίη ἢ ζημιώσειε ταῖς πεντακοσίαις, ὅσου ἦν κυρία κατὰ τὸν νόμον, δεομένων τούτων ἁπάντων καὶ ἱκετευόντων καὶ τίνα οὐ προσπεμπόντων; καὶ τὸ διάγραμμα τῶν σκευῶν ἀποδιδόντων εὐθὺς ἐν τῇ βουλῇ, καὶ περὶ τῶν πληγῶν φασκόντων ἐπιτρέψειν ᾧ ἂν κελεύσω Ἀθηναίων, συνεχώρησα ὥστε τῷ Θεοφήμῳ πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι δραχμῶν προστιμηθῆναι.
44. To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, I beg all of you who were senators in the archonship of Agathocles to tell the facts to those who sit by you, and I will bring before you as witnesses all those whom I have been able to find who were senators that year. The Depositions I, you see, men of the jury, showed myself thus reasonable toward these men. And yet the decree ordered the confiscation of the property, not only of those who had ship’s equipment and did not return it to the state, but also of anyone who, having such equipment, refused to sell it; such a scarcity of equipment was there in the city at that time. (To the clerk.) Read the decree, please. The Decree When I had come back from my voyage, men of the jury, as Theophemus refused to refer to anyone the matter of the blows which he had dealt me, I summoned him, and began an action against him for assault.
44. καὶ ταῦτα ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω, ὑμῶν τε δέομαι ὅσοι ἐβούλευον ἐπʼ Ἀγαθοκλέους ἄρχοντος φράζειν τοῖς παρακαθημένοις, καὶ ὅσους ἐδυνάμην ἐγὼ ἐξευρεῖν τῶν τότε βουλευόντων, μάρτυρας ὑμῖν παρέξομαι. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. ἐγὼ μὲν τοίνυν οὕτως, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐπιεικὴς ἐγενόμην πρὸς τούτους. καίτοι τό γε ψήφισμα δημοσίαν τὴν οὐσίαν ἐκέλευσεν εἶναι, οὐ μόνον ὃς ἂν ἔχων σκεύη μὴ ἀποδιδῷ τῇ πόλει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὃς ἂν ἰδίᾳ κτησάμενος μὴ πωλῇ· τοιαύτη γὰρ ἡ ἀπορία οὖσα συνέβαινεν τότε ἐν τῇ πόλει σκευῶν. καί μοι ἀνάγνωθι τὸ ψήφισμα. ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ.
45. He summoned me in a cross-action, and while the arbitrators had the causes before them, and the time came for making the award, he put in a special plea and an affidavit for postponement; I, however, being conscious that I had done no wrong, came in for trial before your court.
45. καταπλεύσας τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὡς οὐδενὶ ἤθελεν ἐπιτρέπειν ὁ Θεόφημος περὶ τῶν πληγῶν ὧν τότε ἔλαβον ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, προσεκαλεσάμην αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλαχον αὐτῷ δίκην τῆς αἰκείας. ἀντιπροσκαλεσαμένου δὲ κἀκείνου ἐμὲ καὶ διαιτητῶν ἐχόντων τὰς δίκας, ἐπειδὴ ἡ ἀπόφασις ἦν τῆς δίκης, ὁ μὲν Θεόφημος παρεγράφετο καὶ ὑπώμνυτο, ἐγὼ δὲ πιστεύων ἐμαυτῷ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖν εἰσῄειν εἰς ὑμᾶς.
46. Theophemus, by bringing this testimony to which no one else has deposed, but only his brother and his brother-in-law, to the effect that he was willing to deliver up the woman, and by pretending to be a man without guile, deceived the jurors. But now I make of you a fair request, both to decide regarding the testimony whether it is true or false, and at the same time to consider the whole case from the beginning.
46. παρασχόμενος δὲ ἐκεῖνος ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ἣν ἄλλος μὲν οὐδεὶς μεμαρτύρηκεν, ὁ δὲ ἀδελφὸς καὶ ὁ κηδεστής, ὡς ἐθέλοι τὴν ἄνθρωπον παραδοῦναι, καὶ προσποιούμενος ἄκακος εἶναι, ἐξηπάτησεν τοὺς δικαστάς. δέομαι δὲ ὑμῶν νυνὶ δικαίαν δέησιν, ἅμα μὲν δικάσαι περὶ τῆς μαρτυρίας, πότερα ψευδής ἐστιν ἢ ἀληθής, ἅμα δὲ περὶ τοῦ πράγματος ἐξ ἀρχῆς σκέψασθαι.
47. I, for my part, hold that the proof should be drawn from the very course of procedure to which the fellow at that time fled for refuge, that is, from the examination of the woman by the torture, to determine which party struck the first blow; for this is what constitutes assault. And it is for this reason that I am suing the witnesses for false testimony, because they deposed that Theophemus was willing to deliver up the woman, whereas he never would produce her in person either at that time before the arbitrator or subsequently, despite my repeated demands.
47. ἐγὼ μὲν τοίνυν, εἰς ἃ οὗτος κατέφυγεν τότε δίκαια, ἐκ τούτων οἴομαι δεῖν τὸν ἔλεγχον γενέσθαι, ἐκ τῆς ἀνθρώπου βασανιζομένης, ὁπότερος ἦρξεν χειρῶν ἀδίκων· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν ἡ αἴκεια. καὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας διὰ τοῦτο διώκω τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων, ὅτι ἐμαρτύρησαν ἐθέλειν παραδιδόναι τὸν Θεόφημον τὴν ἄνθρωπον, οὐδαμοῦ τὸ σῶμα παραδιδόντος οὔτε τότε πρὸς τῷ διαιτητῇ οὔτε ὕστερον, πολλάκις ἐμοῦ ἐξαιτήσαντος.
48. They ought, therefore, to suffer a double punishment, both because they deceived the jurors by bringing forward false testimony—that of the brother-in-law and the brother—, and because they wronged me while I was zealously performing a public service, doing what the state commanded me, and obeying your laws and your decrees. Now to prove to you that I was not the only one thus commissioned, when I received from the magistrates the name of this man with orders to exact from him the equipment which he owed to the state, but that others of the trierarchs took such measures against others whose names they had received, read, please, their depositions. The Depositions I wish now, men of the jury, to set forth before you the treatment with which I have met at their hands.
48. διπλῆν οὖν αὐτοὺς δεῖ δίκην δοῦναι, ὅτι τε ἐξηπάτησαν τοὺς δικαστὰς ψευδεῖς μαρτυρίας παρασχόμενοι, κηδεστοῦ καὶ ἀδελφοῦ, καὶ ὅτι ἐμὲ ἠδίκησαν, λῃτουργοῦντα μὲν ὑμῖν προθύμως, ποιοῦντα δὲ τὰ προσταττόμενα, ὑπηρετοῦντα δὲ τοῖς νόμοις καὶ τοῖς ψηφίσμασιν τοῖς ὑμετέροις. ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος παρέλαβον παρὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦτον εἰσπράξασθαι σκεύη ὀφείλοντα τῇ πόλει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλλοι τῶν τριηράρχων ἑτέρους εἰσεπράξαντο οὓς παρέλαβον, ἀνάγνωθί μοι αὐτῶν τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
49. For when I had lost to them the suit in which the witnesses gave the false testimony for which I am suing them, and the time for paying the judgement was about to expire, I came up to Theophemus and begged him to oblige me by waiting a little while, telling him what was true, that although I had got together the money which I was going to pay him, a trierarchy had fallen to my lot, and it was necessary to despatch the trireme with all speed, and that Alcimachus, the general, had ordered me to furnish this ship for his own use; the money, therefore, which I had got together to pay Theophemus, I had to use up for this purpose.
49. βούλομαι τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ ἃ πέπονθα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν διηγήσασθαι ὑμῖν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὦφλον αὐτοῖς τὴν δίκην ἐφʼ ᾗ τοὺς μάρτυρας τούτους διώκω τὰ ψευδῆ μεμαρτυρηκότας, προσελθὼν τῷ Θεοφήμῳ μελλούσης μοι ἤδη ἐξήκειν τῆς ὑπερημερίας, ἐδεήθην αὐτοῦ ἐπισχεῖν μοι ὀλίγον χρόνον, λέγων τὰς ἀληθείας, ὅτι πεπορισμένου τοῦ ἀργυρίου ὃ ἔμελλον αὐτῷ ἐκτίνειν συμβέβηκέ μοι τριηραρχία, καὶ ἀποστέλλειν διὰ τάχους δεῖ τὴν τριήρη, καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς Ἀλκίμαχος αὑτῷ παρασκευάζειν κελεύοι ταύτην τὴν ναῦν·
50. So I asked him to extend the time of payment until I should have sent off the ship. And he answered me quite readily and guilelessly: “There is no objection to that,” he said, “but, when you shall have despatched the ship, also bring the money to me.”
50. τὸ οὖν ἀργύριον τὸ πεπορισμένον τῷ Θεοφήμῳ ἀποδοῦναι ἐνταῦθα κατεχρησάμην. ἐδεόμην δʼ αὐτοῦ ἀναβαλέσθαι τὴν ὑπερημερίαν, ἕως ἂν τὴν ναῦν ἀποστείλω. ὁ δὲ ῥᾳδίως μοι καὶ ἀκάκως ἀποκρίνεται· οὐδὲν κωλύει, ἔφη· ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὰν τὴν ναῦν ἀποστείλῃς, πόριζε καὶ ἐμοί.
51. When Theophemus had given me this answer and had extended the time of payment, and especially because I relied upon my impeachment for false testimony and his unwillingness to deliver up the woman, and so thought he would take no violent measures in my affair, I despatched the trireme, and a few days later, having got the money together, I approached him and bade him to go with me to the bank to receive the amount of his judgement. To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions regarding these matters. The Depositions Theophemus, however, instead of going with me to the bank and receiving the amount of his judgement, went and seized fifty soft-woolled sheep of mine that were grazing and with them the shepherd and all that belonged to the flock, and also a serving-boy who was carrying back a bronze pitcher of great value which was not ours, but had been borrowed.
51. ἀποκριναμένου δέ μοι ταῦτα τοῦ Θεοφήμου καὶ ἀναβαλομένου τὴν ὑπερημερίαν, καὶ μάλιστά μου πιστεύσαντος τῇ τε ἐπισκήψει τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων καὶ τῷ μὴ ἐθέλειν αὐτὸν παραδοῦναι τὴν ἄνθρωπον, ὡς οὐδὲν ἂν νεωτερίσαντος περὶ τἀμά, ἐγὼ μὲν τὴν τριήρη ἀποστείλας, οὐ πολλαῖς ἡμέραις ὕστερον πορίσας τὸ ἀργύριον, προσελθὼν αὐτῷ ἐκέλευον ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν ἀκολουθοῦντα κομίζεσθαι τὴν καταδίκην. ὡς δὲ ταῦτα ἀληθῆ λέγω, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
52. And they were not content with having these, but went on to my farm (I have a piece of land near the Hippodrome, and have lived there since my boyhood), and first they made a rush to seize the household slaves, but since these escaped them and got off one here and another there, they went to the house, and bursting open the gate which led into the garden (these were this man Evergus, the brother of Theophemus, and Mnesibulus, his brother-in-law, who had won no judgement against me, and who had no right to touch anything that was mine)—these men, I say, entered into the presence of my wife and children and carried off all the furniture that was still left in the house.
52. ὁ δὲ Θεόφημος ἀντὶ τοῦ τὴν καταδίκην ἀπολαβεῖν ἀκολουθήσας ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἐλθών μου τὰ πρόβατα λαμβάνει ποιμαινόμενα πεντήκοντα μαλακὰ καὶ τὸν ποιμένα μετʼ αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀκόλουθα τῇ ποίμνῃ, ἔπειτα παῖδα διάκονον ὑδρίαν χαλκῆν ἀποφέροντα ἀλλοτρίαν ᾐτημένην, πολλοῦ ἀξίαν. καὶ ταῦτα ἔχουσιν οὐκ ἐξήρκεσεν αὐτοῖς· ἀλλʼ ἐπεισελθόντες εἰς τὸ χωρίον (γεωργῶ δὲ πρὸς τῷ ἱπποδρόμῳ, καὶ οἰκῶ ἐνταῦθα ἐκ μειρακίου) πρῶτον μὲν ἐπὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας ᾖξαν, ὡς δὲ οὗτοι διαφεύγουσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἄλλος ἄλλῃ ἀπεχώρησαν, ἐλθόντες πρὸς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ἐκβαλόντες τὴν θύραν τὴν εἰς τὸν κῆπον φέρουσαν Εὔεργός τε οὑτοσὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὁ Θεοφήμου καὶ Μνησίβουλος ὁ κηδεστὴς αὐτοῦ, οἷς οὐδεμίαν δίκην ὠφλήκειν οὐδὲ προσῆκεν αὐτοὺς ἅπτεσθαι τῶν ἐμῶν οὐδενός, εἰσελθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν γυναῖκά μου καὶ τὰ παιδία ἐξεφορήσαντο ὅσα ἔτι ὑπόλοιπά μοι ἦν σκεύη ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ.
54. They thought to get, not so much merely, but far more, for they expected to find the stock of household furniture which I formerly had; but because of my public services and taxes and my liberality toward you, some of the furniture is lying in pawn, and some has been sold. All that was left, however, they took away with them.
54. ᾤοντο μὲν γὰρ οὐ τοσαῦτα μόνον λήψεσθαι, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ πλείω· τὴν γὰρ οὖσάν μοι ποτὲ κατασκευὴν τῆς οἰκίας καταλήψεσθαι· ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ τῶν λῃτουργιῶν καὶ τῶν εἰσφορῶν καὶ τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς φιλοτιμίας τὰ μὲν ἐνέχυρα κεῖται αὐτῶν, τὰ δὲ πέπραται. ὅσα δʼ ἦν ἔτι ὑπόλοιπα, πάντα λαβόντες ᾤχοντο.
55. More than this, men of the jury, my wife happened to be lunching with the children in the court and with her was an elderly woman who had been my nurse, a devoted soul and a faithful, who had been set free by my father. After she had been given her freedom she lived with her husband, but after his death, when she herself was an old woman and there was nobody to care for her, she came back to me.
55. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἔτυχεν ἡ γυνή μου μετὰ τῶν παιδίων ἀριστῶσα ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτῆς τιτθή τις ἐμὴ γενομένη πρεσβυτέρα, ἄνθρωπος εὔνους καὶ πιστὴ καὶ ἀφειμένη ἐλευθέρα ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἐμοῦ. συνῴκησεν δὲ ἀνδρί, ἐπειδὴ ἀφείθη ἐλευθέρα· ὡς δὲ οὗτος ἀπέθανεν καὶ αὐτὴ γραῦς ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἦν αὐτὴν ὁ θρέψων, ἐπανῆκεν ὡς ἐμέ.
56. I could not suffer my old nurse, or the slave who attended me as a boy, to live in want; at the same time I was about to sail as trierarch and it was my wife’s wish that I should leave such a person to live in the house with her. They were lunching in the court when these men burst in and found them there, and began to seize the furniture. The rest of the female slaves (they were in a tower room where they live), when they heard the tumult, closed the door leading to the tower, so the men did not get in there; but they carried off the furniture from the rest of the house, although my wife forbade them to touch it, and declared that it was her property, mortgaged to secure her marriage portion; she said to them also, “You have the fifty sheep, the serving boy, and the shepherd, whose value is in excess of the amount of your judgement” (for one of the neighbors knocked at the door and told her this).
56. ἀναγκαῖον οὖν ἦν μὴ περιιδεῖν ἐνδεεῖς ὄντας μήτε τιτθὴν γενομένην μήτε παιδαγωγόν· ἅμα δὲ καὶ τριηραρχῶν ἐξέπλεον, ὥστε καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ βουλομένῃ ἦν τοιαύτην οἰκουρὸν μετʼ αὐτῆς με καταλιπεῖν. ἀριστώντων δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, ὡς ἐπεισπηδῶσιν οὗτοι καὶ καταλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὰς καὶ ἥρπαζον τὰ σκεύη, αἱ μὲν ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι (ἐν τῷ πύργῳ γὰρ ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται) ὡς ἤκουσαν κραυγῆς, κλείουσι τὸν πύργον, καὶ ἐνταῦθα μὲν οὐκ εἰσῆλθον, τὰ δʼ ἐκ τῆς ἄλλης οἰκίας ἐξέφερον σκεύη, ἀπαγορευούσης τῆς γυναικὸς μὴ ἅπτεσθαι αὐτοῖς, καὶ λεγούσης ὅτι αὑτῆς εἴη ἐν τῇ προικὶ τετιμημένα καὶ ὅτι τὰ πρόβατα ἔχετε πεντήκοντα καὶ τὸν παῖδα καὶ τὸν ποιμένα, πλείονος ἄξια ἢ κατεδικάσασθε·
57. Furthermore she told them that the money was lying at the bank for them, for she had heard me say so. “And, if you will wait here,” she said, “or if one of you will go after him, you shall take the money back with you at once; but let the furniture alone, and do not carry off anything that is mine—especially since you have the full value of your judgement.”
57. ἀπήγγειλε γάρ τις αὐτοῖς τῶν γειτόνων κόψας τὴν θύραν. ἔτι δὲ ἔφη τὸ ἀργύριον αὐτοῖς κείμενον εἶναι ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ· ἠκηκόει γὰρ ἐμοῦ· κἂν περιμείνητε, ἔφη, ἢ μετέλθῃ τις ὑμῶν αὐτόν, ἔχοντες ἄπιτε τὸ ἀργύριον ἤδη· τὰ δὲ σκεύη ἐᾶτε, καὶ μηδὲν τῶν ἐμῶν φέρετε, ἄλλως τε καὶ ἔχοντες ἄξια τῆς καταδίκης.
58. But although my wife spoke in this way, they not only did not desist, but when the nurse took the cup which was set by her and from which she had been drinking, and put it in her bosom to prevent these men from taking it, when she saw that they were in the house, Theophemus and Evergus, this brother of his, observing her, treated her so roughly in taking the cup from her that her arms and wrists were covered with blood, as they wrenched her arms and pulled her this way and that in taking the cup from her, and she had lacerations on her throat, where they strangled her, and her breast was black and blue.
58. ταῦτα δὲ λεγούσης τῆς γυναικὸς οὐχ ὅπως ἐπέσχον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς τιτθῆς τὸ κυμβίον λαβούσης παρακείμενον αὐτῇ, ἐξ οὗ ἔπινεν, καὶ ἐνθεμένης εἰς τὸν κόλπον, ἵνα μὴ οὗτοι λάβοιεν, ἐπειδὴ εἶδεν ἔνδον ὄντας αὐτούς, κατιδόντες αὐτὴν οὕτω διέθεσαν ἀφαιρούμενοι τὸ κυμβίον Θεόφημος καὶ Εὔεργος ἁδελφὸς αὐτοῦ οὑτοσί, ὥστε ὕφαιμοι μὲν οἱ βραχίονες καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς ἐγένοντο ἀποστρεφομένης τὼ χεῖρε καὶ ἑλκομένης ὑπὸ τούτων ἀφαιρουμένων τὸ κυμβίον, ἀμυχὰς δʼ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ εἶχεν ἀγχομένη, πελιὸν δὲ τὸ στῆθος.
59. And they pushed their brutality to such extremes, that they did not stop throttling and beating the old woman, until they had taken the cup from her bosom.
59. εἰς τοῦτο δʼ ἦλθον πονηρίας ὥστε, ἕως ἀφείλοντο τὸ κυμβίον ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου αὐτῆς, οὐκ ἐπαύσαντο ἄγχοντες καὶ τύπτοντες τὴν γραῦν.
60. The servants of the neighbors, hearing the tumult and seeing that my house was being pillaged, some of them called from the roofs of their own houses to the people passing by, and others went into the other street and seeing Hagnophilus passing by, bade him to come. Hagnophilus, when he came up, summoned by a servant of Anthemion, who is a neighbor of mine, did not enter the house (for he thought he ought not to do so in the absence of the master), but, standing on Anthemion’s land, saw the furniture being carried off and Evergus and Theophemus coming out of the house.
60. ἀκούοντες δὲ οἱ θεράποντες τῶν γειτόνων τῆς κραυγῆς καὶ ὁρῶντες τὴν οἰκίαν πορθουμένην τὴν ἐμήν, οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν τεγῶν τῶν ἑαυτῶν ἐκαλίστρουν τοὺς παριόντας, οἱ δὲ καὶ εἰς τὴν ἑτέραν ὁδὸν ἐλθόντες καὶ ἰδόντες Ἁγνόφιλον παριόντα ἐκέλευσαν παραγενέσθαι. προσελθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἁγνόφιλος προσκληθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ θεράποντος τοῦ Ἀνθεμίωνος, ὅς ἐστί μοι γείτων, εἰς μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν (οὐ γὰρ ἡγεῖτο δίκαιον εἶναι μὴ παρόντος γε τοῦ κυρίου), ἐν δὲ τῷ τοῦ Ἀνθεμίωνος χωρίῳ ὢν ἑώρα τά τε σκεύη ἐκφερόμενα καὶ Εὔεργον καὶ Θεόφημον ἐξιόντας ἐκ τῆς ἐμῆς οἰκίας.
61. And not only did they go off with my furniture, men of the jury, but they were even on the point of taking away my son, as though he were a slave, until Hermogenes, one of my neighbors, met them and told them that he was my son. To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions. The Depositions When, then, the news of what had been done was brought me in Peiraeus by the neighhors, I went to the farm, but found that these men had left; I saw, however, that the household goods had been carried off and in what plight the old woman was.
61. οὐ μόνον τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, λαβόντες μου τὰ σκεύη ᾤχοντο, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἦγον ὡς οἰκέτην, ἕως τῶν γειτόνων ἀπαντήσας αὐτοῖς Ἑρμογένης εἶπεν ὅτι υἱός μου εἴη. ὡς δὲ ταῦτα ἀληθῆ λέγω, ἀναγνώσεται ὑμῖν τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
62. My wife told me what had taken place, so, early next morning, I approached Theophemus in the city, having witnesses with me, and demanded, first that he accept payment of the amount of his judgement, and go with me to the bank, then, that he should provide for the care of the old woman whom they had beaten, calling in any physician whom they pleased.
62. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν μοι ἀπηγγέλθη εἰς Πειραιᾶ τὰ γεγενημένα ὑπὸ τῶν γειτόνων, ἐλθὼν εἰς ἀγρὸν τούτους μὲν οὐκέτι καταλαμβάνω, ἰδὼν δὲ τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἐκπεφορημένα καὶ τὴν γραῦν ὡς διέκειτο, καὶ ἀκούων τῆς γυναικὸς τὰ γενόμενα, προσελθὼν τῷ Θεοφήμῳ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ἕωθεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μάρτυρας ἔχων ἐκέλευον αὐτὸν πρῶτον μὲν τὴν καταδίκην ἀπολαμβάνειν καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἔπειτα τὴν ἄνθρωπον θεραπεύειν ἣν συνέκοψαν, καὶ ἰατρὸν εἰσάγειν ὃν αὐτοὶ βούλοιντο.
63. While I was saying this and solemnly protesting against their actions, they abused me roundly; then Theophemus went with me very reluctantly and making much delay, alleging that he too wished to take witnesses along with him (this talk was a trick on his part to gain time); but this fellow Evergus went at once from the city in company with some others of like stamp to the farm. The furniture which I had remaining—some few pieces which the day before happened to be in the tower and not outside—had, after I came home, necessarily been brought down, and Evergus, forcing open the gate which they had broken down the day before, and which was scarcely fastened, carried off my furniture—Evergus, to whom I owed no judgement, and with whom I had had no business transaction whatever.
63. ταῦτα δέ μου λέγοντος καὶ διαμαρτυρομένου, κακά με πολλὰ εἰπόντες ὁ μὲν Θεόφημος ἠκολούθει μόλις, διατριβὰς ἐμποιῶν καὶ φάσκων βούλεσθαι καὶ αὐτός τινας παραλαβεῖν μάρτυρας (ταῦτα δʼ ἔλεγεν τεχνάζων τοῦ χρόνον ἐγγενέσθαι), ὁ δʼ Εὔεργος οὑτοσὶ εὐθὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως μεθʼ ἑτέρων ὁμοίων αὑτῷ ἐλθὼν εἰς ἀγρόν, τὰ ὑπόλοιπα σκεύη, εἴ τινα τῇ προτεραίᾳ ἐν τῷ πύργῳ ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἔτυχεν ἔξω ὄντα, ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἐγὼ ἦλθον, διὰ τὴν χρείαν κατηνέχθη, ἐκβαλὼν τὴν θύραν ἥνπερ καὶ τῇ προτεραίᾳ ἐξέβαλον κακῶς ἐνεστηκυῖαν, ᾤχετό μου λαβὼν τὰ σκεύη· ᾧ οὔτε δίκην ὠφλήκειν, οὔτε συμβόλαιον ἦν μοι πρὸς αὐτὸν οὐδέν.
64. On my making full payment to Theophemus to whom I owed the judgement, when I had paid him in the presence of many witnesses eleven hundred drachmae, the amount of the judgement, one hundred and eighty-three drachmae two obols for the fine of one-sixth of that sum, and thirty drachmae for court fees (I owed him nothing in the way of other penalties)—when, I say, he had received from me at the bank one thousand three hundred and thirteen drachmae two obols, the total amount, on my demanding the return of the sheep and the slaves and the furniture of which he had robbed me, he declared that he would not return them to me unless I should release him and his associates from all claims, and the witnesses from the suit for false testimony.
64. ἐκτίνοντος δέ μου τῷ Θεοφήμῳ, ᾧ ὠφλήκειν τὴν δίκην, ἐπειδὴ ἐξέτινον πολλῶν παρόντων μαρτύρων χιλίας μὲν καὶ ἑκατὸν δραχμὰς ⟨τὴν καταδίκην, ὀγδοήκοντα δὲ καὶ ἑκατὸν δραχμὰς⟩ καὶ τρεῖς καὶ δύʼ ὀβολὼ τὴν ἐπωβελίαν, τριάκοντα δὲ τὰ πρυτανεῖα (τῶν γὰρ ἄλλων οὐδὲν αὐτῷ ἐπιτιμίων ὦφλον), λαβὼν τοίνυν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ χιλίας τριακοσίας δέκα τρεῖς δύʼ ὀβολὼ τὸ σύμπαν κεφάλαιον, ἀπαιτοῦντος ἐμοῦ τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τὰ ἀνδράποδα καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἃ ἡρπάκει μου, οὐκ ἔφη ἀποδώσειν μοι, εἰ μή τις αὐτὸν ἀφήσει καὶ τοὺς μετʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων καὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων.
65. When he had given me this reply, I called upon those present to be witnesses to his answer, but I paid him the judgement, for I did not think it best to he in default. As for Evergus, I did not know that he had gone to my house on that day, but as soon as the judgement had been paid, while Theophemus still had the sheep and the slaves and the furniture, a stone-cutter, who was working on the monument near by, came to bring me word that Evergus had carried off from the house the rest of my furniture—that, namely, which had remained untouched the day before,—Evergus, with whom I had nothing whatever to do.
65. ταῦτα δὲ ἀποκριναμένου αὐτοῦ μάρτυρας μὲν ἐποιησάμην τῆς ἀποκρίσεως τοὺς παρόντας, τὴν δὲ δίκην ἐξέτεισα, ὑπερήμερον γὰρ οὐκ ᾤμην δεῖν ἐμαυτὸν εἶναι. τὸν δʼ Εὔεργον οὐδʼ ᾔδειν εἰσεληλυθότα μου εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἀλλʼ αὐτίκα ἡ δίκη ἐξετέτειστο, καὶ εἶχεν ὁ Θεόφημος τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τὰ ἀνδράποδα καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ τῇ προτεραίᾳ περιγενόμενα, καὶ ἄγγελος ἦλθέ μοι λιθοκόπος τις, τὸ πλησίον μνῆμα ἐργαζόμενος, ὅτι πάλιν οἴχεται Εὔεργος τὰ ὑπόλοιπα σκεύη ἐκφορήσας ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας· πρὸς ὃν οὐδέν μοι πρᾶγμα ἦν.
66. To prove that I am speaking the truth, that on the day before they had taken from me goods as security, and that the next day they recovered the money from me (and yet, if the money had not been got together and I had not given them notice, how, pray, could they have secured immediate payment?), and that on that very day they had gone again into the house, while I was paying the money—to prove all this, the clerk shall read you the depositions. The Depositions Since, then, men of the jury, he paid no heed, when I served notice on him to care for the woman whom they had beaten and to bring in a physician, I myself brought in one with whom I had had dealings for many years, and he cared for her during her illness.
66. ὡς οὖν ἀληθῆ λέγω, καὶ ὅτι τῇ μὲν προτεραίᾳ εἰλήφεσάν μου τὰ ἐνέχυρα, τῇ δʼ ὑστεραίᾳ ἐκομίσαντο τὸ ἀργύριον παρʼ ἐμοῦ (καίτοι πῶς ἄν, εἰ μὴ πεπορισμένον τε ἦν καὶ ἐπηγγέλκειν αὐτοῖς, εὐθὺς ἂν ἀπέλαβον;) καὶ πάλιν αὐθημερὸν εἰσεληλύθεσαν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἐκτίνοντος τὴν δίκην, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
67. I showed him the plight she was in, and brought witnesses. Hearing from the physician that the woman’s condition was hopeless, I again took other witnesses, and pointing out the condition she was in served notice on these men to care for her. On the sixth day after these men had come into the house the nurse died. To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions bearing upon these matters. The Depositions Well then, after her death I went to the Interpreters in order to learn what I ought to do in the matter, and I related to them all that had taken place: the coming of these men, the devotion of the woman, why it was that I kept her in my house, and that she had met her end because she would not surrender the cup.
67. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐπαγγείλαντός μου αὐτῷ θεραπεύειν τὴν ἄνθρωπον ἣν συνέκοψαν καὶ ἰατρὸν εἰσάγειν οὐκ ἐφρόντιζον, ἐγὼ αὐτὸς εἰσήγαγον ἰατρὸν ᾧ πολλὰ ἔτη ἐχρώμην, ὃς ἐθεράπευεν αὐτὴν ἀρρωστοῦσαν, καὶ ἐπέδειξα ὡς εἶχεν, εἰσαγαγὼν μάρτυρας. ἀκούσας δὲ τοῦ ἰατροῦ ὅτι οὐδὲν ἔτι εἴη ἡ ἄνθρωπος, πάλιν ἑτέρους μάρτυρας παραλαβὼν τήν τε ἄνθρωπον ἐπέδειξα ὡς εἶχεν, καὶ ἐπήγγειλα τούτοις θεραπεύειν. ἕκτῃ τοίνυν ἡμέρᾳ ὕστερον ἢ οὗτοι εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, ἐτελεύτησεν ἡ τιτθή. ὡς δὲ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα λέγω, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
68. When the Interpreters had heard all this from me, they asked me whether they should interpret the law for me and nothing more, or should also advise me. On my answering them, “Both,” they said to me, “Very well, we will interpret for you the law, and also give you advice to your profit. In the first place, if there be anyone related to the woman, let him carry a spear when she is borne forth to the tomb and make solemn proclamation at the tomb, and thereafter let him guard the tomb for the space of three days. And this is the advice which we give you: since you were not yourself present, but only your wife and your children, and since you have no other witnesses, we advise you not to make proclamation against anyone by name, but in general against the perpetrators and the murderers;”
68. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἐτελεύτησεν, ἦλθον ὡς τοὺς ἐξηγητάς, ἵνα εἰδείην ὅ τι με χρὴ ποιεῖν περὶ τούτων, καὶ διηγησάμην αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα τὰ γενόμενα, τήν τε ἄφιξιν τὴν τούτων καὶ τὴν εὔνοιαν τῆς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ὡς εἶχον αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, καὶ ὡς διὰ τὸ κυμβίον, οὐκ ἀφιεῖσα, τελευτήσειεν. ἀκούσαντες δέ μου οἱ ἐξηγηταὶ ταῦτα, ἤροντό με πότερον ἐξηγήσωνταί μοι μόνον ἢ καὶ συμβουλεύσωσιν· ἀποκριναμένου δέ μου αὐτοῖς ἀμφότερα, εἶπόν μοι ἡμεῖς τοίνυν σοι τὰ μὲν νόμιμα ἐξηγησόμεθα, τὰ δὲ σύμφορα παραινέσομεν· πρῶτον μὲν ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ, καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματι, εἴ τις προσήκων ἐστὶν τῆς ἀνθρώπου, ἔπειτα τὸ μνῆμα φυλάττειν ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας. τάδε δὲ συμβουλεύομέν σοι, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς μὲν οὐ παρεγένου, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ καὶ τὰ παιδία, ἄλλοι δέ σοι μάρτυρες οὐκ εἰσίν, ὀνομαστὶ μὲν μηδενὶ προαγορεύειν, τοῖς δεδρακόσι δὲ καὶ κτείνασιν, εἶτα πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα μὴ λαγχάνειν.
70. “and again not to institute suit before the king. For that course is not open to you under the law, since the woman is not a relative of yours nor yet a servant, according to your own statement; and it is to relatives or to masters that the law appoints the duty of prosecuting. If, then, you should take the oath at the Palladium, yourself and your wife and your children, and imprecate curses upon yourselves and your house, you will lose the goodwill of many, and if your opponent is acquitted, you will be thought to have committed perjury, and if you convict him, you will he an object of malice. No, after you have performed the proper religious rites to cleanse yourself and your house, bear your misfortune with such patience as you can, and, if you choose, avenge yourself in some other way.”
70. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ἔστι σοι· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γένει σοι ἡ ἄνθρωπος, οὐδὲ θεράπαινα, ἐξ ὧν σὺ λέγεις· οἱ δὲ νόμοι τούτων κελεύουσιν τὴν δίωξιν εἶναι· ὥστʼ εἰ διομεῖ ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ τὰ παιδία καὶ καταράσεσθε αὑτοῖς καὶ τῇ οἰκίᾳ, χείρων τε δόξεις πολλοῖς εἶναι, καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ἀποφύγῃ σε, ἐπιωρκηκέναι, ἐὰν δὲ ἕλῃς, φθονήσει. ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς οἰκίας ἀφοσιωσάμενος ὡς ῥᾷστα τὴν συμφορὰν φέρειν, ἄλλῃ δὲ εἴ πῃ βούλει, τιμωροῦ.
71. When I had received this advice from the Interpreters and had looked at the laws of Draco on the inscribed slab, I consulted with my friends as to what course of action I should pursue. As they gave me the same advice, I did what was necessary to purify the house and what the Interpreters had prescribed, and abstained from further action which the laws forbade.
71. ταῦτα ἀκούσας ἐγὼ τῶν ἐξηγητῶν, καὶ τοὺς νόμους ἐπισκεψάμενος τοὺς τοῦ Δράκοντος ἐκ τῆς στήλης, ἐβουλευόμην μετὰ τῶν φίλων ὅ τι χρή με ποιεῖν. συμβουλευόντων δέ μοι ταὐτά, ἃ μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς οἰκίας προσῆκεν μοι πρᾶξαι καὶ ἃ ἐξηγήσαντό μοι οἱ ἐξηγηταί, ἐποίησα, ἃ δʼ ἐκ τῶν νόμων οὐκέτι μοι προσῆκεν, ἡσυχίαν εἶχον.
72. For the law, men of the jury, ordains that prosecution shall be by relatives within the degree of children of cousins; and that in the oath inquiry shall be made as to what the relationship is, even if the victim be a servant; and it is from these persons that criminal actions shall proceed. But the woman was in no way related to me by blood, she had only been my nurse; nor again was she a servant; for she had been set free by my father, and she lived in a separate house, and had taken a husband.
72. κελεύει γὰρ ὁ νόμος, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τοὺς προσήκοντας ἐπεξιέναι μέχρι ἀνεψιαδῶν (καὶ ἐν τῷ ὅρκῳ διορίζεται ὅ τι προσήκων ἐστίν), κἂν οἰκέτης ᾖ, τούτων τὰς ἐπισκήψεις εἶναι. ἐμοὶ δὲ οὔτε γένει προσῆκεν ἡ ἄνθρωπος οὐδέν, εἰ μὴ ὅσον τιτθὴ γενομένη, οὐδʼ αὖ θεράπαινά γε· ἀφεῖτο γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἐμοῦ ἐλευθέρα καὶ χωρὶς ᾤκει καὶ ἄνδρα ἔσχεν.
73. Now, to tell a false story to you and support it by an oath with imprecations on myself, my son, and my wife, was a thing I dared not do, even if I knew well that I should convict these men; for I do not hate them as much as I love myself. But that you may hear this not merely from my own lips, the clerk shall read you the law itself. The Law I fancy, men of the jury, that it has become clear to you on many grounds that the deposition is false, but that you see it most readily from the conduct of the men themselves.
73. ψεύσασθαι δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ διομόσασθαι αὐτὸς καὶ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα οὐκ ἂν ἐτόλμησα, οὐδʼ ἂν εἰ εὖ ᾔδειν ὅτι αἱρήσοιμι αὐτούς· οὐ γὰρ οὕτως τούτους μισῶ, ὡς ἐμαυτὸν φιλῶ. ἵνα δὲ μὴ λόγῳ μόνον ἀκούσητέ μου, αὐτὸν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον ἀναγνώσομαι. ΝΟΜΟΣ.
74. For they thought, men of the jury, that, if they took a large quantity of goods from me as security, I should be glad to release the witnesses from the charge of false testimony in order to get back the goods.
74. πολλαχόθεν μὲν οὖν οἶμαι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καταφανῆ ὑμῖν τὴν μαρτυρίαν εἶναι ὡς ψευδής ἐστιν, οὐχ ἥκιστα δʼ ἐκ τῶν πεπραγμένων αὐτοῖς ῥᾴδιον γνῶναι. οὗτοι γὰρ ᾤοντο, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐμέ, εἰ πολλά μου λάβοιεν ἐνέχυρα, ἅσμενον ἀφήσειν με τοὺς μάρτυρας τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων, ὥστε ἀπολαβεῖν με τὰ ἐνέχυρα.
75. And when I asked Theophemus to oblige me by extending the time of payment, he was glad to comply in order that I might be in default, and that he might carry off as many goods as possible. It was for this reason that he acceded to my request so guilelessly and so promptly in order to win my confidence and keep me from seeing his plot; for he thought it was not possible for him in any other way to get the witnesses released from the charge of false testimony than by tricking me, catching me in default and carrying off as many goods as possible; for he expected to get, not only what they actually have of mine, but a great deal more.
75. καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐδεήθην αὐτοῦ ἀναβαλέσθαι μοι τὴν ὑπερημερίαν, ἅσμενος ἤκουσεν, ἵνα ὑπερήμερος αὐτῷ γενοίμην καὶ ἐκφορήσαιτό μου ὡς πλεῖστα. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀκάκως καὶ ταχύ μοι ὡμολόγησεν, ἵνα πιθανὸς γένηται καὶ μὴ καταφανὴς ἐπιβουλεύων, ἡγούμενος οὐκ εἶναι αὑτῷ διʼ ἄλλου τρόπου τοὺς μάρτυρας ἀφεθῆναι τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων ἢ διὰ τοῦ ἐξαπατῆσαι καὶ λαβεῖν με ὑπερήμερον καὶ ἐκφορήσασθαι ὡς πλεῖστα· οὐ γὰρ ὅσα ἔχουσί μου ᾤετο λήψεσθαι, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ πλείω.
76. And he waited the rest of the time, thinking that I should not quickly get the money together, and wishing to seize the goods as security just when the trial for false testimony was coming on; but when I served notice on him to come and collect the amount of the judgement, he went and seized my furniture and slaves and sheep instead of receiving payment. I till a farm near the Hippodrome, so that he did not have far to go.
76. καὶ τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον ἀνέμενεν ὡς οὐ διὰ ταχέων με ποριοῦντα αὐτῷ τὸ ἀργύριον, βουλόμενος ὑπʼ αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἀγῶνας τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων τὴν ἐνεχυρασίαν μου ποιήσασθαι· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ κομίσασθαι τὴν δίκην, ἐλθών μου τά τε σκεύη καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας καὶ τὰ πρόβατα ἔλαβεν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπολαβεῖν. γεωργῶ δὲ πρὸς τῷ ἱπποδρόμῳ, ὥστε οὐ πόρρω ἔδει αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν.
77. That what I am saying is true let this be a strong proof: he got the amount of the judgement the day after he seized the security. And yet, if I had not got the money together, how could he have got payment at once in cash, one thousand three hundred and thirteen drachmae two obols? And the goods which he had seized as security he refused to return to me, but up to this day he keeps them, as though I were in default. But to prove that I was not in default, read me the deposition and the law which ordains that all agreements entered into by the two parties shall be binding; I was, therefore, as you see, no longer in default to him. The Law. The Deposition Well, then, that he consented and extended the time of payment has been established for you by witnesses, and that I was serving as trierarch my colleague in the trierarchy has testified, and also that the ship was equipped as flagship for the admiral Alcimachus.
77. ὅτι δʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, μέγα τεκμήριον ὑμῖν ἔστω· τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ γὰρ ἐκομίσατο τὸ ἀργύριον τῆς δίκης ἢ τὰ ἐνέχυρα ἔλαβεν. καίτοι πῶς ἄν, εἰ μὴ πεπορισμένον ἦν, εὐθὺς ἀπέλαβε τὸ ἀργύριον χιλίας τριακοσίας δέκα τρεῖς δύʼ ὀβολώ; καὶ τὰ ἐνέχυρά μοι οὐκ ἀπεδίδου, ἀλλʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἔχει ὡς ὑπερημέρου ὄντος. ὅτι δʼ οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ ὑπερήμερος, ἀνάγνωθί μοι τὸν νόμον καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ὃς κελεύει κύρια εἶναι ὅ τι ἂν ἕτερος ἑτέρῳ ὁμολογήσῃ, ὥστε οὐκέτι ἦν αὐτῷ δήπου ὑπερήμερος. ΝΟΜΟΣ. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
78. Surely, then, I was not in default to him when he had extended the time, especially since I paid the money in full. But the graspingness of his disposition, when it is a question of more or less, is dreadful, men of the jury. And they knew well that, if they should deliver up the woman for examination, it would be proved that their charge was false, while, if they should not deliver up the woman, whom the witnesses stated that Theophemus was willing to deliver up, they would be convicted of false testimony.
78. ὡς μὲν τοίνυν ὡμολόγησε καὶ ἀνεβάλετό μοι τὴν ὑπερημερίαν, μεμαρτύρηται ὑμῖν· ὡς δὲ ἐτριηράρχουν, ὁ συντριήραρχός μοι μεμαρτύρηκεν, καὶ ὡς ἡ ναῦς στρατηγὶς κατεσκευάσθη Ἀλκιμάχῳ. ὥστʼ οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ δήπου ὑπερήμερος ἀναβαλομένῳ μοι, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐκτίνων. ἀλλὰ δεινὴ ἡ πλεονεξία τοῦ τρόπου, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, περὶ τὸ πλέον καὶ τὸ ἔλαττον. καὶ εὖ ᾔδεσαν ὅτι, εἰ μὲν τὴν ἄνθρωπον παραδώσουσιν, ἐξελεγχθήσονται ψευδῆ ἐγκαλέσαντες, εἰ δὲ μὴ παραδώσουσιν ἣν ἐμαρτύρησαν ὡς οὗτος ἤθελε παραδιδόναι, ψευδομαρτυρίων ἁλώσονται.
79. I beg of you, men of the jury, if any one of those who then served as jurors happens to be in the court-room, to act upon the same principles as you did then; and, if the deposition seemed to you to be worthy of credence, and I seemed to shrink from the test which the examination of the woman would have afforded, now, when they are proved to have given false testimony and do not deliver up the woman, to come to my aid: and if you are angry with me because I went to the house of Theophemus to take security, to be angry now with these men also because they went to my house.
79. δέομαι δʼ ὑμῶν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἴ τις ἄρα τῶν τότε δικαζόντων τυγχάνει ὢν ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ, τοῖς αὐτοῖς χρήσασθαι ἤθεσιν οἷσπερ καὶ τότε, καὶ εἰ μὲν ἡ μαρτυρία πιστὴ ὑμῖν ἔδοξεν εἶναι καὶ ἐγὼ φεύγειν τὸν ἔλεγχον τὸν ἐκ τῆς ἀνθρώπου, νῦν ἐξελεγχομένων αὐτῶν ψευδῆ μεμαρτυρηκότων καὶ οὐ παραδιδόντων τὴν ἄνθρωπον βοηθῆσαί μοι, εἰ δʼ ἐμοὶ ὠργίσθητε ὅτι ἐνεχυράσων ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν τοῦ Θεοφήμου, καὶ τούτοις νῦν ὀργισθῆναι ὅτι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ἦλθον.
80. And I, who was forced to go by the laws and the decrees, was careful not to make my way into the presence of the father or mother of Theophemus or to take anything belonging to his brother; but I went to where Theophemus lived by himself, and when I did not find him at home, I did not seize anything and carry it off, but bade someone fetch him, and I took the security in his presence and not in his absence; and when it was taken from me, I gave it up and betook myself to the senate, the proper authority, and when I had preferred my impeachment and had convicted him in the senate, I thought it enough merely to recover the ship’s equipment, and to leave the matter of the assault to a referee, and to make a concession in the matter of the fine.
80. καὶ ἐγὼ μὲν ὑπὸ νόμων καὶ ψηφισμάτων ἀναγκαζόμενος, πρόνοιαν ἐποιησάμην τοῦ μήτε ἐπὶ τὸν πατέρα τὸν τούτου εἰσελθεῖν μήτε ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα, μήτε τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ λαβεῖν μηδέν, ἀλλʼ οὗ αὐτὸς ᾤκει ὁ Θεόφημος· καὶ ἐπειδὴ οὐ κατέλαβον αὐτὸν ἔνδον, οὐχ ἁρπάσας ᾠχόμην οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ μετελθεῖν ἐκέλευσα αὐτόν, καὶ παρόντος, οὐκ ἀπόντος, τὴν ἐνεχυρασίαν ἐποιησάμην, καὶ ἀφαιρούμενος ἀφῆκα, καὶ ἀνῆλθον ἐπὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοὺς κυρίους, καὶ εἰσαγγείλας καὶ ἑλὼν ἐν τῇ βουλῇ, ἀποχρῆν ἡγησάμην τὰ μὲν σκεύη ἀπολαβεῖν ἁπλᾶ, περὶ δὲ τῶν πληγῶν ἐπιτρέψαι, τῷ δὲ τιμήματι συγχωρῆσαι·
81. I, then, was lenient toward these men, whereas they were so brutal and ruthless that they forced themselves into the presence of my wife and children, although they had in their possession the sheep and the slaves, of greater value than their judgement, and although they had given me an extension of time and I had given them notice to come and recover their judgement, as has been proved to you by testimony. They came to my house and not only carried off the furniture, but beat the nurse, an old woman, for the sake of a cup; and they keep possession of all these things, and refuse to give them up, though I have paid in full the amount of the judgement, one thousand three hundred and thirteen drachmae two obols.
81. ὥστε ἐγὼ μὲν οὕτω πρᾶος περὶ τούτους ἦν, οὗτοι δὲ οὕτως ἀσελγεῖς καὶ βδελυροὶ ὥστʼ ἐπὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ παιδία εἰσελθεῖν, ἔχοντες μὲν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας, πλείονος ἄξια ἢ κατεδικάσαντο, ἀναβαλόμενοι δὲ τὴν ὑπερημερίαν, ἐπαγγείλαντος δʼ ἐμοῦ κομίζεσθαι αὐτοῖς τὴν δίκην, ὡς μεμαρτύρηται ὑμῖν, καὶ εἰσελθόντες εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τά τε σκεύη ἐκφορῆσαι τήν τε τιτθὴν συγκόψαι, γραῦν γυναῖκα, ἕνεκα κυμβίου, καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἔτι ἔχειν καὶ μὴ ἀποδιδόναι ἐκτετεικότος ἐμοῦ τὴν δίκην, χιλίας τριακοσίας δέκα τρεῖς δύʼ ὀβολώ.
82. If anyone through ignorance thought these men at the time of the former trial to be guileless and inoffensive persons, I wish to read you the depositions regarding them which have been furnished me by those whom they have wronged (for the water in the clock is not sufficient to permit me to tell the whole story in my speech), in order that, when you have considered the case in the light of all these things, both the arguments and the testimony, the verdict which you will render may be such as piety and justice demand of you. (To the clerk.) Read the depositions. The Depositions.
82. εἰ δέ τις ἀγνοήσας αὐτοὺς τότε ἀκάκους ἡγήσατο καὶ ἀπράγμονας εἶναι, βούλομαι ὑμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν τὰς μαρτυρίας ἀναγνῶναι, ἃς μεμαρτυρήκασί μοι οἱ ὑπὸ τούτων ἠδικημένοι (λόγῳ μὲν γὰρ διηγήσασθαι οὐκ ἂν ἱκανόν μοι γένοιτο τὸ ὕδωρ), ἵνʼ ἐκ τούτων ἁπάντων σκεψάμενοι, τῶν τε λεχθέντων καὶ τῶν μαρτυρουμένων, ὁσίαν καὶ δικαίαν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν τιθῆσθε τὴν ψῆφον. λέγε τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.