1. When I told her what had happened and explained that Athenogenes was rude to me and unwilling to come to any reasonable agreement, she said that he was always like that and told me not to worry, as she would support me in everything herself.
1. … ⟨αὐτ⟩ήν. εἰπόντος δέ μου πρὸς αὐτὴν τά τε ⟨πραχθέ⟩ντα, καὶ ὅτι μοι Ἀθηνογένης χαλε⟨πὸς⟩ εἴη καὶ οὐδὲν ἐθέλοι τῶν μετρίων ⟨συγ⟩χωρεῖν, τοῦτον μὲν ἔφη ἀεὶ τοιοῦτον ⟨εἶν⟩αι, ἐμὲ δʼ ἐκέλευε θαρρεῖν· αὐτὴ γάρ μοι ⟨πά⟩ντα συναγωνιεῖσθαι.
2. Her manner when she said this could not have been more sincere, and she took the most solemn oaths to prove that she was thinking only of my welfare and was telling me the plain truth. So, to be quite honest with you, gentlemen of the jury, I took her at her word. That is how love, I suppose, upsets a man’s natural balance when it takes a woman as its ally. She, at any rate, by this act of wholesale trickery pocketed, as a reward for her kindness, a further three hundred drachmas, ostensibly to buy a girl.
2. καὶ ταῦτʼ ἔλεγεν ⟨σπο⟩υδάζουσά τε τῷ ἤθει ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα ⟨καὶ⟩ ὀμνύουσα τοὺς μεγίστους ὅρκους, ἦ μὴν ⟨με⟩τʼ εὐνοίας τῆς ἐμῆς λέγειν καὶ ἐπὶ ⟨πάση⟩ς ἀληθείας· ὥστʼ ἐμέ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικα⟨σταί, ῥηθ⟩ήσεται γὰρ πρὸς ὑμᾶς τἀληθές, ταῦ⟨τα π⟩επεῖσθαι. οὕτως, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἐξίστησιν ⟨ἀνθρώπου⟩ φύσιν ἔρως, προσλαβὼν γυναι⟨κὸς συνεργ⟩ίαν. ἐκείνη γοῦν φενακίζουσα ⟨ἅπαντ⟩α ταῦτα προσπεριέκοψε⟨ν α⟩ὑτῇ ⟨ὡς δὴ⟩ εἰς παιδίσκην τριακοσίας δραχμὰς ⟨εὐν⟩οίας ἕνεκα.
3. Perhaps there is nothing very surprising, gentlemen of the jury, in my having been taken in like this by Antigone, a woman who was, I am told, the most gifted courtesan of her time and who has continued to practise as a procuress … has ruined the house of … of the deme Chollidae which was equal to any. And yet if that was how she behaved on her own, what do you think her plans are now when she has taken Athenogenes into partnership, who is a speechwriter, a man of affairs and, most significant of all, an Egyptian?
3. ἴσως μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δι⟨κας⟩ταί, οὐδὲν ⟨ὑπερ⟩θαύμαστόν με ὑπὸ Ἀν⟨τιγόν⟩ας τὸν τρόπον τουτονὶ παιδαγω⟨γηθῆ⟩ναι, γυναικὸς ἣ δεινοτάτη μὲν ⟨τῶν⟩ ἑταιρῶν, ὥς φασιν, ἐφʼ ἡλ⟨ικί⟩ας ἐγένε⟨το, διατ⟩ετέλεκε δὲ πορνοβοσκοῦσα … εν … οἶκον τοῦ Χολλίδου οὐ⟨δενὸς ἐλά⟩ττω ὄντα ἀνῄρηκεν. καίτοι ⟨ὅπου καθʼ ἑ⟩αυτὴν οὖσα τοιαῦτα διεπράτ⟨τετο, τί οἴες⟩θʼ αὐτὴν νῦν ἐν⟨νο⟩εῖν, προς⟨λαβοῦσαν συ⟩ναγωνιστὴν Ἀθηνογένην, ἄνθρωπον λογογράφον τε καὶ ἀγοραῖον, τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, Αἰγύπτιον;
4. At all events, to make a long story short, she finally sent for me again later and said that after a long talk with Athenogenes she had with difficulty managed to persuade him to release Midas and both his sons for me for forty minas. She told me to produce the money as quickly as I could before Athenogenes changed his mind on any point.
4. τέλος δʼ οὖν, ἵνα μὴ μακρολογῶ, μεταπεμψαμένη γάρ με πάλιν ὕστερον εἶπεν ὅτι πολλοὺς λόγους ἀναλώσασα πρὸς τὸν Ἀθηνογένην μόλις εἴη συμπεπεικυῖα αὐτὸν ἀπολῦσαί μοι τόν τε Μίδαν κα⟨ὶ τ⟩οὺς υἱεῖς ἀμφοτέρους τετταράκοντα μνῶν, καὶ ἐκέλευέ με τὴν ταχίστην πορίζειν τὸ ἀργύριον, πρὶν μεταδόξαι τι Ἀθηνογένει.
5. After I had collected it from every source and been a nuisance to my friends I deposited the forty minas in the bank and came to Antigone. She brought us both together, Athenogenes and myself, and after reconciling us asked us to treat each other as friends in future. I consented to this and Athenogenes, the defendant, replied that I had Antigone to thank for what had passed. “And now,” he said, “I will show you how well I am going to treat you for her sake. You are going to put down the money,” he went on, “for the liberation of Midas and his sons. Instead I will sell them to you formally as your own, so that no one shall interfere with, or seduce the boy, and also so that the slaves themselves shall abstain from being troublesome, for fear of the consequences.”
5. συναγαγὼν δʼ ἐγὼ πανταχόθεν καὶ τοὺς φίλους ἐνοχλήσας καὶ θεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὰς τετταράκοντα μνᾶς ἧκον ὡς τὴν ⟨Ἀντι⟩γόναν. κἀκε⟨ίνη⟩ ς⟨υνήγα⟩γεν ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸ αὐτό, ἐμέ τε καὶ ⟨Ἀθηνο⟩γ⟨έ⟩νην, καὶ διή⟨λλ⟩αξε, καὶ παρεκελεύσατ⟨ο τ⟩οῦ λοιποῦ εὖ ποιεῖν ἀλλήλους. καὶ ἔγωγʼ ἔφην ταῦτα ποιήσειν, καὶ Ἀθηνογένης οὑτοσὶ ὑπολαβὼν εἶπε⟨ν ὅ⟩τι τῶν πεπραγμένων δεῖ με χάριν ἔχειν Ἀντιγόνᾳ· καὶ νῦν, ἔφη, ταύτης ἕνεκα ἤδη σοι ἐνδείξομαι ὅσα σε ἀγα⟨θὰ⟩ ποιήσω. σὺ μὲ⟨ν γάρ⟩, ἔφη, ⟨τὸ⟩ ἀργύριον ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίᾳ καταβαλ⟨εῖ⟩ς το⟨ῦ Μίδο⟩υ καὶ τῶν παίδων, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ἀποδώσομαι αὐτοὺς ὠνῇ καὶ πράσει, ἵνα πρῶτον μὲν μηδεὶς ⟨παρε⟩νοχλῇ μηδὲ διαφθείρῃ τὸν π⟨α⟩ῖδα, ἔ⟨π⟩ε⟨ι⟩τʼ αὐτοὶ ⟨μὴ⟩ ἐγχειρῶσι ⟨πο⟩νηρε⟨ύε⟩σθαι μηδὲν διὰ τὸν φόβ⟨ον⟩.
6. “But this is the chief advantage: under the present arrangement they would think that it was I who had freed them; whereas, if you buy them formally first and then liberate them afterwards at your leisure, they will be doubly grateful to you. However,” he said, “you will become responsible for what money they owe: a debt for some sweet oil to Pancalus and Procles and any other sums which customers have invested in the perfumery in the ordinary course. It is a trifling amount and much more than counterbalanced by the stocks in the shop, sweet oil, scent-boxes, myrrh” (and he mentioned the names of some other things), “which will easily cover all the debts.”
6. τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, νῦν μὲν ἂν δόξειαν διʼ ἐμὲ γεγονέναι ἐλεύθεροι· ἐὰν δὲ πριάμενος σὺ ὠνῇ καὶ πράσει εἶθʼ ὕστερον, ὅτε ἄν σοι δοκῇ, ἀφῇς αὐτοὺς ἐλευθέρους, διπλασίαν ἕξουσίν σοι τὴν χάριν. ὅσον μέντοι ὀφείλουσιν ἀργύριον, μύρου τέ τινος τιμὴν Παγκάλῳ καὶ Προκλεῖ καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο κατέθετό τις ἐπὶ τὸ μυροπώλιον τῶν προσφοιτώντων, οἷα γίγνεται, ταῦτα, ἔφη, σὺ ἀναδέξῃ· ἔστιν δὲ μικρὰ κομιδῇ καὶ πολλῷ πλείω φορτία ἐστὶν τούτων ἐν τῷ ἐργαστηρίῳ, μύρον καὶ ἀλάβαστροι καὶ σμύρνα, καὶ ἄλλʼ ἄττα ὀνόματα λέγων, ὅθεν πάντα ταῦτα δ⟨ιαλυθ⟩ήσε⟨ται⟩ ῥᾳδίως.
7. There, so it seems, gentlemen of the jury, lay the catch, the real point of the elaborate plot. For if I used the money to buy their freedom I was simply losing whatever I gave him without suffering any serious harm. But if I bought them formally and agreed to take over their debts assuming, since I had no previous information, that these were negligible, he meant to set all his creditors and contributors on me, using the agreement as a trap.
7. ἦν δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἐνταῦθα ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ καὶ τὸ πλάσμα τὸ μέγα. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίᾳ καταβάλλοιμι αὐτῶν τὸ ἀργύριον, τοῦτο μόνον ἀπώλλυον ὃ δοίην αὐτῷ, ⟨ἀλλʼ⟩ οὐδὲν δεινὸν ἔπασχον· εἰ δὲ πριαίμην ὠνῇ καὶ πράσει, ὁμολογήσας αὐτῷ τὰ χρέα ἀναδέξεσθαι, ὡς οὐθενὸς ἄξια ὄντα, δ⟨ιὰ⟩ τὸ μὴ π⟨ρο⟩ειδέναι, καὶ τοὺς πληρωτὰς τῶν ἐράνων ἐν ὁμολογίᾳ λαβών· ὅπερ ἐποίησεν.
8. And that is just what he did. For when I accepted his proposals he immediately took a document from his lap and began to read the contents, which were the text of an agreement with me. I listened to it being read, but my attention was concentrated on completing the business I had come for. He sealed the agreement directly in the same house, so that no one with any interest in me should hear the contents, and added with my name that of Nicon of Cephisia.
8. ὡς γὰρ εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ ταῦτα ἐγὼ προσωμολόγησα, εὐθὺς ἐκ τῶν γονάτων λαβὼν ⟨τῶ⟩ν αὑτοῦ γραμματεῖόν τ⟨ι τὸ ἐγ⟩γεγραμ⟨μ⟩ένον ἀνεγίγνωσκ⟨εν⟩. ἦσαν δὲ αὗται συνθῆκαι πρὸς ἐμέ· ὧν ἐγὼ ἀναγιγνωσκομένων μὲν ἤκουον, ἔσπευδον μέντοι ἐφʼ ὃ ἧκον τοῦτο διοικήσασθαι, καὶ σημαίνεται τὰς συνθήκας εὐθὺς ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ οἰκίᾳ ἵνα μηδεὶς τῶν εὖ φρονούντων ἀκούσαι τὰ ἐγγεγραμμένα, προσεγγράψας μετʼ ἐμοῦ Νίκωνα τὸν Κηφισιέα.
9. We went to the perfumery and deposited the document with Lysicles of Leuconoe, and I put down the forty minas and so made the purchase. When this was settled I was visited by the creditors, to whom Midas owed money, and the contributors too, who talked things over with me. In three months all the debts had been declared, with the result that, including repayment of contributions, I owed, as I said just now, about five talents.
9. ἐλθόντες δʼ ἐπὶ τὸ μυροπώλιον τὸ μὲν γραμματεῖον τιθέμεθα παρὰ Λυσικλεῖ Λευκονοιεῖ, τὰς δὲ τετταράκοντα μνᾶς ἐγὼ καταβαλὼν τὴν ὠνὴν ἐποιησάμην. τούτου δὲ γενομένου προσῄεσάν μοι οἱ χρῆσται οἷς ὠφείλετο παρὰ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ οἱ πληρωταὶ τῶν ἐράνων καὶ διελέγοντό μοι· καὶ ἐν τρισὶν μησὶν ἅπαντα τὰ χρέα φανερὰ ἐγεγόνει, ὥστʼ εἶναί μοι ⟨σὺ⟩ν τοῖς ἐράνοις, ὅπερ καὶ ἀρτίως εἶπον, πε⟨ρὶ π⟩έντε τάλαντα.
10. When I realized what a plight I was in, at long last I called together my friends and relatives and we read the copy of the agreement in which the names of Pancalus and Polycles were expressly written with the statement that certain sums were owing to them for sweet oil. These were small amounts, and they were justified in saying that the oil in the shop was equal in value to the money. But the majority of the debts, including the largest, were not given specifically; they were mentioned as an unimportant item in a sort of footnote which ran:
10. ὡς δʼ ᾐσθόμην οὗ ἦν κακοῦ, τότʼ ἤδη τοὺς φίλους καὶ τοὺς οἰκείους συνήγαγον καὶ τὰ ἀντίγραφα τῶν συνθηκ⟨ῶν⟩ ἀνεγιγνώσκομεν· ἐν αἷς ἐγέγραπτο μὲν τὸ τοῦ Παγκάλου καὶ τοῦ Πολυκλέους ὄνομα διαρρήδην, καὶ ὅτι μύρων τιμαὶ ὠφείλοντο, ἃ ἦν βραχέα τε καὶ ἐξῆν αὐτοῖς εἰπεῖν ὅτι τὸ μύρον ἄξιον εἴη τοῦ ἀργυρίου τὸ ἐν τ⟨ῷ ἐ⟩ργαστηρίῳ, τὰ δὲ πολλὰ τῶν χρεῶν καὶ τὰ μέγιστα οὐκ ἐνεγέγραπτο ἐπʼ ὀνομάτων, ἀλλʼ ἐν προσθήκης μέρει ὡς οὐδὲν ὄντα, καὶ εἴ τῳ ἄλλῳ ὀφείλει τι Μίδας.
11. “and any debt which Midas may owe to any other person.” Of the contributions one was noted of which three instalments for repayment were still outstanding. This was given in the name of Dicaeocrates. But the others, on the strength of which Midas had acquired everything and which were of recent date, were not entered by him in the agreement but kept secret.
11. καὶ τῶν ἐράνων εἷς μὲν οὖν, [Δικαιοκράτης];, ἐνεγέγραπτο, οὗ ἦσαν λοιπαὶ τρεῖς φοραί· οὗτος μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ Δικαιοκράτους ὀνόματος ἦν γεγραμμένος, οἱ δʼ ἄλλοι, ἐφʼ οἷς εἰλήφει πάντα ὁ Μίδας, νεοσύλλογοι δʼ ἦσαν, τούτους δʼ οὐκ ἐνέγραψεν ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις, ἀλλʼ ἀπεκρύψατο.
12. On thinking it over we decided to go to Athenogenes and broach the matter. We found him near the perfume stalls and asked him whether he was not ashamed of being a liar and trapping us with the agreement by not declaring the debts beforehand. He replied that he did not know what debts we meant and that we made no impression on him; he had in safe-keeping a document relating to me which covered the transaction. A crowd gathered and overheard the incident, as our altercation took place in the market. Although they gave him a slating and told us to arrest him summarily as a kidnapper, we thought it best not to do so. Instead we summoned him before you, as the law permits. First of all then, the clerk shall read you the agreement; for you shall have the actual text of the document as evidence of the plot, for which Athenogenes and no other is to blame. Read the agreement.“” “Well, gentlemen of the jury, you have heard the facts in detail.
12. βουλευομένοις δʼ ἡμῖν ἔδοξεν πορεύεσθαι πρὸς τοῦτον καὶ διαλέγεσθαι. καὶ καταλαβόντες αὐτὸν πρὸς τοῖς μυροπωλίοις ἠρωτῶμεν εἰ οὐκ αἰσχύνοιτο ψευδόμενος κα⟨ὶ ἐν⟩εδρεύσας ἡμᾶς ταῖς συνθήκαις, οὐ προειπὼν τὰ χρέα. ὁ δʼ ἀπεκρίνατο ἡμῖν ὡς οὔτε τὰ χρέα γιγνώσκοι ἃ λέγομεν, οὔτε προσέχοι ἡμ⟨ῖν⟩ τὸν νοῦν, γραμματεῖόν τʼ εἴη αὐτῷ κείμενον πρὸς ἐμὲ περὶ τούτων. πολλῶν δʼ ἀνθρώπων ς⟨υλλ⟩εγομένων καὶ ἐπακουόντων τοῦ πράγματος, διὰ τὸ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ τοὺς λόγους γίγνεσθαι, καὶ κατατεμνόντων αὐτόν, κελευόντων τε ⟨ἀπάγ⟩ειν ὡς ἀνδραποδιστή⟨ν, τοῦτο μ⟩ὲν οὐκ ᾠόμεθα δεῖν ποιεῖν, πρ⟨οσεκαλεσά⟩μεθα δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς ὑμᾶς κατὰ ⟨τὸν νό⟩μον. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὑμῖν τὰς ς⟨υνθή⟩κας ἀναγνώσεται· ἐ⟨ξ αὐτῶ⟩ν γὰρ τ⟨ῶν⟩ γεγρα⟨μμένων⟩ μαθήσεσθε τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν αὐτοῦ τούτου. λέγε τὰς συνθήκας.
13. But Athenogenes will presently tell you that in law whatever agreements one man makes with another are binding. Yes, my friend, just agreements. But if they are unjust, the opposite is true: the law forbids that they be binding. I will quote the laws themselves to make this clearer to you. For you have reduced me to such a state of fear lest I shall be ruined by you and your craftiness that I have been searching the laws night and day and studying them to the neglect of everything else.”
13. Συνθήκη τὰ μὲν το⟨ίν⟩υν πεπραγμένα, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον ἀκηκόατε. ἐρεῖ δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτίκα μάλα Ἀθηνογένης ὡς ὁ νόμος λέγει, ὅσα ἂν ἕτερος ἑτέρῳ ὁμολογήσῃ κύρια εἶναι. τά γε δίκαια, ὦ βέλτιστε· τὰ δὲ μὴ τοὐναντίον ἀπαγορεύει μὴ κύρια εἶναι. ἐξ αὐτῶν δέ σοι τῶν νόμων ἐγὼ φανερώτερον ποιήσω. καὶ γὰρ οὕτω με διατέθεικας καὶ περίφοβον πεποίηκας μὴ ἀπόλωμαι ὑπὸ σοῦ καὶ τῆς δεινότητος τῆς σῆς, ὥστε τούς τε νόμους ἐξετάζειν καὶ μελετᾶν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, πάρεργα τἄλ⟨λα π⟩άντα ποιησάμενον.
14. “The first law, then, stipulates that people shall not tell lies in the market, which seems to me a most admirable provision. Yet you lied in the middle of the market when you made the agreement to defraud me. But if you show that you declared to me beforehand the contributions and the debts, or that you wrote in the agreement the names of those whose existence I later discovered, I have no quarrel with you; I admit that I owe the money.”
14. ὁ μὲν τοίνυν εἷς νόμος κελεύ⟨ει⟩ ἀψευδεῖν ἐν τῇ ἀ⟨γορᾷ⟩, πάντων, οἶμα⟨ι, π⟩αρά⟨γγελ⟩μα κάλ⟨λιστο⟩ν παραγγέλλων· σὺ ⟨δὲ ψε⟩υσάμενο⟨ς ἐν⟩ μέσῃ τῇ ἀγορᾷ συν⟨θήκα⟩ς κατʼ ἐμ⟨οῦ ἔθ⟩ου. ἐπεὶ ἐὰν δ⟨είξῃς προει⟩πὼν ἐμ⟨οὶ το⟩ὺς ἐράνους ⟨καὶ τὰ χρέα, ἢ γράψας ἐν ταῖς συν⟩θήκαις ὅσους ⟨ἐπυθόμην, οὐδὲν ἀντιλέ⟩γω σοι ἀλλʼ ὁμολογῶ ⟨ὀφείλειν. ⟩ ⟨μετὰ δὲ⟩ ταῦτα ἕ⟨τερο⟩ς νόμος ⟨ἐστὶ περὶ ὧν ὁμολογοῦν⟩τες ἀλλήλοις συμβάλλουσιν, ὅταν τις πωλῇ ἀνδράποδον προλέγειν ἐάν τι ἔχῃ ἀρρώστημα, εἰ δ⟨ὲ μ⟩ή, ἀναγωγὴ τούτου ἐστίν.
15. After this there is a second law, covering agreements between individuals, which states that whenever anyone sells a slave, he must declare in advance any physical disability from which the man suffers. Otherwise the slave in question can be returned to the vendor. And yet if a slave can be returned simply because of some weakness due to mischance which the master keeps secret at the time of the sale, how can you fail to take the responsibility for the crimes which you deliberately planned? But the epileptic slave does not involve the buyer in fresh expense, whereas Midas, whom you sold to me, has even lost my friends’ money.
15. καίτοι ὅπου τὰ παρὰ τῆς τύχης νοσήματα ἂν μὴ δηλώσῃ τις πωλῶν οἰκέτ⟨ην⟩ ἀνάγειν ἔξεστι, πῶς τά γε παρὰ σοῦ ἀδικήματα συσκευασθέντα οὐκ ἀναδεκτέον σοί ἐστιν; ἀλλὰ μὴν τὸ μὲν ἐπίληπτον ἀνδράποδον οὐ προσαπολλύει τοῦ πριαμένου τὴν οὐσίαν, ὁ δὲ Μίδας, ὃν σύ μοι ἀπέδου, καὶ τὴν τῶν φίλων τῶν ἐμῶν ἀπολώλεκε.
16. Consider the legal position, Athenogenes, as regards free persons as well as slaves. No doubt you know as everyone does that the children of married women are legitimate. Yet the mere act of betrothing a woman on the part of a father or brother was not enough for the lawmaker. On the contrary, he wrote expressly in the law: “whomsoever any man has lawfully betrothed as wife, her children shall be legitimate”; not: “if any man has betrothed some other woman on the pretence that she is his daughter.” He lays it down that just betrothals shall be valid and unjust ones invalid.
16. σκέψαι δέ, ὦ Ἀθηνόγενες, μὴ μόνον περὶ τῶν οἰκετῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐλευθέρων σωμάτων ὃν τρόπον οἱ νόμοι ἔχουσιν. οἶσθα γὰρ δήπου καὶ σὺ καὶ ⟨οἱ⟩ ἄλλοι πάντες ὅτι οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἐγγυητῶν γυναικῶν παῖδες οὗτοι γνήσιοί εἰσιν. ἀλ⟨λὰ⟩ μὴ⟨ν οὐκ ἀ⟩πέ⟨χρ⟩ησε τῷ νομοθ⟨έτῃ⟩ τὸ ἐγγ⟨υηθῆ⟩ναι τὴν γυναῖκα ὑπὸ ⟨τοῦ πατ⟩ρὸς ⟨ἢ τοῦ ἀδ⟩ελφοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἔγραψε δι⟨αρρή⟩δην ἐν ⟨τῷ νόμ⟩ῳ, ⟨ἣν⟩ ἂν ἐγγυήσῃ τ⟨ις ἐπὶ δικαίοις δάμαρτα⟩ ἐκ ταύτης εἶν⟨αι παῖδας γνησίους, καὶ οὐ⟩κ ἐάν τις ψευς⟨άμενος ὡς θυγατέρα ἐγ⟩γυήσῃ ἄλ⟨λην τινά. ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν δι⟩καίας ἐγγύας κ⟨υρίας, τὰς δὲ μὴ δικαίας ἀκύρους⟩ καθίστη⟨σιν. ⟩ ⟨ἔτι δὲ καὶ ὁ περὶ⟩ τῶν διαθηκῶν ν⟨όμο⟩ς παραπλήσιος τούτοις ἐστίν·
17. Moreover the law dealing with wills is very similar to this. It allows a man to bequeath his property as he wishes unless he is affected by old age, illness or insanity, and provided he is not influenced by a woman or imprisoned or otherwise coerced. But if even our own personal property cannot be administered according to an unjust will, surely Athenogenes who is disposing of my property through his agreement cannot enforce such terms.
17. κελεύε⟨ι γὰρ ἐξεῖν⟩αι τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ⟨δια⟩τίθεσθα⟨ι ὅπως ἄν⟩ τις βούληται πλὴν ⟨ἢ γή⟩ρως ἕνε⟨κεν⟩ ἢ νόσου ἢ μανιῶν ἢ γυ⟨ναικὶ⟩ πειθόμ⟨ενο⟩ν ἢ ⟨ὑπὸ⟩ δεσμοῦ ἢ ὑ⟨πὸ ἀνά⟩γκης κ⟨ατ⟩αληφθ⟨έντ⟩α. ὅπου δὲ οὐδὲ ⟨περὶ⟩ τῶν αὑτοῦ ἰδίων αἱ ⟨μὴ δ⟩ίκαιαι διαθῆκαι κύριαί εἰσιν, πῶς Ἀθηνογένει γε κα⟨τὰ τῶ⟩ν ἐμῶν συνθεμένῳ τοιαῦτα δεῖ ⟨κύρι⟩α εἶναι;
18. Apparently if a man respects the wishes of his own wife in making his will it will be invalid. Then must I, who was influenced by the mistress of Athenogenes, accept the contract and be ruined too, even though I can claim the very powerful help of the law, having been compelled by these people to conclude the agreement? Do you insist on the agreement when you and your mistress laid a trap for me to get it signed? In circumstances where the laws relating to conspiracy proclaim that you are guilty, are you expecting actually to make a profit? You were not content with the forty minas for the perfumery. No; you robbed me of a further five talents as though I were caught … the affairs of the market, but by simply waiting I discovered all the debts and loans in three months.
18. καὶ ἐὰν μέν τι⟨ς⟩ ὡς ἔοικ⟨ε⟩ν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ γυναικὶ πειθόμενος διαθήκας ⟨γρά⟩ψῃ ἄκυροι ἔσο⟨ντα⟩ι, εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ τῇ Ἀθηνογ⟨ένο⟩υς ἑταίρᾳ ἐπείσθην, προσαπολωλέναι ⟨με⟩ δεῖ, ὃς ἔχω μ⟨εγίς⟩την βοήθειαν τὴν ἐν τῷ νόμῳ γεγραμμένην, ἀναγκασθεὶς ὑπὸ τούτων ταῦτα συνθέσθαι; εἶτα σὺ ταῖς συνθήκαις ἰς⟨χυρί⟩ζῃ ἃς ἐνεδρεύσαντές με σὺ καὶ ἡ ἑ⟨ταίρα⟩ σο⟨υ ἐς⟩ημήνασθε, καὶ ὑ⟨πὲρ ὧν οἱ νόμοι⟩ β⟨ου⟩λεύσεως ὑμᾶς κε⟨λεύουσιν αἰτίου⟩ς εἶναι, ἐπὶ τούτοις προς⟨λαμβάνειν τι ἀξιοῦ⟩τε. καὶ οὐ⟨χ ἱ⟩κανόν σοι ⟨ἦν τὰς τετταράκοντα⟩ μνᾶς εἰληφέναι ⟨ὑπὲρ τοῦ μυροπωλίου, ἀ⟩λλὰ καὶ πέντε ⟨τάλαντα προσαφείλου ⟩ με ὥσπερ ⟨ὑ⟩πο … ⟨κατ⟩ε⟨ι⟩λημμένον ς οὐκ ᾔδε⟨ι⟩ … Μίδαν αδ … σθέντα αλ … ς … εἰς τὰ ἐν ἀγορᾷ, ἀτρέ⟨μα⟩ δʼ ⟨ἔχων ἐν τρισὶ⟩ μησὶν ἅπαντα τὰ χρέα καὶ τ⟨οὺς ἐράν⟩ους ἐπυθόμην, οὗτ⟨ος⟩ δέ, ὁ ἐκ τριγονίας ⟨ὢν⟩ μυροπώλης, καθ⟨ήμε⟩νος δʼ ἐν τῇ ἀγο⟨ρᾷ⟩ ὅσαι ἡμέραι, τρία ⟨δὲ μυ⟩ροπώλια κεκτη⟨μένος⟩, λόγους δὲ κατὰ μῆνα λαμβάνω⟨ν, οὐκ⟩ ᾔδει τὰ χρέα.
19. Whereas this man had two generations of perfume sellers behind him; he used to sit in the market every day, was the owner of three stalls and had accounts submitted to him monthly and still he did not know his debts. Though an expert in other matters he was a complete simpleton in dealing with his slave, and though he knew, apparently, of some of the debts, he pleads ignorance of others—to suit his convenience. In using an argument like this, gentlemen of the jury, he is accusing, not excusing, himself, since he is admitting that I need not pay the debts. For if he says that he did not know the full amount owing, surely he cannot claim that he informed me of the debts beforehand; and I am not bound to pay those of which the seller did not notify me. You knew that Midas owed this money, Athenogenes, as I think we all realize for several reasons, and chiefly because you summoned Nicon to give security for me … in this way.
19. ἀλλʼ ἐν μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις οὐκ ἰδιώτης ἐστίν, πρὸς δὲ τὸν οἰκέτην οὕτ⟨ως ε⟩ὐήθης ἐγένετο, καί τινα μὲν τῶν χρ⟨εῶ⟩ν, ὡς ἔοικεν, ᾔδει, τὰ δέ φησιν οὐκ εἰδέναι, ὅσα μὴ βούλεται. ὁ δὲ τοιοῦτο⟨ς αὐτοῦ⟩ λόγος, ὦ ἄνδρες δ⟨ικας⟩ταί, οὐ⟨κ ἀπολόγημ⟩ά ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ὁμολόγημα ὡς οὐ δεῖ ⟨με τὰ χρέα διαλ⟩ύειν. ὅταν γὰρ φῇ μὴ εἰδέναι ⟨ἅπαντα⟩ τὰ ὀφειλόμενα, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ δήπου ⟨τόδʼ⟩ εἰπεῖν ὡς προεῖπέ μοι περὶ τῶν χρε⟨ῶν· ὅσα δʼ ο⟩ὐκ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πωλοῦντος ⟨ταῦ⟩τ⟨α οὐ δίκαιός⟩ εἰμι διαλύειν. ὅτι μὲν οὖν ᾔ⟨δεις, ὦ Ἀθηνό⟩γενες, ὀφείλοντα Μ⟨ίδαν⟩ τ⟨ὰ χρήματα ταῦτα⟩ οἶμαι πᾶσιν εἶναι δῆλ⟨ον ἐξ ἄλλων τε πολλ⟩ῶν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ αἰτεῖν ⟨σε τὸν Νίκωνα ὑπὲρ ἐ⟩μοῦ ἐγγυητ⟨ή⟩ν, εἰ … ⟨τ⟩ὰ χρέα ὄντα ἱκανὸ⟨ν⟩ … νο. οὐ μὲν δὴ ἐγὼ … ⟨τῷ⟩ λόγωι σοῦ τούτ⟨ῳ⟩ … ος καὶ οὐκ εἰλ … νος καὶ τω … τουτονὶ τὸν τ⟨ρόπον.
21. If ignorance prevented you from informing me in advance of all the debts, and if I thought when I concluded the agreement that your statement covered them all, which of us has to pay them? The subsequent purchaser, or the man who owned the business originally, when the money was borrowed? Personally I think that you are liable. But if it turns out that we disagree on this, let the law be our arbiter, which was made neither by lovers nor men with designs on other people’s property but by that great democrat Solon.
21. ε⟩ἰ σὺ μὲν διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι μὴ προεῖπάς ⟨μοι⟩ πάντα τὰ χρέα, ἐγὼ δὲ ὅσα σου ἤκουσα ταῦτα μόνον οἰόμενος εἶναι τὰς συνθήκας ἐθέμην, πότερος δίκαιός ἐστιν ἐκτεῖ⟨σα⟩ι, ὁ ὕστερος πριάμενος ἢ ⟨ὁ π⟩άλαι κεκτημένος ὅτʼ ἐδανείζετο; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἴομαι σέ. εἰ δʼ ἄρʼ ἀντιλέγομεν περὶ τούτου, διαιτητὴς ἡμῖν γενέσθω ὁ νόμος, ὃν οὐχ οἱ ἐρῶντε⟨ς ο⟩ὐδʼ οἱ ἐπιβουλεύοντες τοῖς ⟨ἀλλ⟩οτρίοις ἔθεσαν, ἀλλʼ ὁ δημοτικώτα⟨τος⟩ Σόλων·
22. He knew that sales are constantly taking place in the city and passed a law, which everyone admits to be just, stating that any offences or crimes committed by a slave shall be the responsibility of the master who owns him at the time. This is only fair; for if a slave gains any success or brings in earnings, his owner enjoys the benefits. But you ignore the law and talk about agreements being broken. Solon did not consider that a decree, even when constitutionally proposed, should override the law. Yet you maintain that even unjust agreements take precedence over all the laws.
22. ὃς εἰδὼς ὅτι πολλαὶ ὠναὶ ⟨γίγνον⟩ται ἐν τῇ πόλει ἔθηκε νόμον δίκαι⟨ον, ὡς⟩ παρὰ πάντων ὁμολογεῖται, τὰς ζη⟨μίας ἃς ἂν⟩ ἐργάσωνται οἱ οἰκέται καὶ τὰ ἀ⟨δικήμ⟩ατα διαλύειν τὸν δεσπότην παρʼ ᾧ ⟨ἂν ἐργάς⟩ωνται οἱ οἰκέται. εἰκότως· καὶ γὰρ ⟨ἐάν τι ἀγ⟩αθὸν πράξῃ ἢ ἐργασίαν εὕρ⟨ῃ⟩ ὁ ο⟨ἰκέτης το⟩ῦ κεκτημένου αὐτὸν γ⟨ίγ⟩νετ⟨αι. σὺ δὲ τὸν ν⟩όμον ἀφεὶς περὶ συνθ⟨ηκῶν παραβαιν⟩ομένων διαλέγῃ. καὶ ὁ ⟨μὲν Σόλων οὐδʼ ὃ⟩ δικαίως ἔγραφεν ψήφ⟨ισμά τις τοῦ νόμου⟩ οἴεται δεῖν κυριώ⟨τερον εἶναι, σὺ δὲ καὶ τ⟩ὰς ἀδίκους συνθ⟨ήκας ἀξιοῖς κρατεῖν πάντων τ⟩ῶν νόμων.
23. Besides this, gentlemen of the jury, he was saying to my father and my other relatives that … telling me to leave Midas for him instead of buying him, but that I refused and wanted to buy them all. I gather that he is even going to mention these points to you with the idea of convincing you of his moderation, if you please. He must think that he is going to address a set of fools who will not realize his effrontery.
23. καὶ π⟨ρὸς τούτοις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικαστ⟩αί, τῷ τε πατ⟨ρὶ τῷ ἐμῷ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιτ⟩ηδείοις ἔλ⟨εγεν ὡς⟩ … εθελ … ⟨δ⟩ωρεὰν … κε … τὸν δὲ Μίδαν κελεύς⟨ας⟩ ἐᾶν αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ὠνεῖσθαι· ἐμὲ δʼ οὐκ ἐθέλειν ἀλλὰ βούλεσθαι πάντας πρίασθαι. καὶ ταῦτα καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτόν, φασίν, μέλλει⟨ν⟩ λέγειν, ἵνα δὴ δοκοίη μέτριος εἶναι, ὥς⟨πε⟩ρ πρὸς ἠλιθίους τινὰς διαλεξόμενος καὶ οὐκ αἰσθησομένους τὴν τούτου ἀναίδ⟨εια⟩ν.
24. You must hear what happened; for you will see that it fits in with the rest of their plot. He sent me the boy, whom I mentioned just now, with the message that he could not stay with me unless I freed his father and brother. When I had already agreed to put down the money for the three of them, Athenogenes approached some of my friends and said: “Why does Epicrates want to give himself extra trouble when he could take the boy and use …?”
24. τὸ δὲ γενόμενον δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσα⟨ι· φαν⟩ήσεται γὰρ ἀκόλουθον ὂν τῇ ἄλλῃ αὐτῶν ἐπιβο⟨υλῇ.⟩ τὸν μὲν γὰρ παῖδα, ὅνπ⟨ερ ἀρ⟩τίως εἶπο⟨ν, ἔπε⟩μπέ μοι λέγοντα ὅτι οὐκ ⟨ἂν συ⟩νείη μ⟨οι, εἰ μὴ λ⟩ύσομαι αὐτοῦ τὸν πατ⟨έρ⟩α καὶ τὸν ⟨ἀδελφ⟩όν. ἤδη δʼ ἐμοῦ ὡμολ⟨ογη⟩κότος ⟨αὐτῶν κα⟩ταθήσειν, τριῶν ὄν⟨των⟩, τὸ ἀ⟨ργύριον, προς⟩ελθὼν ὁ Ἀθηνογένης πρός ⟨τινας τῶν⟩ φίλων τῶν ἐμῶν ⟨τί⟩ βού⟨λ⟩ετ⟨αι,⟩ ⟨ἔφη,⟩ ⟨ἐπ⟩ικρατὴς πράγματα ἔχειν ⟨ᾧ ἔξεστι λα⟩βόντι τὸν παῖδα ⟨χρ⟩ῆσθ⟨αι⟩ … τὴν μὲν συκοφα⟨ντίαν⟩ … ⟨ἐ⟩ποιεῖτο τῷ δὲ λ … ⟨ἀ⟩δικημάτων κα … ⟨ἐπ⟩ίστευσα ⟨ὡ⟩ς ε … ⟨τὸ⟩ν μὲν παῖδα δι … ν οὐκ ἤθελο⟨ν⟩ … οὖν τετ⟨ταράκοντα μνᾶς⟩ … ⟨πέν⟩τε τάλα⟨ντα ⟩ …
26. I am not a seller of perfume and I do not practise any other trade. I simply farm the property which my father gave me, and I was landed in the purchase by these people. Which is more probable, Athenogenes, that I set my heart on your trade in which I was not proficient, or that you and your mistress had designs on my money? Personally, I think that you are indicated. Therefore, gentlemen of the jury, you could fairly excuse me for being cheated by … and for having had the misfortune to fall in with a man like this, but to Athenogenes … all to be mine and the profits of the fraud to be his … that I took Midas … whom he says he was reluctant to let go.
26. ⟨οὔτε μυροπώλη⟩ς εἰμὶ οὔτʼ ἄλλην τέχνην ἐργάζο⟨μαι, ἀλ⟩λʼ ἅπερ ὁ πατήρ μοι ἔδωκεν χωρία … ⟨τα⟩ῦτα γεωργῶ, πρ⟨ὸς⟩ δὲ τούτων ε⟨ἰς τὴν⟩ ὠνὴν ἐνεσείσθην. πότερα ⟨γὰρ εἰκός ἐς⟩τιν, ὦ Ἀθηνόγενες, ἐμὲ τῆς σῆς ⟨τέχνης ἐπιθ⟩υμῆσαι, ἧς οὐ⟨κ⟩ ἤμην ἔμπει⟨ρος, ἤ σε καὶ τ⟩ὴν ἑταίραν τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἐπι⟨βουλεῦσαι⟩; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἴομαι ὑμᾶς. δι⟨όπερ, ἄνδρες⟩ δικασταί, ἐμοὶ μὲν ἂν εἰ⟨κότως συγγνώ⟩μην ἔχο⟨ιτʼ ἀ⟩πα⟨τη⟩θῆναι … καὶ ἀτυχῆσαι τ⟨οιού⟩τῳ ⟨ἀνθρώπῳ περ⟩ιπεσόντα Ἀθην⟨ογένει δὲ.⟩.
27. But for the boy whom, we are told, he originally offered me for nothing, he has now been paid a far higher price than he is worth; and yet in the end the boy will not be my property but will be freed on the strength of your verdict.
27. ενε … ⟨π⟩άντα ἐμοὶ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τῆς ἀπάτ⟨ης κέρδη αὐτ⟩ῷ· καὶ τὸν μὲν Μίδαν τὸν τολ … ξαι, ὃν ἄκων φησὶν ἀ⟨πο⟩λῦσαι, τοῦτ⟨ον⟩ … ⟨λα⟩βεῖν, τοῦ δὲ παιδὸς ⟨ὃν⟩ τότε προῖκ⟨ά μοί φησιν ⟩ διδόναι, νῦν αὐτ⟨ὸν λ⟩αβεῖν ἀργύρ⟨ιον πολὺ πλε⟩ῖον τῆς ἀξίας, οὐχ ὥστε ἐμὸν εἶν⟨αι, ἀλλʼ ὥστε ὑ⟩φʼ ⟨ὑμῶν⟩ τῇ ψήφῳ ἐλεύθερον ἀφ⟨ίεσθαι. ⟩ ⟨αὐτὸς μέ⟩ντοι οὐκ ἀξιῶ πρὸς ⟨τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ ἀτι⟩μωθῆναι ὑπʼ Ἀθηνογέν⟨ους.
28. However I do not think myself that in addition to my other troubles I deserve to be disfranchised by Athenogenes. For I should be receiving harsh treatment indeed, gentlemen of the jury, if … of the metics to come unguarded.
28. καὶ γὰρ ἂν⟩ δεινὸν ⟨συ⟩μβαίνοι μ⟨οι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικας⟩ταί, εἰ μ … ος … εις … ον ἥμαρτο⟨ν⟩ … δι … κ … μία δὲ κ … ου … ιο … ⟨ἠδί⟩κηκεν … θε … ⟨ἀ⟩δικήσαντ … ⟨τ⟩ιμήματι δ … π … ται πολιτ … νος ἐνίοτε … ώτατοι τῶν μετοίκων ἀφυ⟨λάκτως ἔρ⟩χεσθαι.
29. During the war against Philip he left the city just before the battle and did not serve with you at Chaeronea. Instead, he moved to Troezen, disregarding the law which says that a man who moves in wartime shall be indicted and summarily arrested if he returns. The reason for the move, it seems, was this: he thought that the city of Troezen would survive, whereas he had passed a sentence of death on ours. His daughters whom he had brought up in the prosperity which you provided … he married off … with the intention of returning later to carry on his business when peace was established.
29. ἐν δὲ τῷ πολέμῳ τῷ πρὸς Φίλιππον μικρὸν πρὸ τῆς μάχης ἀπέ⟨λιπε⟩ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ μεθʼ ὑμῶν μὲν οὐ συνεστρατεύς⟨ατ⟩ο εἰς Χαιρώνειαν, ἐξῴκησε δὲ εἰς Τ⟨ροι⟩ζῆνα, παρὰ τὸν νόμον ὃς κελεύει ἔνδ⟨ειξιν⟩ ε⟨ἶναι⟩ καὶ ἀπαγωγὴν τοῦ ἐξοικήσαντος ⟨ἐν⟩ τῷ πολέμῳ, ἐὰν πάλιν ἔλθῃ. καὶ ταῦ⟨τʼ ἐποί⟩ει τὴν μὲν ἐκείνων πόλιν, ὡς ἔοικ⟨ε, περιέ⟩σε⟨σθ⟩αι ὑπολαμβ⟨άνω⟩ν, τῆς δὲ ἡμε⟨τέρας θά⟩να⟨το⟩ν καταγνο⟨ύς⟩. καὶ τὰς θυγα⟨τέρας ἐν⟩ τῇ παρʼ ὑμῖν εὐδα⟨ιμον⟩ίᾳ ἐκθρέψα⟨ς⟩ … ἐξέδωκ⟨εν⟩ … ως πάλιν η … ἐργασόμε⟨νος ἐπ⟩εὶ εἰρήνη γέ⟨γονεν⟩.
30. … after disregarding the agreement which we all make with the state, he insists on his private contract with me, as if anyone would believe that a man who made light of his duty to you would have cared about his obligations to me.
30. τ⟨αῦτ⟩α γὰρ ὑμῖ⟨ν⟩ … ασιν οἱ χρης … ⟨ο⟩ὗτοι ποι … τῇ εἰρήνῃ χρ … πω … ἐν τοῖς κινδ⟨ύνοις⟩ … π … μὲν ἐν Πλατα⟨ιαῖς⟩ … δήσαντες ο … ⟨Ἀθη⟩νογ⟨ένη⟩ς … π … χειν … νω … το … υθ … … ⟨τὰς⟩ κοινὰς τῆς πόλεως συνθήκας παραβὰς ταῖς ἰδίαις πρὸς ἐμὲ ἰσχυρίζεται, ὥσπερ ἄν τινα πεισθέντα ὡς ὁ τῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς δικαίων καταφρονήσας οὗτος ἂν τῶν πρὸς ἐ⟨μὲ⟩ ἐφρόντιζεν·
31. He is so degraded and so true to type wherever he is, that even after his arrival at Troezen when they had made him a citizen he became the tool of Mnesias the Argive and, after being made a magistrate by him, expelled the citizens from the city. The men themselves will bear witness to this; for they are here in exile.
31. ὃς οὕτω πονηρός ἐστι καὶ πανταχοῦ ὅμοιος ὥστε καὶ εἰς Τροιζῆνα ἐλθὼν καὶ ποιησαμένων αὐτὸν Τροιζηνίων πολίτην, ὑποπεσὼν Μνησίαν τ⟨ὸν⟩ Ἀργεῖον καὶ ὑπʼ ἐκείνου κατας⟨τα⟩θεὶς ⟨ἄρχω⟩ν, ἐξέβαλεν τοὺς πολίτας ἐκ τῆς ⟨πόλ⟩εως, ὡς ὑμῖν αὐτοὶ μαρτυρήσουσιν· ἐνθάδε γὰρ φεύγουσιν.
32. And you, gentlemen of the jury, took them in when they were banished; you made them citizens and granted them a share of all your privileges. Remembering, after more than a hundred and fifty years, the help they gave you against the barbarian, you felt that when men had been of service to you in times of danger you should protect them in their misfortune. But this abandoned wretch, who forsook you and was enrolled at Troezen, engaged in nothing that was worthy either of the constitution or the spirit of that city. He treated those who had welcomed him so cruelly that … in the Assembly … fled.
32. καὶ ὑμεῖς μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐκπεσόντας αὐτοὺς ὑπεδέξασθε καὶ πολίτας ἐποιήσασθε καὶ τῶν ὑμετέρων ἀγαθῶν πάντων μετέδοτε, ἀπομνημονεύσαντες τὴν εὐεργεσίαν τ⟨ὴν⟩ πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον διʼ ἐτῶν πλειόνων ⟨ἢ πε⟩ντήκοντα κ⟨αὶ⟩ ἑκατόν, καὶ οἰόμενοι ⟨δεῖν⟩ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις ὑμῖν χρησίμους ⟨γε⟩νομένους τούτους ἀτυχοῦντ⟨ας περ⟩ις⟨ωθῆναι⟩ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν. οὗτος δὲ ὁ μιαρός, ⟨ὁ⟩ ἀφεὶς ⟨ὑμᾶς κἀ⟩κεῖ ἐγγραφ⟨εί⟩ς, οὔτε τῆς πολιτεί⟨ας οὔτε τοῦ ἤθο⟩υς τῆς πόλεως οὐδὲν ⟨ἐ⟩πετή⟨δευεν ἄξι⟩ον ἀλ⟨λʼ οὕτ⟩ως ὠμῶς τοῖς ὑπο⟨δεξαμένοις α⟩ὐτὸν ⟨ἐχρ⟩ήσατο ὥστε ⟨μ⟩ετα … το ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ … κατὰ τοῦτ⟨ο⟩ … … ραν δεδ⟨ιὼς⟩ … ιν κατέφ⟨υγ⟩εν.
33. To prove that what I say is true the clerk will read you first the law, which forbids metics to move in war time, then the evidence of the Troezenians and also the Troezenians’ decree passed by them in honor of your city, in return for which you welcomed them and made them citizens. Read. Law. Evidence. Decree. Now take the evidence of the father-in-law … the way in which Athenogenes has plotted against me and also his behavior towards you.
33. καὶ ταῦτα ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέ⟨γω, ἀνα⟩γνώσεται ὑμῖν πρῶτον μὲν τὸν νόμον ⟨ὃς⟩ οὐκ ἐᾷ τοὺς μετοίκους ἐξοι⟨κεῖ⟩ν ἐ⟨ν τῷ π⟩ολέμῳ, ἔπειτα τὴν Τροιζη⟨νίων⟩ μαρ⟨τυ⟩ρίαν, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις τὸ τῶν ⟨Τροιζηνίω⟩ν ψήφισμα ὃ ἐψηφίσαντ⟨ο τῇ πόλει τῇ ὑμ⟩ετέρᾳ, διʼ ὃ ὑμεῖς αὐτοὺς ⟨ὑπεδέξασθε⟩ καὶ πολίτας ἐποιήσασθε. ἀνά⟨γνωθι⟩. [νόμος] Μαρτυρία [ψήφισμα] λα⟨βὲ δή μοι καὶ τὴ⟩ν τοῦ κηδ⟨εστ⟩οῦ αὐτοῦ μα⟨ρτυρίαν⟩ … μεν ουσια … ι λατ … πα … ⟨κα⟩ταλειφ⟨θέντα⟩ … αδ … ⟨ἑ⟩ξῆς πάλιν ω … α … π … ⟨τὴ⟩ν Ἀντιγόν⟨αν⟩ … ε … μαρτ⟨υρ⟩
35. If a man has been vicious in his private life and given up hope of his city’s safety; if he has deserted you and expelled the citizens from the town of his adoption, will you not punish him when he is in your power?
35. ⟨πρα⟩χθέντα καὶ ὃν ⟨τρ⟩όπον ἐ⟨πιβεβούλευκέν⟩ μοι Ἀθηνογένης, καὶ ὡς ὑμῖν π⟨ροσενήνεκ⟩ται. τὸν δὴ καὶ ἰδίᾳ πονηρὸν ⟨καὶ τῆς πόλε⟩ως τὴν σωτηρίαν ἀπελπίσαν⟨τα καὶ ὑμᾶς ⟩ ἐγκαταλιπόντα, καὶ παρʼ οὓς ἐξ⟨ῴκησεν⟩ ἀναστάτους ποιήσαντα, ⟨τοῦτον ὑμεῖς συν⟩ειληφότες οὐ κολάσετε;
36. For my part, gentlemen of the jury, I beg you most earnestly to show me mercy. Remember in this trial that you ought to have pity … suffer nothing if he is convicted … …
36. κ⟨αὶ ἐγώ, ὦ ἄνδρες δι⟩κασταί, δέομαι ὑμῶν ⟨καὶ ἀντιβολῶ ἐλεῆσαί⟩ με, ἐκεῖνο σκεψαμέ⟨νους, ὅτι προσήκει ἐν τα⟩ύτῃ τῇ δίκῃ … ιν ἐλεεῖν οὐ τὸν φ … ⟨ἐὰ⟩ν ἁλῷ οὐδὲν πάσχε⟨ιν⟩ … δε τοτ … τι παλ … δʼ ἂν ἀ⟨πο⟩φύγῃ με … ⟨ἀπολο⟩ῦμαι. οὐ γὰρ ἂν δ⟨υναίμην⟩ … ψ … ν οὐδὲ ⟨π⟩ολλοστ⟨ὸν μέρος⟩ … αν … αιαχ … ⟨ὦ⟩ ἄνδρ⟨ες δικ⟩αστ⟨αί,⟩ … ς ἐξ … α⟨ὐτ⟩ῶν τ … … αντησο … λεκεν ἄλλοι⟨ς⟩ … ⟨τα⟩ῦτα πέπονθεν τ … ων ἀναλωμ⟨άτων⟩ λωμ⟨άτων⟩ … αλυσιτ … ⟨ὀ⟩φείλους⟨ι⟩ … ὅ ποτε ἀπέλυσεν … ⟨ὦ ἄνδ⟩ρες δικας⟨ταί, ο⟩ὐδεὶς ὑ⟨μῶν⟩ … του … κατα