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title: "Against Polycles · Πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος"
author: "Demosthenes"
translator: "Augustus Taber Murray"
languages: [grc, en]
shelf: "Classical Greek"
section: 1 of 2
url: https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-polycles/1/
cite: "Demosthenes, tr. Augustus Taber Murray, Against Polycles · Πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος, section 1. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/demosthenes-against-polycles/1/"
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# Against Polycles · Πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος

*Demosthenes, tr. Augustus Taber Murray*

Apollodorus claims the costs of serving as trierarch beyond his term.

> Greek: ed. William Rennie, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0014.tlg050, CC BY-SA 4.0).

> English: Augustus Taber Murray, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0014.tlg050.perseus-eng2). Notes are not included.

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

## 1. Sections 1–31

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

[¶0] 1. In suits of this nature, men of the jury, it is fitting that those who are to render a decision, as well as the litigants themselves, should give the closest attention. For the suit is not a private one concerning Polycles and myself alone, but it touches also the interests of the state as well. In cases where the charges indeed are of a private nature, but the injury is public, it is surely fitting that you should listen and decide aright. If I had come before you quarrelling with Polycles about a contract of some other sort, the contest would have concerned Polycles and myself alone; but as it is, the question concerns the succession to a ship, and extra trierarchal expenses for five months and six days, and it concerns also the laws, whether they are to be in force, or not.

> Greek: 1. τοῖς τοιούτοις τῶν ἀγώνων, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ τοὺς διαγνωσομένους προσήκει μάλιστα προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν. οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸς καὶ Πολυκλέους ἴδιός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγὼν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς πόλεως κοινός. ὧν γὰρ τὰ μὲν ἐγκλήματα ἴδιά ἐστιν, αἱ δὲ βλάβαι κοιναί, πῶς οὐχ ὑπὲρ τούτων εἰκός ἐστιν ἀκούσαντας ὑμᾶς ὀρθῶς διαγνῶναι; εἰ μὲν γὰρ περὶ ἄλλου τινὸς συμβολαίου ἐγὼ διαφερόμενος πρὸς Πολυκλέα εἰσῄειν εἰς ὑμᾶς, ἐμὸς ἂν ἦν καὶ Πολυκλέους ὁ ἀγών· νῦν δὲ περί τε διαδοχῆς νεώς ἐστιν ὁ λόγος καὶ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος πέντε μηνῶν καὶ ἓξ ἡμερῶν ἀνηλωμένου, καὶ περὶ τῶν νόμων, πότερα κύριοί εἰσιν ἢ οὔ.

[¶1] 2. It seems to me, therefore, to be necessary to explain all the facts to you from the beginning. And by the gods, men of the jury, I beg you not to think that I am talking idly, if I set forth at some length what I have expended and what I have done, to show that my several services were rendered opportunely, and that they were helpful to the state. If anyone is able to show that I am uttering falsehoods, let him get up in the time allotted to me and disprove whatever statement I may make to you which he holds to be false. But if my statements are true, and no one would contradict them save the defendant, I make of you all a request that is fair.

> Greek: 2. ἀναγκαῖον δή μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἅπαντα ἐξ ἀρχῆς διηγήσασθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. καὶ πρὸς θεῶν, ἄνδρες δικασταί, δέομαι ὑμῶν, μή με ἡγήσησθε ἀδολεσχεῖν, ἐὰν διὰ μακροτέρων διηγῶμαι τά τε ἀναλώματα καὶ τὰς πράξεις, ὡς ἐν καιρῷ τε ἕκασται καὶ χρήσιμοι τῇ πόλει ἐδιακονήθησαν. εἰ μὲν γάρ τις ἔχει με ἐπιδεῖξαι ὡς ψεύδομαι, ἀναστὰς ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕδατι ἐξελεγξάτω, ὅ τι ἂν μὴ φῇ με ἀληθῆ λέγειν πρὸς ὑμᾶς· εἰ δʼ ἐστὶν ἀληθῆ καὶ μηδεὶς ἄν μοι ἀντείποι ἄλλος ἢ οὗτος, δέομαι ὑμῶν ἁπάντων δικαίαν δέησιν·

[¶2] 3. All you who were in the army and were present in the campaign, call to mind and tell to those who sit by you my own efforts and the troubles and distresses in which the state was involved at that crisis, in order that you may know from this evidence what manner of man I am in carrying out the orders you lay upon me. And all of you who stayed at home, listen to me in silence, while I set forth before you all the facts, and produce in support of every statement that I make the laws and decrees both of the senate and the people, and the testimony of witnesses.

> Greek: 3. ὅσοι μὲν τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἐστε καὶ παρῆτε ἐκεῖ, αὐτοί τε ἀναμνήσθητε καὶ τοῖς παρακαθημένοις φράζετε τήν τʼ ἐμὴν προθυμίαν καὶ τὰ συμβάντα ἐν τῷ τότε καιρῷ τῇ πόλει πράγματα καὶ τὰς ἀπορίας, ἵνα ἐκ τούτων εἰδῆτε ὁποῖός τίς εἰμι περὶ ἃ ἂν προστάξητε ὑμεῖς· ὅσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπεδημεῖτε, σιγῇ μου ἀκοῦσαι διηγουμένου ἅπαντα πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτων ἑκάστῳ, οἷς ἂν λέγω, τούς τε νόμους παρεχομένου καὶ τὰ ψηφίσματα, τά τε τῆς βουλῆς καὶ τὰ τοῦ δήμου, καὶ τὰς μαρτυρίας.

[¶3] 4. On the twenty-fourth day of the month Metageitnion in the archonship of Molon, when an assembly had been held and tidings of many serious events had been brought before you, you voted that the trierarchs (of whom I was one) should launch their ships. It is not necessary for me to go into details regarding the crisis which had at that time befallen the state; you of yourselves know that Tenos had been seized by Alexander, and its people had been reduced to slavery; that Miltocythes had revolted from Cotys, and had sent ambassadors regarding an alliance, begging you to send troops to his aid, and offering to restore the Chersonesus; that the Proconnesians, your allies, were requesting you in the assembly to come to their aid, stating that the Cyzicenes were pressing them hard in war by both land and sea, and imploring you not to look idly on while they perished.

> Greek: 4. ἑβδόμῃ γὰρ φθίνοντος μεταγειτνιῶνος μηνὸς ἐπὶ Μόλωνος ἄρχοντος, ἐκκλησίας γενομένης καὶ εἰσαγγελθέντων ὑμῖν πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων πραγμάτων, ἐψηφίσασθε τὰς ναῦς καθέλκειν τοὺς τριηράρχους· ὧν καὶ ἐγὼ ἦν. καὶ τὸν μὲν καιρὸν τὸν συμβεβηκότα τῇ πόλει τότε οὐκ ἐμὲ δεῖ διεξελθεῖν, ἀλλʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀναμνησθῆναι, ὅτι Τῆνος μὲν καταληφθεῖσα ὑπʼ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐξηνδραποδίσθη, Μιλτοκύθης δὲ ἀφειστήκει ἀπὸ Κότυος καὶ πρέσβεις ἐπεπόμφει περὶ συμμαχίας, βοηθεῖν κελεύων καὶ τὴν Χερρόνησον ἀποδιδούς, Προκοννήσιοι δὲ σύμμαχοι ὄντες ἱκέτευον ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ δήμῳ βοηθῆσαι αὑτοῖς, λέγοντες ὅτι ὑπὸ Κυζικηνῶν κατέχονται τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν, καὶ μὴ περιιδεῖν ἀπολομένους·

[¶4] 6. When you heard all these tidings at that time in the assembly from both the speakers themselves and those who supported them; when furthermore the merchants and shipowners were about to sail out of the Pontus, and the Byzantines and Calchedonians and Cyzicenes were forcing their ships to put in to their ports because of the scarcity of grain in their own countries; seeing also that the price of grain was advancing in the Peiraeus, and that there was not very much to be bought, you voted that the trierarchs should launch their ships and bring them up to the pier, and that the members of the senate and the demarchs should make out lists of the demesmen and reports of available seamen, and that the armament should be despatched at once, and aid sent to the various regions. And this decree, proposed by Aristophon, was passed, as follows: The Decree The decree, then, you have heard, men of the jury.

> Greek: 6. ὧν ἀκούοντες τότε ὑμεῖς ἐν τῷ δήμῳ αὐτῶν τε λεγόντων καὶ τῶν συναγορευόντων αὐτοῖς, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἐμπόρων καὶ τῶν ναυκλήρων περὶ ἔκπλουν ὄντων ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου, καὶ Βυζαντίων καὶ Καλχηδονίων καὶ Κυζικηνῶν καταγόντων τὰ πλοῖα ἕνεκα τῆς ἰδίας χρείας τοῦ σίτου, καὶ ὁρῶντες ἐν τῷ Πειραιεῖ τὸν σῖτον ἐπιτιμώμενον καὶ οὐκ ὄντα ἄφθονον ὠνεῖσθαι, ἐψηφίσασθε τάς τε ναῦς καθέλκειν τοὺς τριηράρχους καὶ παρακομίζειν ἐπὶ τὸ χῶμα, καὶ τοὺς βουλευτὰς καὶ τοὺς δημάρχους καταλόγους ποιεῖσθαι τῶν δημοτῶν καὶ ἀποφέρειν ναύτας, καὶ διὰ τάχους τὸν ἀπόστολον ποιεῖσθαι καὶ βοηθεῖν ἑκασταχοῖ. καὶ ἐνίκησε τὸ Ἀριστοφῶντος ψήφισμα τουτί. ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ.

[¶5] 7. For my own part, when the sailors listed by the demesmen did not appear, save a very few, and these incompetent, I dismissed them; and having mortgaged my property and borrowed money, I was the first to man my ship, hiring the best sailors possible by giving to each man large bonuses and advance payments. More than that, I furnished the ship with equipment wholly my own, taking nothing from the public stores, and I made everything as beautiful and magnificent as possible, outdoing all the other trierarchs. As for rowers, I hired the best that could be had.

> Greek: 7. τοῦ μὲν ψηφίσματος τοίνυν ἀκηκόατε, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί. ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπειδή μοι οὐκ ἦλθον οἱ ναῦται οἱ καταλεγέντες ὑπὸ τῶν δημοτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἢ ὀλίγοι καὶ οὗτοι ἀδύνατοι, τούτους μὲν ἀφῆκα, ὑποθεὶς δὲ τὴν οὐσίαν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ δανεισάμενος ἀργύριον πρῶτος ἐπληρωσάμην τὴν ναῦν, μισθωσάμενος ναύτας ὡς οἷόν τʼ ἦν ἀρίστους, δωρεὰς καὶ προδόσεις δοὺς ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν μεγάλας. ἔτι δὲ σκεύεσιν ἰδίοις τὴν ναῦν ἅπασι κατεσκεύασα, καὶ τῶν δημοσίων ἔλαβον οὐδέν, καὶ κόσμῳ ὡς οἷόν τʼ ἦν κάλλιστα καὶ διαπρεπέστατα τῶν τριηράρχων. ὑπηρεσίαν τοίνυν ἣν ἐδυνάμην κρατίστην ἐμισθωσάμην.

[¶6] 8. And not only did I defray the trierarchal expenses, which at that time were so very heavy, but I also paid in advance no small part of the taxes which you had ordered to be collected for the cost of the expedition. For when you had voted that the members of the senate on behalf of the demesmen should report the names of those who were to pay taxes in advance, both of those who were members of the demes and those who owned property in them, my name was reported from three demes, as my property was in land.

> Greek: 8. οὐ μόνον τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὰ κατὰ τὴν τριηραρχίαν ἀνήλισκον τότε οὕτω πολυτελῆ ὄντα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν χρημάτων ὧν εἰς τὸν ἔκπλουν ἐψηφίσασθε εἰσενεχθῆναι μέρος οὐκ ἐλάχιστον ἐγὼ ὑμῖν προεισήνεγκα. δόξαν γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ τῶν δημοτῶν τοὺς βουλευτὰς ἀπενεγκεῖν τοὺς προεισοίσοντας τῶν τε δημοτῶν καὶ τῶν ἐγκεκτημένων, προσαπηνέχθη μου τοὔνομα ἐν τριττοῖς δήμοις διὰ τὸ φανερὰν εἶναί μου τὴν οὐσίαν.

[¶7] 9. Of these I was the first to pay my taxes in advance, nor did I seek to get myself excused either on the ground that I was serving as trierarch and could not defray the costs of two public services at once, or that the laws did not permit such a thing. And I have never recovered the money which I advanced, because at the time I was abroad in your service as trierarch, and afterwards, when I returned, I found that the money from those who had resources had already been gathered in by others, and that those who were left had nothing.

> Greek: 9. καὶ τούτων ἐγώ, οὐδεμίαν πρόφασιν ποιησάμενος, ὅτι τριηραρχῶ καὶ οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην δύο λῃτουργίας λῃτουργεῖν οὐδὲ οἱ νόμοι ἐῶσιν, ἔθηκα τὰς προεισφορὰς πρῶτος. καὶ οὐκ εἰσεπραξάμην διὰ τὸ τότε μὲν ἀποδημεῖν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τριηραρχῶν, ὕστερον δὲ καταπλεύσας καταλαβεῖν τὰ μὲν εὔπορα ὑφʼ ἑτέρων προεξειλεγμένα, τὰ δʼ ἄπορα ὑπόλοιπα.

[¶8] 10. To prove that I am stating the truth to you in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions covering these matters, those of the persons who at that time collected the military supplies and of the despatching board; also the record of the pay which I gave out every month to the rowers and the marines, receiving from the generals subsistence-money alone, except pay for two months only in a period of a year and five months also a list of the sailors who were hired, and how much money each of them received; to the end that from this evidence you may know how generous I was and why the defendant was unwilling to take over the ship from me when the term of my trierarchy had expired. The Depositions The proof, then, that I am uttering no falsehoods in regard to the matters which I have mentioned, you have learned, men of the jury, from the reading of the depositions.

> Greek: 10. καὶ ταῦτα ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγω πρὸς ὑμᾶς, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὰς μαρτυρίας τῶν τε τὰ στρατιωτικὰ τότε εἰσπραττόντων καὶ τῶν ἀποστολέων, καὶ τοὺς μισθοὺς οὓς ταῖς ὑπηρεσίαις καὶ τοῖς ἐπιβάταις κατὰ μῆνα ἐδίδουν, παρὰ τῶν στρατηγῶν σιτηρέσιον μόνον λαμβάνων, πλὴν δυοῖν μηνοῖν μόνον μισθὸν ἐν πέντε μησὶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῷ, καὶ τοὺς ναύτας τοὺς μισθωθέντας, [καὶ] ὅσον ἕκαστος ἔλαβεν ἀργύριον, ἵνʼ ἐκ τούτων εἰδῆτε τὴν ἐμὴν προθυμίαν, καὶ οὗτος διʼ ὅ τι παραλαβεῖν παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ναῦν οὐκ ἤθελεν, ἐπειδή μοι ὁ χρόνος ἐξῆλθεν τῆς τριηραρχίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.

[¶9] 11. But, further, you will all agree with me that what I am about to say is true. It is admitted that the usefulness of a ship is done away with, first, if the men are not paid, and secondly, if she put into the Peiraeus before her expedition is finished; for in that case there is a great deal of desertion, and those of the sailors who remain are unwilling to embark again, unless additional money is given them for their household expenses. Both of these things happened to me, men of the jury, so that my trierarchy became the more costly.

> Greek: 11. ὅτι μὲν τοίνυν οὐ ψεύδομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ ὧν εἶπον, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τῶν μαρτυριῶν ἀναγιγνωσκομένων ἀκηκόατε. ἔτι δὲ περὶ ὧν μέλλω λέγειν, ἅπαντές μοι ὁμολογήσετε ὅτι ἀληθῆ ἐστιν. τριήρους γὰρ ὁμολογεῖται κατάλυσις εἶναι, πρῶτον μέν, ἐὰν μὴ μισθόν τις διδῷ, δεύτερον δέ, ἐὰν εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ μεταξὺ καταπλεύσῃ· ἀπόλειψίς τε γὰρ πλείστη γίγνεται, οἵ τε παραμένοντες τῶν ναυτῶν οὐκ ἐθέλουσιν πάλιν ἐμβαίνειν, ἐὰν μή τις αὐτοῖς ἕτερον ἀργύριον διδῷ ὥστε τὰ οἰκεῖα διοικήσασθαι. ἃ ἐμοὶ ἀμφότερα συνέβη, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὥστε πολυτελεστέραν μοι γενέσθαι τὴν τριηραρχίαν.

[¶10] 12. For I received no pay from the general for the space of eight months, and I sailed home to Peiraeus with the ambassadors because my ship was the fastest sailer, and again, when I was ordered by the people to take Menon the general to the Hellespont to replace Autocles, who had been removed from his command, I set sail on short notice from Athens. In the place of the seamen who had deserted I hired others, giving them large bonuses and advance payments, and I gave to those of the original sailors who stayed with me something to leave behind for the maintenance of their households in addition to what they had before;

> Greek: 12. καὶ γὰρ μισθὸν οὐδένα λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ὀκτὼ μηνῶν, κατέπλευσα τοὺς πρέσβεις ἄγων διὰ τὸ ἄριστά μοι πλεῖν τὴν ναῦν, καὶ ἐνθένδε πάλιν, προσταχθέν μοι ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου Μένωνα τὸν στρατηγὸν ἄγειν εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον ἀντὶ Αὐτοκλέους ἀποχειροτονηθέντος, ᾠχόμην ἀναγόμενος διὰ τάχους. καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ἀπολιπόντων μὲν ναυτῶν ἑτέρους ἐμισθωσάμην ναύτας, δωρεὰς καὶ προδόσεις αὐτοῖς διδοὺς μεγάλας, τοῖς δὲ παραμείνασι τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ἔδωκά τι εἰς διοίκησιν τῶν οἰκείων καταλιπεῖν πρὸς ᾧ πρότερον εἶχον, οὐκ ἀγνοῶν τὴν παροῦσαν χρείαν, ὡς ἀναγκαία ἦν ἑκάστῳ, ἀπορῶν δὲ αὐτὸς ὡς μὰ τὸν Δία καὶ τὸν Ἀπόλλω οὐδεὶς ἄν μοι πιστεύσειεν, ὅστις μὴ ἀληθῶς παρηκολούθηκε τοῖς ἐμοῖς πράγμασιν.

[¶11] 13. for I was well aware of the need they felt, and how it pressed upon each one, and I was myself embarrassed for funds as, by Zeus and Apollo, no one could believe, who had not accurately followed the course of my affairs. However, I mortgaged my farm to Thrasylochus and Archeneüs, and having borrowed thirty minae from them and distributed the money among the crew, I put to sea, that no part of the people’s orders might fail to be carried out, as far as it depended on me. And the people, hearing of this, gave me a vote of thanks, and invited me to dine in the Prytaneum. To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the deposition dealing with these facts, and the decree of the people. The Deposition. The Decree Then, when we came to the Hellespont, and the term of my trierarchy had expired, and no pay had been given to the soldiers except for two months when another general, Timomachus, had come—though even he brought to the fleet no new trierarchs to relieve those in service,—many of my crew became discouraged and went off, deserting the ship, some to the mainland to take military service, and some to the fleet of the Thasians, and Maronites, won over by the promise of high pay and receiving substantial sums in advance.

> Greek: 13. ὑποθεὶς δὲ τὸ χωρίον Θρασυλόχῳ καὶ Ἀρχένεῳ, καὶ δανεισάμενος τριάκοντα μνᾶς παρʼ αὐτῶν καὶ διαδοὺς τοῖς ναύταις, ᾠχόμην ἀναγόμενος, ἵνα μηδὲν ἐλλείποι τῷ δήμῳ ὧν προσέταξε τὸ κατʼ ἐμέ. καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἀκούσας ταῦτα ἐπῄνεσέν τέ με, καὶ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖον ἐκάλεσεν. καὶ ὡς ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὴν μαρτυρίαν καὶ τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ τοῦ δήμου. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον ἤλθομεν, καὶ ὅ τε χρόνος ἐξεληλύθει μοι τῆς τριηραρχίας, καὶ μισθὸς οὐκ ἀπεδόθη τοῖς στρατιώταις ἀλλʼ ἢ δυοῖν μηνοῖν, ἕτερός τε στρατηγὸς ἧκεν Τιμόμαχος, καὶ οὗτος διαδόχους οὐκ ἄγων ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς, ἀθυμήσαντές μοι πολλοὶ τοῦ πληρώματος ᾤχοντο ἀπολιπόντες τὴν ναῦν, οἱ μὲν εἰς τὴν ἤπειρον στρατευσόμενοι, οἱ δὲ εἰς τὰς Θασίων καὶ Μαρωνιτῶν ναῦς, μισθῷ μεγάλῳ πεισθέντες καὶ ἀργύριον πολὺ προλαβόντες καὶ ὑπὸ πολλῶν αὖ τῷ λόγῳ ἐξηπατημένοι.

[¶12] 15. They saw also that my resources were by now exhausted, that the state was neglectful of them, that our allies were in need, and the generals not to be depended on, and that they had been deceived by the words of many of them; and they knew that the term of my trierarchy had expired and that their voyage was not to be homeward and that no successor had arrived to take command from whom they could expect any relief. For the more ambitious I had been to man my ship with good rowers, by so much was the desertion from me greater than from the other trierarchs.

> Greek: 15. καὶ τὰ μὲν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξανηλωμένα ἤδη ὁρῶντες, τὰ δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἀμελῆ, τὰ δὲ τῶν συμμάχων ἄπορα, τὰ δὲ τῶν στρατηγῶν ἄπιστα, καὶ τὸν χρόνον ἐξήκοντα τῆς τριηραρχίας καὶ τὸν πλοῦν οὐκέτʼ ὄντα οἴκαδε, οὐδὲ διάδοχον ἥκοντα ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν, παρʼ οὗ ἄν τις ἠξίωσεν ὠφεληθῆναι. ὅσῳ γὰρ φιλοτιμούμενος ἄμεινον ἐπληρωσάμην τὴν ναῦν ἐρετῶν ἀγαθῶν, τοσούτῳ μοι πλείστη ἀπόλειψις ἐγένετο τῶν ἄλλων τριηράρχων.

[¶13] 16. For the others had this advantage at any rate, that the sailors who had come to their ships drawn from the official lists, stayed with them in order to make sure of their return home when the general should discharge them; whereas mine, trusting in their skill as able rowers, went off wherever they were likely to be re-employed at the highest wages, thinking more of their gain for the immediate present than of the danger impending over them, if they should ever be caught by me.

> Greek: 16. τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοις, εἰ μή τι ἄλλο, οἵ γε ἐκ καταλόγου ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν παρέμενον τηροῦντες τὴν οἴκαδε σωτηρίαν, ὁπότε αὐτοὺς ἀφήσει ὁ στρατηγός· οἱ δʼ ἐμοὶ ναῦται πιστεύοντες αὑτοῖς ἐπὶ τῷ δύνασθαι ἐλαύνειν, ὅπου ἔμελλον ἀργύριον πάλιν πλεῖστον λήψεσθαι, ἐνταῦθʼ ἀπῇσαν, ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν τῷ παρόντι εὐπορίαν κρείττω εἶναι αὑτοῖς τοῦ μέλλοντος φόβου, εἴ ποτε ληφθείησαν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ.

[¶14] 17. Consequently when my affairs were in the condition which I have described, and at the same time I was ordered by the general, Timomachus, to sail to Hieron to convoy the grain, though he provided no pay (word had been brought that the Byzantines and the Calchedonians were again bringing the ships into port and forcing them to unload their grain), I borrowed money from Archidemus of Anaphlystus, fifteen minae at interest, and I secured from Nicippus, the shipowner, who happened to be in Sestus, eight hundred drachmae, as a maritime loan at 12 1/2 per cent, on condition that I should pay him principal and interest when the ship should get safely back to Athens.

> Greek: 17. τοιούτων τοίνυν μοι τῶν πραγμάτων συμβεβηκότων, καὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ἅμα Τιμομάχου προστάξαντος πλεῖν ἐφʼ Ἱερὸν ἐπὶ τὴν παραπομπὴν τοῦ σίτου καὶ μισθὸν οὐ διδόντος, εἰσαγγελθέντων δὲ ὅτι Βυζάντιοι καὶ Καλχηδόνιοι πάλιν κατάγουσι τὰ πλοῖα καὶ ἀναγκάζουσι τὸν σῖτον ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, δανεισάμενος ἐγὼ ἀργύριον παρʼ Ἀρχεδήμου μὲν τοῦ Ἀναφλυστίου πεντεκαίδεκα μνᾶς ἐπίτοκον, ὀκτακοσίας δὲ δραχμὰς παρὰ Νικίππου τοῦ ναυκλήρου ναυτικὸν ἀνειλόμην, ὃς ἔτυχεν ὢν ἐν Σηστῷ, ἐπόγδοον, σωθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου Ἀθήναζε ἀποδοῦναι αὐτὸ καὶ τοὺς τόκους, καὶ πέμψας Εὐκτήμονα τὸν πεντηκόνταρχον εἰς Λάμψακον, δοὺς αὐτῷ ἀργύριον καὶ γράμματα πρὸς τοὺς ξένους τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἐμοῦ, ἐκέλευσά μοι αὐτὸν ναύτας μισθώσασθαι ὡς ἂν δύνηται ἀρίστους·

[¶15] 18. Further, I sent Euctemon, the pentecontarch, to Lampsacus, giving him money and letters to friends of my father, and bade him hire for me the best sailors he could. I myself stayed in Sestus and gave some money—all I had—to the old sailors who stayed with me, since the term of my trierarchy had expired, and I secured also some other sailors at full pay, while the general was making ready for his voyage to Hieron.

> Greek: 18. αὐτὸς δʼ ὑπομείνας ἐν Σηστῷ τοῖς τε παραμείνασι τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ἔδωκά τι, ὅσον εἶχον, ἐπειδή μοι ὁ χρόνος ἐξῆκεν τῆς τριηραρχίας, καὶ ἑτέρους ναύτας ἐντελομίσθους προσέλαβον, ἐν ὅσῳ ὁ στρατηγὸς τὸν ἀνάπλουν τὸν ἐφʼ Ἱερὸν παρεσκευάζετο.

[¶16] 19. But when Euctemon came back from Lampsacus, bringing the sailors whom he had hired, and the general gave the word for us to put to sea, it happened that Euctemon suddenly fell sick, and was in a very serious condition. I, therefore, gave him his pay, adding money for his journey, and sent him home; while I secured another pentecontarch and put out to sea to convoy the grain, and I stayed there forty-five days, until the vessels sailed out from Pontus after the rising of Arcturus.

> Greek: 19. ἐπειδὴ δʼ ὅ τε Εὐκτήμων ἧκεν ἐκ τῆς Λαμψάκου ἄγων τοὺς ναύτας οὓς ἐμισθώσατο, καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς παρήγγειλεν ἀνάγεσθαι, τῷ μὲν Εὐκτήμονι ἀσθενῆσαι ἐξαίφνης συνέβη, καὶ πάνυ πονηρῶς διετέθη· τούτῳ μὲν οὖν ἀποδοὺς τὸν μισθὸν καὶ ἐφόδια προσθεὶς ἀπέπεμψα οἴκαδε· αὐτὸς δὲ πεντηκόνταρχον ἕτερον λαβὼν ἀνηγόμην ἐπὶ τὴν παραπομπὴν τοῦ σίτου, καὶ ἐκεῖ περιέμεινα πέντε καὶ τετταράκοντα ἡμέρας, ἕως ὁ ἔκπλους τῶν πλοίων τῶν μετʼ ἀρκτοῦρον ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου ἐγένετο.

[¶17] 20. When I arrived at Sestus, I expected to sail for home, as my term of service had expired, and I had already served two months beyond it and no successor had arrived to take over the ship. The general, Timomachus, however,—for an embassy from the Maronites had come to him, begging him to convoy their grain ships—ordered us trierarchs to make cables fast to the ships and tow them to Maroneia—a long voyage across the open sea.

> Greek: 20. ἀφικόμενος δὲ εἰς Σηστὸν ἐγὼ μὲν ᾤμην οἴκαδε καταπλεύσεσθαι, τοῦ τε χρόνου μοι ἐξήκοντος καὶ ἐπιτετριηραρχημένων ἤδη μοι δυοῖν μηνοῖν καὶ διαδόχου οὐχ ἥκοντος ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν· ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς Τιμόμαχος, ἀφικομένων ὡς αὐτὸν πρέσβεων Μαρωνιτῶν καὶ δεομένων αὑτοῖς τὰ πλοῖα παραπέμψαι τὰ σιτηγά, προσέταξεν ἡμῖν τοῖς τριηράρχοις ἀναδησαμένοις τὰ πλοῖα ἕλκειν εἰς Μαρώνειαν, πλοῦν καὶ πολὺν καὶ πελάγιον.

[¶18] 21. I have told all these facts to you from the beginning, that you may know how much I have myself expended and how burdensome my service as trierarch has been to me, and all the expenses which I subsequently bore in the interest of the defendant by serving beyond my term, since he did not come to take over the ship, and all the dangers I myself incurred from storms and from the enemy. For after we had convoyed the ships to Maroneia, and had arrived at Thasos, Timomachus came and undertook again in conjunction with the Thasians to convoy grain and a body of peltasts to Strymê, with the intention of taking the place himself.

> Greek: 21. καὶ ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν διὰ τοῦτο ἅπαντα διηγησάμην ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅσα ἀνηλωκὼς αὐτὸς καὶ ἡλίκης μοι γεγενημένης τῆς λῃτουργίας ὕστερον ὅσα ἀναλώματα ὑπὲρ τούτου ἀνήλωσα ἐπιτριηραρχῶν, οὐχ ἥκοντος τούτου ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν, καὶ κινδύνους ὅσους ἐκινδύνευσα αὐτὸς πρός τε χειμῶνα καὶ πρὸς πολεμίους. μετὰ γὰρ τὴν παραπομπὴν τῶν πλοίων τὴν εἰς Μαρώνειαν καὶ τὴν ἄφιξιν τὴν εἰς Θάσον, ἀφικόμενος παρέπεμπε πάλιν ὁ Τιμόμαχος μετὰ τῶν Θασίων εἰς [τὴν] Στρύμην σῖτον καὶ πελταστάς, ὡς παραληψόμενος αὐτὸς τὸ χωρίον.

[¶19] 22. However, the Maronites arrayed their ships against us in defence of the place, and offered battle, and our men were tired out with their long voyage and from towing the ships from Thasos to Strymê besides, it was stormy, and the place offered no harbor, and it was impossible to go ashore and get a meal, for the country was hostile, and all around the wall bands of mercenaries and barbarians from the neighborhood lay encamped; so we were forced to ride at anchor all night long in the open sea without food and without sleep, keeping watch lest the ships of the Maronites should attack us in the night.

> Greek: 22. παραταξαμένων δὲ Μαρωνιτῶν ἡμῖν ταῖς ναυσὶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ χωρίου τούτου καὶ μελλόντων ναυμαχήσειν, καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀπειρηκότων, πλοῦν πολὺν πεπλευκότων καὶ πλοῖα ἑλκόντων ἐκ Θάσου εἰς Στρύμην, ἔτι δὲ χειμῶνος ὄντος καὶ τοῦ χωρίου ἀλιμένου, καὶ ἐκβῆναι οὐκ ὂν οὐδὲ δειπνοποιήσασθαι πολεμίας τῆς χώρας οὔσης καὶ περικαθημένων κύκλῳ τὸ τεῖχος καὶ ξένων μισθοφόρων καὶ βαρβάρων προσοίκων, ἀναγκαῖον ἦν ἐπʼ ἀγκύρας ἀποσαλεύειν τὴν νύκτα μετεώρους, ἀσίτους καὶ ἀγρύπνους, φυλαττομένους μὴ τῆς νυκτὸς ἡμῖν ἐπιθῶνται αἱ Μαρωνιτῶν τριήρεις.

[¶20] 23. Nor was this all. It was our lot to have by night rain and thunder and a violent wind at that season of the year (for the time was just at the setting of the Pleiades ); so can you not imagine, men of the jury, what despondency fell upon our men, and what an amount of desertion I had again to face after this? For the old sailors had borne many hardships and received but little compensation—merely what I was able to borrow and give to each man in addition to what they had had from me before, since the general did not supply enough even for their daily sustenance. By now I had served three months beyond my term, and the defendant had not yet come to take over the ship; but I borrowed money and hired sailors to replace those who had deserted.

> Greek: 23. ἔτι δὲ συνέβη τῆς νυκτὸς ὥρᾳ ἔτους ὕδωρ καὶ βροντὰς καὶ ἄνεμον μέγαν γενέσθαι (ὑπʼ αὐτὰς γὰρ Πλειάδων δύσεις οἱ χρόνοι οὗτοι ἦσαν), ἐξ ὧν τίνα οὐκ οἴεσθε, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τοῖς στρατιώταις ἀθυμίαν ἐμπεσεῖν; πόσην δέ μοι μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπόλειψιν γενέσθαι πάλιν, τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ταλαιπωρουμένων μὲν πολλά, ὠφελουμένων δὲ βραχέα, ὅσα ἐγὼ δυναίμην ἑκάστῳ δανειζόμενος ἐπαρκέσαι πρὸς ᾧ πρότερον εἶχον παρʼ ἐμοῦ, ἐπεὶ ὅ γε στρατηγὸς οὐδὲ τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμέραν αὐτοῖς τροφὴν διαρκῆ ἐδίδου. καὶ ἤδη τρεῖς μῆνες ἐπετετριηράρχηντό μοι, καὶ οὐδέπω οὗτος ἧκεν ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν, ἀλλʼ ἐμισθούμην ναύτας ἀντὶ τῶν ἀπολιπόντων, δανειζόμενος ἀργύριον.

[¶21] 24. The defendant alone of the trierarchs appointed to succeed us has no excuse left him for not having come to take over the ship long before. For Euctemon, the pentecontarch, after he was sent home from the Hellespont on account of his sickness, when he reached port and heard that Polycles had been appointed to relieve me, knowing that the term of my trierarchy had expired and that I was now serving over time, took with him my father-in-law, Deinias, and coming up to Polycles in the sample market, bade him set sail and take over the ship with all speed, telling him that the expenses which were incurred every day in addition to the provision money supplied by the general were very heavy.

> Greek: 24. μόνῳ τοίνυν τούτῳ τῶν ἄλλων διαδόχων οὐκ ἔστι πρόφασις ὑπολειπομένη, διʼ ὅ τι οὐ πάλαι ἧκεν ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν. ὁ γὰρ Εὐκτήμων ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου ἀπεστάλη οἴκαδε ἀσθενήσας, ἐπειδὴ κατέπλευσε καὶ ἤκουσε τοῦτον ἐμοὶ διάδοχον καθεστηκότα, εἰδὼς τόν τε χρόνον ἐξήκοντά μοι τῆς τριηραρχίας καὶ ἤδη ἐπιτριηραρχοῦντά με, παραλαβὼν Δεινίαν τὸν κηδεστὴν τὸν ἐμὸν προσέρχεται αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ δείγματι, καὶ ἐκέλευεν αὐτὸν ὡς τάχιστα ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν ἀποπλεῖν, ὡς τῶν ἀναλωμάτων πολλῶν ὄντων ἃ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἑκάστην πρὸς τῷ παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ σιτηρεσίῳ εἰς τὴν ναῦν διδομένῳ ἀνηλίσκετο, καθʼ ἕκαστον αὐτῷ διεξιὼν τούς τε μισθοὺς τοὺς τῇ ὑπηρεσίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ἐπιβάταις κατὰ μῆνα διδομένους, τοῖς τε ναύταις οὓς αὐτὸς ἐκ τῆς Λαμψάκου ἐμισθώσατο, καὶ τοῖς ὕστερον ἐπεμβᾶσιν ἀντὶ τῶν ἀπολιπόντων, ἔτι δὲ ὃ τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ἑκάστῳ προσέθηκα δεηθέντι, ἐπειδή μοι ὁ χρόνος ἐξῆκε τῆς τριηραρχίας, καὶ τἄλλα ὅσα ἦν τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἑκάστην ἀναλισκόμενα εἰς τὴν ναῦν, οὐκ ἀπείρως ἔχων·

[¶22] 25. He told him in detail of the pay given each month to the rowers and the marines, both to the sailors whom he had himself hired at Lampsacus and to those who came on board subsequently to replace those who had deserted, and also of the additional sums which I had given to each of the old sailors at their request after the term of my trierarchy had expired, and all the rest of the money expended upon the ship from day to day. With all these matters Euctemon was thoroughly acquainted, for it was through him as pentecontarch that all purchases and disbursements were made. He told him, too, about the ship’s equipment, that it was wholly my own, and that I had nothing from the public stores. “Therefore,” he said, “plan to come to an agreement with him, or sail from here taking your own equipment with you. I think, however,” he added, “that he will readily come to terms with you; for he owes money there, which he will be glad to pay from the price of the equipment.” When the defendant heard these words from Euctemon and Deinias my father-in-law, he made no answer to them regarding the matters of which they spoke but, they said, he broke into a laugh, and said, “The mouse has just tasted pitch; for he wanted to be an Athenian.”

> Greek: 25. διὰ γὰρ ἐκείνου πεντηκονταρχοῦντος καὶ ἠγοράζετο καὶ ἀνηλίσκετο. καὶ περὶ τῶν σκευῶν ἔφραζεν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἴδια ἔχοιμι καὶ δημόσιον οὐδέν· ὡς οὖν, ἔφη, [ἢ] πείσων ἐκεῖνον διανοοῦ, ἢ σκεύη ἔχων σαυτῷ ἀνάπλει. οἶμαι δέ σοι, ἔφη, αὐτὸν οὐδὲν διοίσεσθαι· ὀφείλει γὰρ ἀργύριον ἐκεῖ, ὃ διαλῦσαι βουλήσεται ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς τῶν σκευῶν. ἀκούσας δὲ οὗτος ταῦτα τοῦ τʼ Εὐκτήμονος καὶ τοῦ Δεινίου τοῦ κηδεστοῦ τοῦ ἐμοῦ, περὶ μὲν ὧν ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ἀποκρίνεται, γελάσαντα δὲ ἔφασαν αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται· ἐβούλετο γὰρ Ἀθηναῖος εἶναι.

[¶23] 27. Well, when he paid no heed to what he heard from Euctemon and Deinias, later on Pythodorus of Acharnae, and Apollodorus of Leuconoë, friends and connections of mine, again approached him, and urged him to go and take over the ship, as he had been designated as my successor; and they told him about the equipment, that it was wholly my own, and that I had nothing from the public stores.

> Greek: 27. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν τοῦ Εὐκτήμονος καὶ τοῦ Δεινίου ἀκούσας οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζεν, πάλιν αὐτῷ προσέρχονται ὕστερον Πυθόδωρός τε ὁ Ἀχαρνεὺς καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Λευκονοεύς, ἐπιτήδειοι ὄντες ἐμοὶ καὶ φίλοι, καὶ ἐκέλευον αὐτὸν ἐπί τε τὴν ναῦν ἀπιέναι ὡς διάδοχον ὄντα, καὶ περὶ τῶν σκευῶν ἔφραζον αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἴδια ἔχοιμι ἅπαντα καὶ δημόσιον οὐδέν·

[¶24] 28. “So, if you want to make use of that,” they said, “leave money here, and do not run the risk of carrying it abroad.” For they wanted to redeem the farm for me by paying Archeneüs and Thrasylochus thirty minae. Regarding the wear and tear of the ship’s equipment they were willing to draw up an agreement with him, and themselves to be sureties for me, that he would assuredly have the terms which the other trierarchs gave to their successors. To prove that I am speaking the truth in all this, the clerk shall read you the depositions bearing upon these matters. The Depositions There are many proofs from which I think I can show you that Polycles neither at the first intended to take over the ship from me, nor, after he was forced by you and your decree to go and join the ship, was he willing to take it over as my successor.

> Greek: 28. εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐκείνοις ἐθέλεις χρῆσθαι, κατάλιπε ἔφασαν ἀργύριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ διακινδύνευε ἐκεῖσε ἄγων, ἵνα λύσωνταί μοι τὸ χωρίον, ἀποδόντες Ἀρχένεῳ καὶ Θρασυλόχῳ ⟨τὰς⟩ τριάκοντα μνᾶς. περὶ δὲ ἀποτριβῆς τῶν σκευῶν, ἤθελον αὐτῷ γράμματα γράφειν, καὶ ἐγγυηταὶ αὐτοὶ γίγνεσθαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἦ μὴν ἔσεσθαι αὐτῷ ὅ τι ἂν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τριηράρχοις πρὸς τοὺς διαδόχους ᾖ. ὡς οὖν πάντα ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὰς μαρτυρίας. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.

[¶25] 29. For after he arrived at Thasos, when I was serving for the fourth month after my term had expired, I took witnesses with me, as many of the citizens as I could and the marines and rowers, and, coming up to him in the market-place at Thasos, I bade him take over the ship from me as my successor and repay me what I had expended since the expiration of my term.

> Greek: 29. ἐκ πολλῶν μὲν τοίνυν τεκμηρίων οἶμαι ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξειν Πολυκλέα ὅτι οὔτε αὐτόθεν διενοεῖτο παραλαμβάνειν παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ναῦν, οὔτε, ἐπειδὴ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν καὶ τοῦ ψηφίσματος τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἠναγκάσθη ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν ἀπιέναι, ἐλθὼν ἠθέλησέ μοι διαδέξασθαι αὐτήν. οὗτος γὰρ ἐπειδὴ ἀφίκετο εἰς Θάσον ἤδη μου τέταρτον μῆνα ἐπιτριηραρχοῦντος, παραλαβὼν ἐγὼ μάρτυρας τῶν τε πολιτῶν ὡς ἐδυνάμην πλείστους καὶ τοὺς ἐπιβάτας καὶ τὴν ὑπηρεσίαν προσέρχομαι αὐτῷ ἐν Θάσῳ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, καὶ ἐκέλευον αὐτὸν τήν τε ναῦν παραλαμβάνειν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ὡς διάδοχον ὄντα, καὶ τοῦ ἐπιτετριηραρχημένου χρόνου ἀποδιδόναι μοι τἀναλώματα.

[¶26] 30. I was ready to reckon it up item by item, while I had by me as witnesses to the expenditures the sailors and the marines and the rowers, in order that, if he disputed anything, I might refute him at once. Everything had been recorded so accurately by me, that I had written down not only the disbursements themselves, but also the objects for which the money had been spent, the nature of the service rendered, what the price was, in the coinage of what country the payment was made, and what the loss in exchange was, in order that I might be able to give convincing proof to my successor, if he thought any false entries were being made against him.

> Greek: 30. λογίσασθαι δʼ ἤθελον αὐτῷ καθʼ ἕκαστον, ἕως μοι μάρτυρες παρῆσαν τῶν ἀνηλωμένων οἵ τε ναῦται καὶ οἱ ἐπιβάται καὶ ἡ ὑπηρεσία, ἵνʼ εἴ τι ἀντιλέγοι εὐθὺς ἐξελέγχοιμι. οὕτω γάρ μοι ἀκριβῶς ἐγέγραπτο, ὥστʼ οὐ μόνον αὐτά μοι τἀναλώματα ἐγέγραπτο, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅποι ἀνηλώθη καὶ ὅ τι ποιούντων, καὶ ἡ τιμὴ τίς ἦν καὶ νόμισμα ποδαπόν, καὶ ὁπόσου ἡ καταλλαγὴ ἦν τῷ ἀργυρίῳ, ἵνʼ εἴη ἀκριβῶς ἐξελέγξαι με τῷ διαδόχῳ, εἴ τι ἡγοῖτο ψεῦδος αὑτῷ λογίζεσθαι.

[¶27] 31. And besides I was ready to take an oath to confirm my reckoning. Upon my giving him this challenge, he answered that he had no interest in what I was saying. At this point a servant came from the general with orders for me to set sail. The order was given to me, not to the defendant, my successor, upon whom the duty was now devolving; but the reason for this I will explain in the course of my address. For the time being it seemed to me best to weigh anchor and sail where he ordered me, but when I put into Thasos again, after towing the vessels to Strymê as the general had ordered, bidding the sailors and the marines and the rowers to remain on board, I went by myself to the house where the general, Timomachus, lodged, wishing that he too should be present, when I offered the ship with her full crew to the defendant Polycles.

> Greek: 31. ἔτι δὲ καὶ πίστιν αὐτῷ ἐπιθεὶς ἠθέλησα λογίσασθαι τὰ ἀνηλωμένα. προκαλουμένου δέ μου ταῦτα, ἀπεκρίνατό μοι ὅτι οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μέλοι ὧν λέγοιμι. ἐν δὲ τούτῳ ὑπηρέτης ἥκων παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ἐμοὶ παρήγγελλεν ἀνάγεσθαι, οὐ τούτῳ τῷ διαδόχῳ, οὗ ἡ λῃτουργία ἤδη ἐγίγνετο· τούτου δὲ τὸ αἴτιον ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς προϊόντος τοῦ λόγου διδάξω. τότε μὲν οὖν μοι ἐδόκει ἀνάγεσθαι καὶ πλεῖν οἷ ἐκέλευεν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ κατέπλευσα πάλιν εἰς Θάσον, ἑλκύσας τὰ πλοῖα εἰς Στρύμην, οἷ προσέταξεν ὁ στρατηγός, κελεύσας τοὺς ναύτας ἐν τῇ νηὶ μένειν καὶ τοὺς ἐπιβάτας καὶ τὴν ὑπηρεσίαν, ἐκβὰς αὐτὸς πορεύομαι ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν οὗ κατήγετο Τιμόμαχος ὁ στρατηγός, βουλόμενος κἀκείνου ἐναντίον παραδιδόναι τὴν ναῦν Πολυκλεῖ τουτῳὶ πλήρη.