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title: "Trapeziticus · Τραπεζιτικός"
author: "Isocrates"
translator: "Larue Van Hook"
languages: [grc, en]
shelf: "Classical Greek"
url: https://scriptura.si/works/isocrates-trapeziticus/
cite: "Isocrates, tr. Larue Van Hook, Trapeziticus · Τραπεζιτικός. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/isocrates-trapeziticus/"
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# Trapeziticus · Τραπεζιτικός

*Isocrates, tr. Larue Van Hook*

A young man from the Black Sea sues the Athenian banker Pasion.

> Greek: ed. Larue Van Hook, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0010.tlg005, CC BY-SA 4.0).

> English: Larue Van Hook, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0010.tlg005.perseus-eng2). Notes are not included.

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

## Contents

1. [Sections 1–58](https://scriptura.si/works/isocrates-trapeziticus/1.md)

## 1. Sections 1–58

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/isocrates-trapeziticus/1/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/isocrates-trapeziticus/1/#p-N

[¶0] 1. This trial, men of the jury, is an important one for me. For I have at stake, not only a large sum of money, but also my reputation—for I risk being thought to covet what justly belongs to another; and that is what gives me the greatest concern. For sufficient property will be left to me even if I am defrauded of this sum; but if I should be thought to be laying claim to so large a sum of money without just cause, I should have an evil reputation as long as I live.

> Greek: 1. ὁ μὲν ἀγών μοι μέγας ἐστίν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί. οὐ γὰρ μόνον περὶ πολλῶν χρημάτων κινδυνεύω, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν ἀδίκως τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιθυμεῖν· ὃ ἐγὼ περὶ πλείστου ποιοῦμαι. οὐσία μὲν γὰρ ἱκανή μοι καταλειφθήσεται καὶ τούτων στερηθέντι· εἰ δὲ δόξαιμι μηδὲν προσῆκον τοσαῦτα χρήματʼ ἐγκαλέσαι, διαβληθείην ἂν τὸν ἅπαντα βίον.

[¶1] 2. The greatest difficulty of all, men of the jury, is that I have adversaries of the character of the defendants here. For contracts with the managers of banks are entered into without witnesses, and any who are wronged by them are obliged to bring suit against men who have many friends, handle much money, and have a reputation for honesty because of their profession. In spite of these considerations I think I shall make it clear to all that I have been defrauded of my money by Pasion.

> Greek: 2. ἔστι δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πάντων χαλεπώτατον τοιούτων ἀντιδίκων τυχεῖν. τὰ μὲν γὰρ συμβόλαια τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἐπὶ ταῖς τραπέζαις ἄνευ μαρτύρων γίγνεται, τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις δὲ πρὸς τοιούτους ἀνάγκη κινδυνεύειν, οἳ καὶ φίλους πολλοὺς κέκτηνται καὶ χρήματα πολλὰ διαχειρίζουσι καὶ πιστοὶ διὰ τὴν τέχνην δοκοῦσιν εἶναι. ὅμως δὲ καὶ τούτων ὑπαρχόντων ἡγοῦμαι φανερὸν πᾶσι ποιήσειν ὅτι ἀποστεροῦμαι τῶν χρημάτων ὑπὸ Πασίωνος.

[¶2] 3. I shall relate the facts to you from the beginning as well as I can. My father, men of the jury, is Sopaeus; all who sail to the Pontus know that his relations with Satyrus are so intimate that he is ruler of an extensive territory and has charge of that ruler’s entire forces.

> Greek: 3. ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὖν ὑμῖν, ὅπως ἂν δύνωμαι, διηγήσομαι τὰ πεπραγμένα. ἐμοὶ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πατὴρ μέν ἐστι Σωπαῖος, ὃν οἱ πλέοντες εἰς τὸν Πόντον ἅπαντες ἴσασιν οὕτως οἰκείως πρὸς Σάτυρον διακείμενον, ὥστε πολλῆς μὲν χώρας ἄρχειν, ἁπάσης δὲ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐπιμελεῖσθαι τῆς ἐκείνου.

[¶3] 4. Having heard reports both of this state and of the other lands where Greeks live, I desired to travel abroad. And so my father loaded two ships with grain, gave me money, and sent me off on a trading expedition and at the same time to see the world. Pythodorus, the Phoenician, introduced Pasion to me and I opened an account at his bank.

> Greek: 4. πυνθανόμενος δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆσδε τῆς πόλεως καὶ περὶ τῆς ἄλλης Ἑλλάδος ἐπεθύμησʼ ἀποδημῆσαι. γεμίσας οὖς ὁ πατήρ μου δύο ναῦς σίτου καὶ χρήματα δοὺς ἐξέπεμψεν ἅμα κατʼ ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν· συστήσαντος δέ μοι Πυθοδώρου τοῦ Φοίνικος Πασιωνα ἐχρώμην τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ.

[¶4] 5. Later on, as a result of slander which reached Satyrus to the effect that my father was plotting against the throne and that I was associating with the exiles, Satyrus arrested my father and sent orders to citizens of Pontus in residence here in Athens to take possession of my money and to bid me to return and, if I refused to obey, to demand of you my extradition.

> Greek: 5. χρόνῳ δʼ ὕστερον διαβολῆς πρὸς Σάτυρον γενομένης ὡς καὶ ὁ πατὴρ οὑμὸς ἐπιβουλεύοι τῇ ἀρχῇ, κἀγὼ τοῖς φυγάσι συγγιγνοίμην, τὸν μὲν πατέρα μου συλλαμβάνει, ἐπιστέλλει δὲ τοῖς ἐνθάδʼ ἐπιδημοῦσιν ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου τά τε χρήματα παρʼ ἐμοῦ παραλαβεῖν καὶ αὐτὸν εἰσπλεῖν κελεύειν· ἐὰν δὲ τούτων μηδὲν ποιῶ, παρʼ ὑμῶν ἐξαιτεῖν.

[¶5] 6. When I found myself in difficulties so embarrassing, men of the jury, I related my troubles to Pasion; for I was on such intimate terms with him that I had the greatest confidence in him, not only in matters of money, but in everything else as well. I thought that, if I should yield control of all my money, I should run the risk, in case my father met with misfortune, after having been deprived of my money both here in Athens and at home, of becoming utterly destitute; and that, if I should acknowledge the existence of money here, yet fail to surrender it at Satyrus’ command, I should create the most serious grounds of complaint against myself and my father in the mind of Satyrus.

> Greek: 6. ἐν τοσούτοις δὲ κακοῖς ὤν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, λέγω πρὸς Πασίωνα τὰς ἐμαυτοῦ συμφοράς· οὕτω γὰρ οἰκείως πρὸς αὐτὸν διεκείμην ὥστε μὴ μόνον περὶ χρημάτων ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων τούτῳ μάλιστα πιστεύειν. ἡγούμην δʼ εἰ μὲν προοίμην ἅπαντα τὰ χρήματα, κινδυνεύειν, εἴ τι πάθοι ʼκεῖνος, στερηθεὶς καὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ, πάντων ἐνδεὴς γενήσεσθαι· εἰ δʼ ὁμολογῶν εἶναι ἐπιστείλαντος Σατύρου μὴ παραδοίην, εἰς τὰς μεγίστας διαβολὰς ἐμαυτὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα καταστήσειν πρὸς Σάτυρον.

[¶6] 7. On deliberation we decided that it would be best to agree to comply with all of Satyrus’ demands and to surrender the money whose existence was known, but with respect to the funds on deposit with Pasion we should not only deny their existence but also make it appear that I had borrowed at interest both from Pasion and from others, and to do everything which was likely to make them believe that I had no money.

> Greek: 7. βουλευομένοις οὖν ἡμῖν ἐδόκει βέλτιστον εἶναι προσομολογεῖν πάντα ποιεῖν, ὅσα Σάτυρος προσέταττε, καὶ τὰ μὲν φανερὰ τῶν χρημάτων παραδοῦναι, περὶ δὲ τῶν παρὰ τούτῳ κειμένων μὴ μόνον ἔξαρνον εἶναι ἀλλὰ καὶ ὀφείλοντά με καὶ τούτῳ καὶ ἑτέροις ἐπὶ τόκῳ φαίνεσθαι καὶ πάντα ποιεῖν ἐξ ὧν ἐκεῖνοι μάλιστʼ ἤμελλον πεισθήσεσθαι μὴ εἶναί μοι χρήματα.

[¶7] 8. At that time, men of the jury, I thought that Pasion was giving me all this advice because of goodwill toward me; but when I had arranged matters with the representatives of Satyrus, I perceived that he had designs on my property. For when I wished to recover my money and sail to Byzantium, Pasion thought a most favorable opportunity had come his way; for the sum of money on deposit with him was large and of sufficient value to warrant a shameless act, and I, in the presence of many listeners, had denied that I possessed anything, and everybody had seen that money was being demanded of me and that I was acknowledging that I was indebted to others also.

> Greek: 8. τότε μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐνόμιζόν μοι Πασίωνα διʼ εὔνοιαν ἅπαντα ταῦτα συμβουλεύειν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ πρὸς τοὺς παρὰ Σατύρου διεπραξάμην, ἔγνων αὐτὸν ἐπιβουλεύοντα τοῖς ἐμοῖς. βουλομένου γὰρ ἐμοῦ κομίσασθαι τἀμαυτοῦ καὶ πλεῖν εἰς Βυζάντοιν, ἡγησάμενος οὗτος κάλλιστον αὑτῷ καιρὸν παραπεπτωκέναι — τὰ μὲν γὰρ χρήματα πόλλʼ εἶναι τὰ παρʼ αὑτῷ κείμενα καὶ ἄξιʼ ἀναισχυντίας, ἐμὲ δὲ πολλῶν ἀκουόντων ἔξαρνον γεγενῆσθαι μηδὲν κεκτῆσθαι, πᾶσί τε φανερὸν ἀπαιτούμενον καὶ ἑτέροις προσομολογοῦντα ὀφείλειν— καὶ πρὸς τούτοις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐνόμιζεν, εἰ μὲν αὐτοῦ μένειν ἐπιχειροίην, ἐκδοθήσεσθαι, μʼ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως Σατύρῳ, εἰ δʼ ἄλλοσέ ποι τραποίμην, οὐδὲν μελήσειν αὑτῷ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων, εἰ δʼ εἰσπλευσοίμην εἰς τὸν Πόντον, ἀποθανεῖσθαί με μετὰ τοῦ πατρός·

[¶8] 9. Besides this, men of the jury, he was of opinion that if I attempted to remain here, I should be handed over by Athens to Satyrus, and if I should go anywhere else, he would be indifferent to my complaints, and if I should sail to the Pontus, I should be put to death along with my father; it was on the strength of these calculations that Pasion decided to defraud me of my money. And although to me he pretended that for the moment he was short of funds and would not be able to repay me, yet when I, wishing to ascertain exactly the truth, sent Philomelus and Menexenus to him to demand my property, he denied to them that he had anything belonging to me.

> Greek: 9. ταῦτα διαλογιζόμενος διενοεῖτό μʼ ἀποστερεῖν τὰ χρήματα. καὶ πρὸς μὲν ἐμὲ προσεποιεῖτʼ ἀπορεῖν ἐν τῷ παρόντι καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔχειν ἀποδοῦναι· ἐπειδὴ δὲ βουλόμενος εἰδέναι σαφῶς τὸ πρᾶγμα προσπέμπω Φιλόμηλον αὐτῷ καὶ Μενέξενον ἀπαιτήσοντας, ἔξαρνος γίγνεται πρὸς αὐτοὺς μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν ἐμῶν.

[¶9] 10. Thus beset on every side by misfortunes so dire, what, think you, was my state of mind? If I kept silent I should be defrauded of my money by Pasion here; if I should make this complaint, I was none the more likely to recover it and I should bring myself and my father into the greatest disrepute with Satyrus. The wisest course, therefore, as I thought, was to keep silent.

> Greek: 10. πανταχόθεν δέ μοι τοσούτων κακῶν προσπεπτωκότων τίνʼ οἴεσθέ με γνώμην ἔχειν, ᾧ γʼ ὑπῆρχε σιγῶντι μὲν ὑπὸ τούτου ἀπεστερῆσθαι τῶν χρημάτων, λέγοντι δὲ ταῦτα μὲν μηδὲν μᾶλλον κομίσασθαι, πρὸς Σάτυρον δʼ εἰς τὴν μεγίστην διαβολὴν καὶ ἐμαυτὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα καταστῆσαι; κράτιστον οὖν ἡγησάμην ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν.

[¶10] 11. After this, men of the jury, messengers arrived with the news that my father had been released and that Satyrus was so repentant of all that had occurred that he had bestowed upon my father pledges of his confidence of the most sweeping kind, and had given him authority even greater than he formerly possessed and had chosen my sister as his son’s wife. When Pasion learned this and understood that I would now bring action openly about my property, he spirited away his slave Cittus, who had knowledge of our financial transactions.

> Greek: 11. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἀφικνοῦνταί μοι οἱ ἀπαγγέλλοντες ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀφεῖται, καὶ Σατύρῳ οὕτως ἁπάντων μεταμέλει τῶν πεπραγμένων, ὥστε πίστεις τὰς μεγίστας αὐτῷ δεδωκὼς εἴη, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔτι μείζω πεποιηκὼς ἧς εἶχε πρότερον, καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν τὴν ἐμὴν εἰληφὼς γυναῖκα τῷ αὑτοῦ υἱεῖ. πυθόμενος δὲ ταῦτα Πασίων καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι φανερῶς ἤδη πράξω περὶ τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ, ἀφανίζει Κίττον τὸν παῖδα, ὃς συνῄδει περὶ τῶν χρημάτων.

[¶11] 12. And when I went to him and demanded the surrender of Cittus, because I believed that this slave could furnish the clearest proof of my claim, Pasion made the most outrageous charge, that I and Menexenus had bribed and corrupted Cittus as he sat at his banking-table and received six talents of silver from him. And that there might be neither examination nor testimony under torture on these matters, he asserted that it was we who had spirited away the slave and had brought a counter-charge against himself with a demand that this slave, whom we ourselves had spirited away, be produced. And while he was making this plea and protesting and weeping, he dragged me before the Polemarch with a demand for bondsmen, and he did not release me until I had furnished bondsmen in the sum of six talents. Please summon for me witnesses to these facts. Witnesses You have heard the witnesses, men of the jury; and I, who had already lost part of my money and with regard to the rest was under the most infamous charges, left Athens for the Peloponnesus to investigate for myself.

> Greek: 12. ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἐγὼ προσελθὼν ἐξῄτουν αὐτόν, ἡγούμενος ἔλεγχον ἂν τοῦτον σαφέστατον γενέσθαι περὶ ὧν ἐνεκάλουν, λέγει λόγον πάντων δεινότατον, ὡς ἐγὼ καὶ Μενέξενος διαφθείραντες καὶ πείσαντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ καθήμενον ἓξ τάλαντʼ ἀργυρίου λάβοιμεν παρʼ αὐτοῦ· ἵνα δὲ μηδεὶς ἔλεγχος μηδὲ βάσανος γένοιτο περὶ αὐτῶν, ἔφασκεν ἡμᾶς ἀφανίσαντας τὸν παῖδʼ ἀντεγκαλεῖν αὑτῷ καὶ ἐξαιτεῖν τοῦτον, ὃν αὐτοὶ ἠφανίσαμεν. καὶ ταῦτα λέγων καὶ ἀγανακτῶν καὶ δακρύων εἷλκέ με πρὸς τὸν πολέμαρχον, ἐγγυητὰς αἰτῶν, καὶ οὐ πρότερον ἀφῆκεν, ἕως αὐτῷ κατέστησʼ ἓξ ταλάντῶν ἐγγυητάς. καί μοι κάλει τούτων μάρτυρας. Μάρτυρες τῶν μὲν μαρτύρων ἀκηκόατε, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί·

[¶12] 13. But Menexenus found the slave here in the city, and having seized him demanded that he give testimony under torture about both the deposit and the charge brought by his master.

> Greek: 13. ἐγὼ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀπολωλεκὼς ἤδη, περὶ δὲ τῶν αἰσχίστας αἰτίας ἔχων, αὐτὸς μὲν εἰς Πελοπόννησον ᾠχόμην ζητήσων, Μενέξενος δʼ εὑρίσκει τὸν παῖδʼ ἐνθάδε, καὶ ἐπιλαβόμενος ἠξίου αὐτὸν βασανίζεσθαι καὶ περὶ τῆς παρακαταθήκης καὶ περὶ ὧν οὗτος ἡμᾶς ᾐτιάσατο.

[¶13] 14. Pasion, however, reached such a pitch of audacity that he secured the release of the slave on the ground that he was a freeman and, utterly devoid of shame and of fear, he claimed as a freeman and prevented the torture of a person who, as he alleged, had been stolen from him by us and had given us all that money. But the crowning impudence of all was this—that when Menexenus compelled Pasion to give security for the slave before the Polemarch, he gave bond for him in the sum of seven talents. Let witnesses to these facts take the stand. Witnesses After he had acted in this way, men of the jury, Pasion, believing that his past conduct had clearly been in error and thinking he could rectify the situation by his subsequent acts, came to us and asserted that he was ready to surrender the slave for torture.

> Greek: 14. Πασίων δʼ εἰς τοῦτο τόλμης ἀφίκεθʼ ὥστʼ ἀφῃρεῖτʼ αὐτὸν ὡς ἐλεύθερον ὄντα, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνετʼ οὐδʼ ἐδεδοίκει, ὃν ἔφασκεν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἠνδραποδίσθαι καὶ παρʼ οὗ τοσαῦτα χρήμαθʼ ἡμᾶς ἔχειν, τοῦτον ἐξαιρούμενος εἰς ἐλευθερίαν καὶ κωλύων βασανίζεσθαι. ὃ δὲ πάντων δεινότατον· κατεγγυῶντος γὰρ Μενεξένου πρὸς τὸν πολέμαρχον τὸν παῖδα, Πασίων αὐτὸν ἑπτὰ ταλάντων διηγγυήσατο. καί μοι τούτων ἀνάβητε μάρτυρες. Μάρτυρες τούτων τοίνυν αὐτῷ πεπραγμένων, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἡγούμενος περὶ μὲν τῶν παρεληλυθότων φανερῶς ἡμαρτηκέναι, οἰόμενος δʼ ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν ἐπανορθώσεσθαι, προσῆλθεν ἡμῖν φάσκων ἕτοιμος εἶναι παραδοῦναι βασανίζειν τὸν παῖδα.

[¶14] 15. We chose questioners and met in the temple of Hephaestus. And I demanded that they flog and rack the slave, who had been surrendered, until they were of opinion that he was telling the truth. But Pasion here asserted that they had not been chosen as torturers, and bade them make oral interrogation of the slave if they wished any information.

> Greek: 15. ἑλόμενοι δὲ βασανιστὰς ἀπηντήσαμεν εἰς τὸ Ἡφαιστεῖον. κἀγὼ μὲν ἠξίουν αὐτοὺς μαστιγοῦν τὸν ἐκδοθέντα καὶ στρεβλοῦν, ἕως τἀληθῆ δόξειεν αὐτοῖς λέγειν· Πασίων δʼ οὑτοσὶ οὐ δημοκοίνους ἔφασκεν αὐτοὺς ἑλέσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἐκέλευε λόγῳ πυνθάνεσθαι παρὰ τοῦ παιδός, εἴ τι βούλοιντο.

[¶15] 16. Because of our disagreement the examiners refused to put the slave to torture themselves, but decreed that Pasion should surrender him to me. But Pasion was so anxious to avoid the employment of torture that he refused to obey them in respect to the surrender of the slave, but declared that he was ready to restore to me the money if they should pronounce judgement against him. Please call for me witnesses to these facts. Witnesses When, as a result of these meetings, men of the jury, all declared that Pasion was guilty of wrong-doing and of scandalous conduct (since, in the first place, it was Pasion himself who had spirited away the slave who, so I had asserted, had knowledge of the money-dealings, although he accused us of having concealed him, and next, when the slave was arrested, had prevented him from giving testimony under torture on the ground that he was a freeman, and finally, after this, having surrendered him as a slave and having chosen questioners, he nominally gave orders that he be tortured but in point of fact forbade it), Pasion, I say, understanding that there was no possibility of escape for himself if he came before you, sent a messenger to beg me to meet him in a sanctuary.

> Greek: 16. διαφερομένων δʼ ἡμῶν οἱ βασανισταὶ αὐτοὶ μὲν οὐκ ἔφασαν βασανιεῖν, ἔγνωσαν δὲ Πασίωνʼ ἐμοὶ παραδοῦναι τὸν παῖδα. οὗτος δʼ οὕτω σφόδρʼ ἔφευγε τὴν βάσανον, ὥστε περὶ μὲν τῆς παραδόσεως οὐκ ἤθελεν αὐτοῖς πείθεσθαι, τὸ δʼ ἀργύριον ἕτοιμος ἦν ἀποτίνειν, εἰ καταγνοῖεν αὐτοῦ. καί μοι κάλει τούτων μάρτυρας. Μάρτυρες ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἐκ τῶν συνόδων, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πάντες αὐτοῦ κατεγίγνωσκον ἀδικεῖν καὶ δεινὰ ποιεῖν, ὅστις τὸν παῖδα, ὃ ἔφασκον ἐγὼ συνειδέναι περὶ τῶν χρημάτων, πρῶτον μὲν αὐτὸς ἀφανίσας ὑφʼ ἡμῶν αὐτὸν ᾐτιᾶτʼ ἠφανίσθαι, ἔπειτα δὲ συλληφθέντα ὡς ἐλεύθερον ὄντα διεκώλυσε βασανίζεσθαι, μετὰ δὲ ταῦθʼ ὡς δοῦλον ἐκδοὺς καὶ βασανιστὰς ἑλόμενος λόγῳ μὲν ἐκέλευσε βασανίζειν, ἔργῳ δʼ οὐκ εἴα, διὰ ταῦθʼ ἡγούμενος οὐδεμίαν αὑτῷ σωτηρίαν εἶναι, ἐάνπερ εἰς ὑμᾶς εἰσέλθῃ, προσπέμπων ἐδεῖτό μου εἰς ἱερὸν ἐλθόνθʼ ἑαυτῷ συγγενέσθαι.

[¶16] 18. And when we had come to the Acropolis, he covered his head and wept, saying that he had been compelled to deny the debt because of lack of funds, but that he would try to repay me in a short time. He begged me to forgive him and to keep his misfortune secret, in order that he, as a receiver of deposits, might not be shown to have been culpable in such matters. In the belief that he repented of his past conduct I yielded, and bade him to devise a method, of any kind he wished, that his affairs might be in order and I receive back my money.

> Greek: 18. καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἤλθομεν εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, ἐγκαλυψάμενος ἔκλαε καὶ ἔλεγεν, ὡς ἠναγκάσθη μὲν διʼ ἀπορίαν ἔξαρνος γενέσθαι, ὀλίγου δὲ χρόνου πειράσοιτο τὰ χρήματʼ ἀποδοῦναι· ἐδεῖτο δέ μου συγγνώμην ἔχειν αὐτῷ καὶ συγκρύψαι τὴν συμφοράν, ἵνα μὴ παρακαταθήκας δεχόμενος φανερὸς γένηται τοιαῦτʼ ἐξημαρτηκώς. ἡγούμενος δʼ αὐτῷ μεταμέλειν τῶν πεπραγμένων συνεχώρουν καὶ ἐκέλευον αὐτὸν ἐξευρεῖν, ὅντινʼ ἂν βούληται τρόπον, ὅπως τούτῳ τε καλῶς ἕξει κἀγὼ τἀμαυτοῦ κομιοῦμαι.

[¶17] 19. Two days later we met again and solemnly pledged each other to keep the affair secret, a pledge which he failed to keep, as you yourselves will learn as my story proceeds, and he agreed to sail with me to the Pontus and there pay me back the gold, in order that he might settle our contract at as great a distance as possible from Athens, and that no one here might know the nature of our settlement, and also that on his return from the Pontus he might say anything he pleased; but in the event that he should not fulfil these obligations, he proposed to entrust to Satyrus an arbitration on stated terms which would permit Satyrus to condemn Pasion to pay the original sum, and half as much in addition.

> Greek: 19. τρίτῃ δʼ ἡμέρᾳ συνελθόντες πίστιν τʼ ἔδομεν ἀλλήλοις ἦ μὴν σιωπήσεσθαι τὰ πραχθέντα, ἣν οὗτος ἔλυσεν, ὡς ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ προιόντος τοῦ λόγου γνώσεσθε, καὶ ὡμολόγησεν εἰς τὸν Πόντον μοι συμπλευσεῖσθαι κἀκεῖ τὸ χρυσίον ἀποδώσειν, ἵνʼ ὡς πορρωτάτω ἀπὸ τῆσδε τῆς πόλεως διαλύσειε τὸ συμβόλαιον, καὶ τῶν μὲν ἐνθάδε μηδεὶς εἰδείη τὸν τρόπον τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς, ἐκπλεύσαντι δʼ αὐτῷ ἐξείη λέγειν ὅ τι αὐτὸς βούλοιτο· εἰ δὲ μὴ ταῦτα ποιήσειε, δίαιταν ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς ἐπέτρεπε Σατύρῳ, ἐφʼ ᾧτε καταγιγνώσκειν ἡμιόλιʼ αὐτοῦ τὰ χρήματα.

[¶18] 20. When he had drawn up this agreement in writing we brought to the Acropolis Pyron, of Pherae, who frequently sailed to the Pontus, and placed the agreement in his custody, stipulating that if we should come to a satisfactory settlement with each other, he should burn the memorandum; otherwise, he was to deliver it to Satyrus.

> Greek: 20. ταῦτα δὲ συγγράψαντες καὶ ἀναγαγόντες εἰς ἀκρόπολιν Πύρωνα Φεραῖον ἄνδρα, εἰθισμένον εἰσπλεῖν εἰς τὸν Πόντον, δίδομεν αὐτῷ φυλάττειν τὰς συνθήκας, προστάξαντες αὐτῷ, ἐὰν μὲν διαλλαγῶμεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτούς, κατακαῦσαι τὸ γραμματεῖον, εἰ δὲ μή, Σατύρω ἀποδοῦναι.

[¶19] 21. The questions in dispute between ourselves, men of the jury, had been settled in this manner; but Menexenus was so enraged because of the charge which Pasion had brought against him also, that he brought an action for libel against him and demanded the surrender of Cittus, asking that Pasion, if guilty of falsification, should suffer the same penalty which he himself would have incurred for the same acts. And Pasion, men of the jury, begged me to appease Menexenus, saying it would be of no advantage to himself if, after having sailed to the Pontus, he should pay the money in accordance with the terms of the agreement, and then should all the same be made a laughing-stock in Athens;

> Greek: 21. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἡμέτερʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, οὕτω διεπέπρακτο· Μενέξενος δʼ ὀργιζόμενος ὑπὲρ τῆς αἰτίας ἧς κἀκεῖνον Πασίων ᾐτιάσατο, λαχὼν δίκην ἐξῄτει τὸν Κίττον, ἀξιῶν τὴν αὐτὴν Πασίωνι ψευδομένῳ γίγνεσθαι ζημίαν ἧσπερ ἂν αὐτὸς ἐτύγχανεν, εἴ τι τούτων ἐφαίνετο ποιήσας. καὶ οὗτος, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐδεῖτο μου ἀπαλλάττειν Μενέξενον, λέγων ὅτι οὐδὲν αὐτῷ πλέον ἔσται, εἰ τὰ μὲν χρήματʼ ἐκ τῶν συγγεγραμμένων εἰς τὸν Πόντον εἰσπλεύσας ἀποδώσει, αὐτὸς δʼ ὁμοίως ἐνθάδε καταγέλαστος ἔσοιτο· ὁ γὰρ παῖς, ἐὰν βασανίζηται,, περὶ πάντων τἀληθῆ κατεπεῖ.

[¶20] 22. for the slave, if put to the torture, would testify to the truth of everything. I for my part, however, asked him to take any action he pleased as to Menexenus, but to carry out his agreements with me. At that time he was in a humble mood, for he did not know what to do in his plight. For not only was he in a state of fear in regard to the torture and the impending suit, but also with respect to the memorandum, lest Menexenus should obtain possession of it.

> Greek: 22. ἐγὼ δʼ ἠξίουν πρὸς μὲν Μενέξενον πράττειν ὅ τι βούλοιτο, πρὸς δʼ ἐμὲ ποιεῖν αὐτὸν τὰ συγκείμενα. ἐν ἐκείνῳ μὲν οὖν τῷ χρόνῳ ταπεινὸς ἦν, οὐκ ἔχων ὅ τι χρήσαιτο τοῖς αὑτοῦ κακοῖς. καὶ γὰρ οὐ μόνον περὶ τῆς βασάνου καὶ τῆς δίκης ἐκείνης ἐδεδοίκει τῆς εἰληγμένης, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ γραμματείου, ὅπως μὴ ὑπὸ τοῦ Μενεξένου συλληφθήσοιτο.

[¶21] 23. And being embarrassed and finding no other means of relief, he bribed the slaves of the alien Pyron and falsified the memorandum which Satyrus was to receive in case he did not come to an agreement with me. No sooner had he accomplished this than he became the most impudent of all men and declared that he would not sail with me to the Pontus and that no contract at all existed between us, and he demanded that the memorandum be opened in the presence of witnesses. Why need I say more to you, men of the jury? For it was discovered to have been written in the memorandum that Pasion was released of all claims on my part!

> Greek: 23. ἀπορῶν δὲ καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἄλλην εὑρίσκων ἀπαλλαγήν, πείσας τοῦ ξένου τοὺς παῖδας διαφθείρει τὸ γραμματεῖον, ὃ ἔδει Σάτυρον λαβεῖν, εἰ μή μʼ ἀπαλλάξειεν οὗτος. καὶ οὐκ ἔφθη διαπραξάμενος ταῦτα καὶ θρασύτατος ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐγένετο, καὶ οὔτʼ εἰς τὸν Πόντον ἔφη μοι συμπλευσεῖσθαι οὔτʼ εἶναι πρός ἔμʼ αὐτῷ συμβόλαιον οὐδέν, ἀνοίγειν τʼ ἐκέλευε τὸ γραμματεῖον ἐναντιόν μαρτύρων. τί ἂν ὑμῖν τὰ πολλὰ λέγοιμι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί; εὑρέθη γάρ ἐν τὦ γραμματείῳ γεγραμμένος ἀφειμένος ἁπάντων τῶν ἐγκλημάτων ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ.

[¶22] 24. Well, all the facts in the case I have told you as accurately as I could. But I think, men of the jury, that Pasion will base his defense on the falsified memorandum, and will especially rely on its contents. Do you, therefore, give your attention to me; for I think that from these very contents I shall reveal to you his rascality.

> Greek: 24. τὰ μὲν οὖν γεγενημένα, ὡς ἀκριβέστατα οἶός τʼ ἦν, ἅπανθʼ ὑμῖν εἴρηκα. ἡγοῦμαι δὲ Πασίωνʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐκ τοῦ διεφθαρμένου γραμματείου τὴν ἀπολογίαν ποιήσεσθαι καὶ τοὺτοις ἰσχυριεῖσθαι μάλιστα. ὑμεῖς οὖν μοι τὸν νοῦν προσέχετε· οἶμαι γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῶν τούτων φανερὰν ὑμῖν ποιήσειν τὴν τούτου πονηρίαν.

[¶23] 25. Consider the matter first in this way. When we gave to the alien, Pyron, the agreement by which Pasion, as he claims, is released from my demands, but as I contend, I was to have received back the gold from him, we bade the alien, in case we arrived at an understanding with each other, to burn the memorandum; otherwise, to give it to Satyrus, and that this was stated both of us agree.

> Greek: 25. πρῶτον δʼ ἐκ τούτου σκοπεῖσθε. ὅτε γὰρ ἐδίδομεν τῷ ξένῳ τὴν συνθήκην, καθʼ ἣν οὗτος μὲν ἀφεῖσθαί φησι τῶν ἐγκλημάτων, ἐγὼ δʼ ὡς ἔδει με παρὰ τοὺτου κομίσασθαι τὸ χρυσίον, ἐκελεύομεν τὸν ξένον, ἐὰν μὲν διαλλαγῶμεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτούς, κατακαῦσαι τὸ γραμματεῖον, εἰ δὲ μή, Σατύρῳ ἀποδοῦναι· καὶ ταῦτα ῥηθῆναι ὑπʼ ἀμφοτέρων ἡμῶν ὁμολογεῖται.

[¶24] 26. And yet, men of the jury, what possessed us to stipulate that the memorandum should be given to Satyrus in case of our failure to come to terms, if Pasion had already been freed of my claims and our business had been concluded? On the contrary, it is clear that we had made this agreement because there yet remained matters which Pasion had to settle with me in accordance with the memorandum.

> Greek: 26. καίτοι τί μαθόντες, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, προσετάττομεν ἀποδοῦναι Σατύρω τὸ γραμματεῖον, ἂν μὴ διαλλαγῶμεν, εἴπερ ἀπηλλαγμένος ἤδη Πασίων ἦν ἐγκλημάτων καὶ τέλος εἶχεν ἡμῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα; ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι ταύτας τὰς συνθήκας ἐποιησάμεθʼ ὡς ὑπολοίπων ὄντων ἡμῖν ἔτι πραγμάτων, περί ὦν ἔδει τοῦτον πρὸς ἐμὲ κατὰ τὸ γραμματεῖον διαλύσασθαι.

[¶25] 27. In the next place, men of the jury, I can give you the reasons why he agreed to repay me the gold; for when we had been cleared of the false accusations lodged with Satyrus, and Pasion had been unable to spirit away Cittus, who had knowledge of my deposit, he understood that if he should deliver his slave to torture, he would be convicted of an act of rascality, and, on the other hand, if he failed to do so, he would lose his case; he wished, therefore, to reach a settlement with me in person.

> Greek: 27. ἔπειτʼ ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί ἔχω τὰς αἰτίας εἰπεῖν διʼ ἃς οὗτος ὡμολόγησεν ἀποδώσειν τὸ χρυσίον· ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς τε τῶν πρὸς Σάτυρον διαβολῶν ἀπηλλάγημεν καὶ τὸν Κιττον οὐχ οἶός τʼ ἐγένετʼ ἀφανίσαι, τὸν συνειδότα περὶ τῆς παρακαταθήκης, ἡγησάμενος, εἰ μὲν ἐκδοίη τὸν παῖδα βασανίσαι, φανερός γενήσεσθαι πανουργῶν, εἰ δὲ μὴ ποιήσειε ταῦτʼ, ὀφλήσειν τὴν δίκην, ἐβουλήθη πρὸς ἐμὲ ἀπαλλαγὴν ποιήσασθαι.

[¶26] 28. Bid him show you what gain I had in view, or what danger I feared, that I dropped my charges against him. But if he can show you nothing of the kind, would you not with greater justice trust me rather than him in the matter of the memorandum?

> Greek: 28. τοῦτον δὲ κελεύσατʼ ἀποδεῖξαι, τι κερδαίνων ἤ τίνα κίνδυνον φοβηθεὶς ἀφῆκʼ αὐτὸν τῶν ἐγκλημάτων; ἐάν δὲ μηδὲν ἔχῃ τούτων ὑμῖν ἀποφαίνειν, πῶς οὐκ ἄν δικαίως ἐμοὶ μᾶλλον ἢ τούτῳ περὶ τοῦ γραμματείου πιστεύοιτε;

[¶27] 29. Furthermore, men of the jury, this too is easy for all to see—that whereas I, the plaintiff, if I distrusted the sufficiency of my proofs, could drop the prosecution even without entering into any agreement, yet Pasion, on account both of the examination of his slave under torture and the suits lodged with you, could not possibly free himself from his risks when he wished except by gaining the consent of me, the complainant. In consequence, I was not obliged to make an agreement about the dismissal of my charges, but it was necessary for him to do so about the repayment of my money.

> Greek: 29. καὶ μὲν δή, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ τόδε ῥᾴδιον πᾶσι γνῶναι, ὅτι ἐμοὶ μέν, ὃς ἐνεκάλουν, εἰ τοὺς ἐλέγχους ἐφοβούμην, ἐξῆν καὶ μηδεμίαν συνθήκην ποιησάμενον χαίρειν ἐᾶν τὸ πρᾶγμα· τούτῳ δὲ διά τε τὴν βάσανον καὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας τοὺς ἐν ὑμῖν οὐχ οἶόν τʼ ἦν ὁπότε βούλοιτʼ ἀπηλλάχθαι τῶν κινδύνων, εἰ μὴ πείσειεν ἐμὲ τὸν ἐγκαλοῦντα. ὥστʼ οὐκ ἐμὲ περὶ τῆς ἀφέσεως ἀλλὰ τοῦτον περὶ τῆς ἀποδόσεως τῶν χρημάτων ἔδει τὰς συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι. ἔτι δὲ κἀκεῖνʼ ὑπερφυές, εἰ πρὶν μὲν συγγράψασθαι τὸ γραμματεῖον οὕτω σφόδρʼ ἠπίστησα τοῖς πράγμασιν ὥστε μὴ μόνον ἀφεῖναι Πασίωνα τῶν ἐγκλημάτων ἀλλὰ καὶ συνθήκας περὶ αὐτῶν ποιήσασθαι ἐπειδὴ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔλεγχον κατʼ ἐμαυτοῦ συνεγραψάμην, τηνικαῦτʼ ἐπεθύμησʼ εἰς ὑμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν.

[¶28] 30. Besides, it would have been a preposterous state of affairs if, before the memorandum had been drawn up, I should have had so little confidence in my case as not only to drop the charges against Pasion, but also to make an agreement concerning these charges and, after I had drawn up such written proof against myself, should then have desired to bring the case before you. And yet who would plan so foolishly in regard to his own interests? But here is the strongest proof of all that in the agreement Pasion was not absolved from his debt, but on the contrary had agreed to repay the gold: when Menexenus lodged his suit against him, which was before the memorandum had been tampered with, Pasion sent Agyrrhius, a friend of both of us, to beg that I either appease Menexenus or annul the agreement I had made with himself.

> Greek: 30. καίτοι τίς ἄν οὕτω περί τῶν αὑτοῦ πραγμάτων βουλεύσαιτο; ὃ δὲ πάντων μέγιστον τεκμήριον ὡς οὐκ ἀφειμὲνος ἦν Πασίων ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις ἀλλʼ ὡμολογηκὼς ἀποδώσειν τὸ χρυσίον· ὅτε γὰρ Μενέξενος ἔλαχεν αὑτῷ τὴν δίκην, οὔπω διεφθαρμένου τοῦ γραμματείου, προσπέμπων Ἀγύρριον, ὄντʼ ἀμφοτέροις ἡμῖν ἐπιτήδειον, ἠξίου μʼ ἤ Μενέξενον ἀπαλλάττειν ἢ τὰς συνθήκας τὰς γεγενημένας πρὸς αὑτὸν ἀναιρεῖν.

[¶29] 32. And yet, men of the jury, do you think that he would desire the annulment of this agreement, which he could use to convict us of falsehood? At any rate, this was not what he was saying after they had altered the memorandum; on the contrary, in all details he appealed to the agreement and ordered the memorandum to be opened. In proof that Pasion at first was eager for the suppression of the agreement I will produce Agyrrhius himself as witness. Please take the stand. Testimony So then, the fact that we made the agreement, not as Pasion will try to explain, but as I have related to you, I think has been sufficiently established.

> Greek: 32. καίτοι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, οἴεσθʼ ἂν αὐτὸν ἐπιθυμεῖν ἀναιρεθῆναι ταύτας τὰς συνθήκας, ἐξ ὧν ψευδομένους ἡμᾶς ἔμελλεν ἐξελέγξειν; οὔκουν ἐπειδή γε μετεγράφησαν, τούτους ἔλεγε τοὺς λόγους, ἀλλὰ περὶ ἁπάντων εἰς ἐκείνας κατέφευγε καὶ ἀνοίγειν ἐκέλευε τὸ γραμματεῖον. ὡς οὖν τὸ πρῶτον ἀναιρεῖν ἐζήτει τὰς συνθήκας, αὐτὸν Ἀγύρριον μαρτυροῦντα παρέξομαι. καί μοι ἀνάβηθι. Μαρτυρία ὅτι μὲν τοίνυν συνθήκας δʼ ἐποιησάμεθʼ οὐχ ὡς Πασίων ἐπιχειρήσει λέγειν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐγὼ πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἴρηκα, ἱκανῶς ἐπιδεδεῖχθαι νομίζω.

[¶30] 33. And it should not occasion surprise, men of the jury, that he falsified the memorandum, not only for the reason that there have been numerous frauds of such nature, but because some of Pasion’s friends have been guilty of conduct far worse. For instance, is there anyone who is ignorant that Pythodorus, called “the shop-keeper,” whose words and acts are all in Pasion’s interest, last year opened the voting-urns and removed the ballots naming the judges which had been cast by the Council?

> Greek: 33. οὐκ ἄξιον δὲ θαυμάζειν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἰ τὸ γραμματεῖον διέφθειρεν, οὐ μόνον διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι πολλὰ τοιαῦτʼ ἤδη γέγονεν, ἀλλʼ ὅτι καὶ τῶν χρωμένων τινὲς Πασίωνι πολὺ δεινότερα τούτων πεποιήκασι. Πυθόδωρον γὰρ τὸν σκηνίτην καλούμενον, ὃς ὑπὲρ Πασίωνος ἅπαντα καὶ λέγει καὶ πράττει, τίς οὐκ οἶδεν ὑμῶν πέρυσιν ἀνοίξαντα τὰς ὑδρίας καὶ τοὺς κριτὰς ἐξελόντα τοὺς ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς εἰσβληθέντας;

[¶31] 34. And yet when a man who, for petty gain and at the peril of his life, has the effrontery to open secretly the urns that had been stamped by the prytanes and sealed by the choregi, urns that were guarded by the treasurers and kept on the Acropolis, why should there be surprise that men, who hoped to make so great a profit, falsified an insignificant written agreement in the possession of a foreigner, gaining their ends either by the bribery of his slaves or by some other means in their power? On this point, however, I do not know what more I need say.

> Greek: 34. καίτοι ὅστις μικρων ἕνεκα καὶ περὶ τοῦ σώματος κινδυνεύων ταύτας ὑπανοίγειν ἐτόλμησεν, αἳ σεσημασμέναι μὲν ἦσαν ὑπὸ τῶν χορηγῶν, ἐφυλάττοντο δʼ ὑπὸ τῶν ταμιῶν, ἔκειντο δʼ ἐν ἀκροπόλει, τί δεῖ θαυμάζειν, εἰ γραμματείδιον παρʼ ἀνθρώπῳ ξένῳ κείμενον τοσαῦτα μέλλοντες χρήματα κερδαίνειν μετέγραψαν, ἢ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ πείσαντες ἢ ἄλλῳ τρόπῳ, ᾧ ἠδύναντο, μηχανησάμενοι; περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτων οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι δεῖ πλείω λέγειν.

[¶32] 35. Already Pasion has tried to persuade certain persons that I had no money at all here, asserting that I had borrowed three hundred staters from Stratocles. It is worth while, therefore, that you should hear me also on these matters, in order that you may understand how flimsy is the proof which encourages him to try to defraud me of my money. Now, men of the jury, when Stratocles was about to sail for Pontus, I, wishing to get as much of my money out of that country as possible, asked Stratocles to leave with me his own gold and on his arrival in Pontus to collect its equivalent from my father there, as I thought it would be highly advantageous not to jeopardize my money by the risks of a voyage, especially as the Lacedaemonians were then masters of the sea.

> Greek: 35. ἤδη δέ τινας Πασίων ἐπεχείρησε πείθειν, ὡς τὸ παράπαν οὐδʼ ἦν ἐνθάδε μοι χρήματα, λέγων ὡς παρὰ Στρατοκλέους ἐδανεισάμην τριακοσίους στατῆρας. ἄξιον οὖν καὶ περὶ τούτων ἀκοῦσαι, ἵνʼ ἐπίστησθʼ, οἵοις τεκμηρίοις ἐπαρθεὶς ἀποστερεῖ με τῶν χρημάτων. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, μέλλοντος Στρατοκλέους εἰσπλεῖν εἰς τὸν Πόντον, βουλόμενος ἐκεῖθεν ὡς πλεῖστʼ ἐκκομίσασθαι τῶν χρημάτων, ἐδεήθην Στρατοκλέους τὸ μὲν αὑτοῦ χρυσίον ἐμοὶ καταλιπεῖν, ἐν δὲ τῷ Πόντῳ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τοὐμοῦ κομίσασθαι, νομίζων μεγάλα κερδαίνειν, εἰ κατὰ πλοῦν μὴ κινδυνεύοι τὰ χρήματα, ἄλλως τε καὶ Δακεδαιμονίων ἀρχόντων κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον τῆς θαλάττης.

[¶33] 36. For Pasion, then, I do not think that this is any indication that I had no money here; but for me my dealings with Stratocles will constitute the strongest proof that I had gold on deposit with Pasion.

> Greek: 36. τούτῳ μὲν οὖν οὐδὲν ἡγοῦμαι τοῦτʼ εἶναι σημεῖον, ὡς οὐκ ἦν ἐνθάδε μοι χρήματα. ἐμοὶ δὲ μέγιστʼ ἔσται τεκμήρια τὰ πρὸς Στρατοκλέα πραχθέντα, ὡς ἦν μοι παρὰ τούτῳ χρυσίον.

[¶34] 37. For when Stratocles inquired of me who would repay him in case my father failed to carry out my written instructions, and if, on his return, he should not find me here, I introduced Pasion to him, and Pasion himself agreed to repay him both the principal and the accrued interest. And yet if Pasion had not had on deposit some money belonging to me, do you think he would so readily have become my guarantor for so large a sum? Witnesses, please take the stand. Witnesses Perhaps, men of the jury, he will present witnesses to you who will testify that I also denied, in the presence of the agents of Satyrus, that I possessed any money except that which I surrendered to them, and that he himself was laying claim to my money on my own confession that I owed him three hundred drachmas, and also that I had allowed Hippoladas, my guest and friend, to borrow from him.

> Greek: 37. ἐρωτῶντος γὰρ Στρατοκλέους, ὅστις αὐτῷ ἀποδώσει τὰ χρήματα, ἐὰν ὁ πατὴρ οὑμὸς μὴ ποιήσῃ τὰ ἐπεσταλμένα, αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκπλεύσας ἐνθάδʼ ἐμὲ μὴ καταλάβῃ, Πασίωνʼ αὐτῷ συνέστησα, καὶ ὡμολόγησεν οὗτος αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἀρχαῖον καὶ τοὺς τόκους τοὺς γιγνομένους ἀποδώσειν. δώσειν. καίτοι εἰ μηδὲν ἔκειτο παρʼ αὐτῷ τῶν ἐμῶν, οἴεσθʼ ἄν αὐτὸν οὕτω ῥᾳδίως τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐγγυητήν μου γενέσθαι; καί μοι ἀνάβητε, μάρτυρες. Μάρτυρες ἴσως τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ τούτων ὑμῖν μάρτυρας παρέξεται, ὡς ἔξαρνος ἐγενόμην πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὲρ Σατύρου πράττοντας μηδὲν κεκτῆσθαι πλὴν ὧν ἐκείνοις παρεδίδουν, καὶ ὡς αὐτὸς ἐπελαμβάνετο τῶν χρημάτων τῶν ἐμῶν ὁμολογοῦντος ἐμοῦ ὀφείλειν τριακοσίας δραχμάς, καὶ ὅτι Ἱππολαΐδαν, ξένον ὄντʼ ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ ἐπιτήδειον, περιεώρων παρὰ τούτου δανειζόμενον.

[¶35] 39. As for me, men of the jury, since I was involved in the difficulties which I have related to you, deprived of all I had at home and under compulsion to surrender what I had here to the envoys from Pontus, and finding myself without any means unless I could secretly retain in my possession the money on deposit with Pasion, I did, I admit, acknowledge a debt due him of three hundred drachmas and that in other respects I behaved and spoke in a manner which I thought would best persuade them that I possessed nothing.

> Greek: 39. ἐγὼ δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καταστὰς εἰς συμφορὰς οἵας ὑμῖν διηγησάμην, καὶ τῶν μὲν οἴκοι πάντων ἀπεστερημένος, τὰ δʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἀναγκαζόμενος παραδιδόναι τοῖς ἥκουσιν, ὑπολοίπου δʼ οὐδενὸς ὄντος μοι, πλὴν εἰ δυνηθείην λαθεῖν περιποιησάμενος τὸ χρυσίον τὸ παρὰ τούτῳ κείμενον, ὁμολογῶ καὶ τούτῳ προσομολογῆσαι τριακοσίας δραχμὰς καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων τοιαῦτα πράττειν καὶ λέγειν ἐξ ὧν ἐκείνους μάλιστʼ ἄν πείθειν ὠόμην μηδὲν εἶναί μοι.

[¶36] 40. And that these things were done by me, not because of lack of funds, but that the parties in Pontus might believe that to be the case, you will readily learn. I will present to you first those who knew that I had received much money from Pontus; next, those who saw me as a patron of Pasion’s bank, and, besides, the persons from whom at that time I bought more than a thousand gold staters.

> Greek: 40. καὶ ταῦθʼ ὡς οὐ διʼ ἀπορίαν ἐγίγνετο, ἀλλʼ ἵνα πιστευθείην ὑπʼ ἐκείνων, ῥᾳδίως γνώσεσθε. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ὑμῖν μάρτυρας παρέξομαι τοὺς εἰδότας πολλά μοι χρήματʼ ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου κομισθέντα, ἔπειτα δὲ τοὺς ὁρῶντάς με τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ χρώμενον, ἔτι δὲ παρʼ ὧν ἐχρυσώνησʼ ὑπʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον πλέον ἢ χιλίους στατῆρας.

[¶37] 41. In addition to this, when a special tax was imposed upon us and other men than I were appointed registrars, I contributed more than any other foreigner and when I was myself chosen registrar. I subscribed the largest contribution, but I pleaded with my fellow-registrars on behalf of Pasion, explaining that it was my money that he was using. Witnesses, please take the stand. Witnesses Pasion himself, moreover—in effect, at least—I will present as corroborating these statements.

> Greek: 41. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις εἰσφορᾶς ἡμῖν προσταχθείσης καὶ ἑτέρων ἐπιγραφέων γενομένων ἐγὼ πλεῖστον εἰσήνεγκα τῶν ξένων, αὐτός θʼ αἱρεθεὶς ἐμαυτῷ μὲν ἐπέγραψα τὴν μεγίστην εἰσφοράν, ὑπὲρ Πασίωνος δʼ ἐδεόμην τῶν συνεπιγραφέων, λέγων ὅτι τοῖς ἐμοῖς χρήμασι τυγχάνει χρώμενος. καί μοι ἀνάβητε μάρτυρες. Μάρτυρες αὐτὸν τοίνυν Πασίωνʼ ἔργῳ παρέξομαι τούτοις συμμαρτυροῦντα.

[¶38] 42. An information had been laid by a certain party against a trading-ship, upon which I had lent a large sum of money, as belonging to a man of Delos. When I disputed this claim and demanded that the ship put to sea, those who make a business of blackmail so influenced the Council that at first I almost was put to death without a trial; finally, however, they were persuaded to accept bondsmen from me.

> Greek: 42. ὁλκάδα γάρ, ἐφʼ ᾗ πολλὰ χρήματʼ ἦν ἐγὼ δεδωκώς, ἔφηνέ τις ὡς οὖσαν ἀνδρὸς Δηλίου. ἀμφισβητοῦντος δʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ καθέλκειν ἀξιοῦντος οὕτω τὴν βουλὴν διέθεσαν οἱ βουλόμενοι συκοφαντεῖν, ὥστε τὸ μὲν πρῶτον παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθον ἄκριτος ἀποθανεῖν, τελευτῶντες δʼ ἐπείσθησαν ἐγγυητὰς παρʼ ἐμοῦ δέξασθαι.

[¶39] 43. And Philip, who was my father’s guest-friend, was summoned and appeared, but took to flight in alarm at the magnitude of the danger; Pasion, however, furnished for me Archestratus, the banker, as surety for seven talents. And yet if he stood to lose but a small sum and had known that I possessed no funds here, surely he would not have become my surety for so large an amount.

> Greek: 43. καὶ Φίλιππος μὲν ὤν μοι ξένος πατρικός, κληθεὶς καὶ ὑπακούσας, δείσας τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ κινδύνου ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο· Πασίων δʼ Ἀρχέστρατόν μοι τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης ἑπτὰ ταλάντων ἐγγυητὴν παρέσχεν. καίτοι εἰ μικρῶν ἀπεστερεῖτο καὶ μηδὲν ᾔδει μʼ ἐνθάδε κεκτημένον, οὐκ ἂν δήπου τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐγγυητής μου κατέστη.

[¶40] 44. But it is obvious that Pasion called in the three hundred drachmas as a favor to me, and that he became my surety for seven talents because he judged that the gold on deposit with him was a sufficient guarantee. That, therefore, I had a large sum of money here and that it was deposited in his bank I have not only proved to you from Pasion’s acts but you have also heard it from the others who know the facts.

> Greek: 44. ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι τὰς μὲν τριακοσίας δραχμὰς ἐνεκάλεσεν ἐμοὶ χαριζόμενος, τῶν δʼ ἑπτὰ ταλάντων ἐγγυητής μοι ἐγένεθʼ ἡγούμενος πίστιν ἔχειν ἱκανὴν τὸ χρυσίον τὸ παρʼ αὑτῷ κείμενον. ὡς μὲν τοίνυν ἦν τέ μοι πολλὰ χρήματʼ ἐνθάδε καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐπὶ τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ κεῖταί μοι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τῶν Πασίωνος ὑμῖν δεδήλωκα καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν εἰδότων ἀκηκόατε.

[¶41] 45. It seems to me, men of the jury, that you would best decide upon the questions at issue if you should call to mind that period and the situation in which our affairs stood when I sent Menexenus and Philomelus to claim the deposit and Pasion for the first time had the hardihood to deny its existence. You find, in fact, that my father had been arrested and deprived of all his property, and that I was unable, because of the embarrassment in which I found myself, either to remain here or to sail to the Pontus.

> Greek: 45. δοκεῖτε δέ μοι, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἄριστʼ ἂν γνῶναι περὶ ὧν ἀμφισβητοῦμεν, ἀναμνησθέντες ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον, καὶ τὰ πράγματα πῶς εἶχεν ἡμῖν, ὅτʼ ἐγὼ Μενέξενον καὶ Φιλόμηλον προσέπεμψʼ ἀπαιτήσοντας τὴν παρακαταθήκην, καὶ Πασίων τὸ πρῶτον ἐτόλμησεν ἔξαρνος γενέσθαι. εὑρήσετε γὰρ τὸν μὲν πατέρα μου συνειλημμένον καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν ἅπασαν ἀφῃρημένον, ἐμοὶ δʼ οὐχ οἷόν τʼ ὂν διὰ τὰς παρούσας τύχας οὔτʼ αὐτοῦ μένειν οὔτʼ εἰς τὸν Πόντον εἰσπλεῖν.

[¶42] 46. And yet, which is the more reasonable supposition—that I, involved in misfortunes so great brought unjust charges against Pasion or that he, because of the magnitude of our misfortunes and the large sum of money involved, was tempted to defraud us? But what man ever went so far in chicanery as, with his own life in jeopardy, to plot against the possessions of others? With what hope or with what intent would I have unjustly proceeded against Pasion? Was it my thought that, in fear of my influence, he would forthwith give me money? But neither the one nor the other of us was in such a situation.

> Greek: 46. καίτοι πότερον εἰκὸς ἔμʼ ἐν τοσούτοις ὄντα κακοῖς ἀδίκως ἐγκαλεῖν, ἢ Πασίωνα καὶ διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἡμετέρων συμφορῶν καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν χρημάτων ἐπαρθῆναι τὴν ἀποστέρησιν ποιήσασθαι; τίς δὲ πώποτʼ εἰς τοσοῦτον συκοφαντίας ἀφίκετο ὥστε αὐτὸς περὶ τοῦ σώματος κινδυνεύων τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἐπιβουλεύειν; μετὰ ποίας δʼ ἂν ἐλπίδος ἢ τί διανοηθεὶς ἀδίκως ἦλθον ἐπὶ τοῦτον; πότερον ὡς δείσας τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐμὴν ἤμελλεν εὐθύς μοι δώσειν ἀργύριον; ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὕτως ἑκάτερος ἡμῶν ἔπραττεν.

[¶43] 47. Or was I of opinion that by bringing the matter to issue in court I should have greater influence with you than Pasion, even contrary to justice—I, who was not even preparing to remain in Athens, since I feared that Satyrus would demand of you my extradition? Or was I going to act so that, without accomplishing anything, I should make a personal enemy of the man with whom, as it happened, of all the inhabitants of Athens, I was on terms of greatest intimacy? Who of you, I ask, would think it right to condemn me as being guilty of such folly and stupidity?

> Greek: 47. ἀλλʼ εἰς ἀγῶνα καταστὰς ᾤμην καὶ παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον πλέον ἕξειν Πασίωνος παρʼ ὑμῖν; ὃς οὐδὲ μένειν ἐνθάδε παρεσκευαζόμην, δεδιὼς μή μʼ ἐξαιτήσειε Σάτυρος παρʼ ὑμῶν. ἀλλʼ ἵνα μηδὲν διαπραττόμενος ἐχθρὸς τούτῳ κατασταίην, ᾧ μάλιστʼ ἐτύγχανον πάντων τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει χρώμενος; καὶ τίς ἂν ὑμῶν ἀξιώσειε καταγνῶναί μου τοσαύτην μανίαν καὶ ἀμαθίαν;

[¶44] 48. It is also right, men of the jury, that you should note the absurdity and the incredibility of the arguments which Pasion on each occasion undertook to present. For when my situation was such that, even if he acknowledged that he was defrauding me of my money, I could not have exacted the penalty from him, it is then that he accuses me of trying to make unjust claims; but when I had been declared innocent of the slanderous charges lodged with Satyrus and all thought that he would lose his suit, it is then that he says I renounced all claims against him. And yet how could anything be more illogical than this?

> Greek: 48. ἐνθυμηθῆναι δʼ ἄξιόν ἐστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὴν ἀτοπίαν καὶ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὧν ἑκάστοτε Πασίων ἐπεχείρει λέγειν. ὅτε μὲν γὰρ οὕτως ἔπραττον, ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἄν, εἰ προσωμολόγει μʼ ἀποστερεῖν τῶν χρημάτων, οἷός τʼ ἂν ἦν παρʼ αὐτοῦ δίκην λαβεῖν, τότε μὲν αἰτιᾶταί μʼ ἀδίκως ἐγκαλεῖν ἐπιχειρῆσαι· ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἐγώ τε τῶν πρὸς Σάτυρον διαβολῶν ἀπηλλάγην καὶ τοῦτον ἅπαντες ὀφλήσειν τὴν δίκην ἐνόμιζον, τηνικαῦτά μέ φησιν ἀφεῖναι πάντων τῶν ἐγκλημάτων αὐτόν. καίτοι πῶς ἂν τούτων ἀλογώτερα γένοιτο;

[¶45] 49. But, you may say, perhaps it is on these matters only, and not on the others, that he obviously contradicts himself in both words and deeds. Yet he is the man who, though he alleged that the slave whom he himself had spirited away had been enslaved by us, yet listed this same person in his property-schedule as a slave along with his other servants, and then when Menexenus demanded that this slave give testimony under torture, Pasion brought about his release on the ground that he was a freeman!

> Greek: 49. ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἴσως περὶ τούτων μόνον ἀλλʼ οὐ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐναντίʼ αὐτὸς αὑτῷ καὶ λέγων καὶ πράττων φανερός ἐστιν· ὃς τὸν μὲν παῖδα, ὃν αὐτὸς ἠφάνισεν, ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἔφασκεν ἀνδραποδισθῆναι, τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τοῦτον ἀπεγράψατο μὲν ἐν τοῖς τιμήμασιν ὡς δοῦλον μετὰ τῶν οἰκετῶν τῶν ἄλλων, ἐπεὶ δʼ αὐτὸν ἠξίου Μενέξενος βασανίζειν, ἀφῃρεῖθʼ ὡς ἐλεύθερον ὄντα.

[¶46] 50. Furthermore, while he himself was defrauding me of my deposit, he had the impudence to accuse us of having six talents from his bank. And yet when a man did not hesitate to lie in matters so obvious to everybody, how can he be believed about matters transacted between us two alone?

> Greek: 50. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἀποστερῶν αὐτὸς τὴν παρακαταθήκην, ἐτόλμησεν ἡμῖν ἐγκαλεῖν ὡς ἔχομεν ἓξ τάλαντʼ ἀπὸ τῆς τούτου τραπέζης. καίτοι ὅστις περὶ πραγμάτων οὕτω φανερῶν ἐπεχείρει ψεύδεσθαι, πῶς χρὴ πιστεύειν αὐτῷ περὶ ὧν μόνος πρὸς μόνον ἔπραξεν;

[¶47] 51. Finally, men of the jury, although he had agreed to sail to the country of Satyrus and to do whatever he decreed, he deceived me even in this; he refused to sail himself in spite of my frequent solicitations, but sent Cittus instead. On his arrival Cittus alleged that he was a freeman, a Milesian by birth, and that Pasion had sent him to furnish information about the money.

> Greek: 51. τὸ τελευταῖον τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ὁμολογήσας ὡς Σάτυρον εἰσπλευσεῖσθαι καὶ ποιήσειν ἅττʼ ἂν ἐκεῖνος γνῷ, καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐξηπάτησε, καὶ αὐτὸς μὲν οὐκ ἤθελεν εἰσπλεῦσαι πολλάκις ἐμοῦ προκαλεσαμένου, εἰσέπεμψε δὲ τὸν Κίττον· ὃς ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖσʼ ἔλεγεν ὅτι ἐλεύθερος εἴη καὶ τὸ γένος Μιλήσιος, εἰσπέμψειε δʼ αὐτὸν Πασίων διδάξοντα περὶ τῶν χρημάτων.

[¶48] 52. When Satyrus had heard us both, he did not wish to render a decision concerning contracts made in Athens, especially since Pasion was absent and not likely to comply with his decision; but he believed so strongly that I was being wronged that he called together the ship owners and asked them to assist me and not suffer me to be wronged. And he wrote a letter to the city of Athens and gave it to Xenotimus, son of Carcinus, for delivery. Please read the letter to the jury. Letter Although, men of the jury, my claims to justice are so many, I think that the strongest proof that Pasion defrauded me of my money is this—that he refused to surrender for torture the slave who knew about the deposit.

> Greek: 52. ἀκούσας δὲ Σάτυρος ἀμφοτέρων ἡμῶν δικάζειν μὲν οὐκ ἠξίου περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γενομένων συμβολαίων, ἄλλως τε καὶ μὴ παρόντος τούτου μηδὲ μέλλοντος ποιήσειν ἃ ἐκεῖνος δικάσειεν, οὕτω δὲ σφόδρʼ ἐνόμιζεν ἀδικεῖσθαί με, ὥστε συγκαλέσας τοὺς ναυκλήρους ἐδεῖτʼ αὐτῶν βοηθεῖν ἐμοὶ καὶ μὴ περιορᾶν ἀδικούμενον, καὶ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν συγγράψας ἐπιστολὴν ἔδωκε φέρειν Θενοτίμῳ τῷ Καρκίνου. καί μοι ἀνάγνωθι αὐτοῖς. Ἐπιστολή οὕτω τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πολλῶν μοι τῶν δικαίων ὑπαρχόντων, ἐκεῖνʼ ἡγοῦμαι μέγιστον εἶναι τεκμήριον ὡς ἀποστερεῖ με Πασίων τῶν χρημάτων, ὅτι τὸν παῖδʼ οὐκ ἠθέλησε βασανίζειν ἐκδοῦναι τὸν συνειδότα περὶ τῆς παρακαταθήκης.

[¶49] 53. And yet, in respect to contracts where banks are concerned, what stronger proof could there be than this? For witnesses certainly we do not use in contracts with banks.

> Greek: 53. καίτοι περὶ τῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἐπὶ ταῖς τραπέζαις συμβολαίων τίς ἂν ἔλεγχος ἰσχυρότερος τούτου γένοιτο; οὐ γὰρ δὴ μάρτυράς γʼ αὐτῶν ποιούμεθα.

[¶50] 54. I see that in private and public causes you judge that nothing is more deserving of belief, or truer, than testimony given under torture, and that while you think it possible to suborn witnesses even for acts which never occurred at all, yet that testimony under torture clearly shows which party is telling the truth. Pasion, being aware of this, wished that in this affair you should judge by conjecture rather than know the exact truth. For he certainly would not be able to say that he was likely to be at a disadvantage if torture should be used and that for this reason the surrender of his slave could not reasonably be expected of him.

> Greek: 54. ὁρῶ δὲ καὶ ὑμᾶς καὶ περὶ τῶν ἰδίων καὶ περὶ τῶν δημοσίων οὐδὲν πιστότερον οὐδʼ ἀληθέστερον βασάνου νομίζοντας, καὶ μάρτυρας μὲν ἡγουμένους οἷόν τʼ εἶναι καὶ τῶν μὴ γενομένων παρασκευάσασθαι, τὰς δὲ βασάνους φανερῶς ἐπιδεικνύναι, ὁπότεροι τἀληθῆ λέγουσιν. ἃ οὗτος εἰδὼς ἠβουλήθη εἰκάζειν ὑμᾶς περὶ τοῦ πράγματος μᾶλλον ἢ σαφῶς εἰδέναι. οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτό γʼ ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοι, ὡς ἔλαττον ἔμελλεν ἕξειν ἐν τῇ βασάνῳ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτʼ οὐκ εἰκὸς ἦν αὐτὸν ἐκδοῦναι.

[¶51] 55. For you all know that if Cittus spoke against his master, he would likely suffer for the remainder of his life in the most cruel manner at the hands of his master, but that if he held firm in his denials, he would be free and have a share of my money which his master had taken. In spite of the fact that he was to have so great an advantage Pasion, conscious of his guilty deeds, submitted to stand suit and to rest under the other charges, all to prevent any testimony under torture being given in this case!

> Greek: 55. πάντες γὰρ ἐπίστασθʼ ὅτι κατειπὼν μὲν ἤμελλε τὸν ἐπίλοιπον χρόνον ὑπὸ τούτου κάκιστʼ ἀνθρώπων ἀπολεῖσθαι, διακαρτερήσας δὲ καὶ ἐλεύθερος ἔσεσθαι καὶ μεθέξειν ὧν οὗτός μʼ ἀπεστέρησεν. ἀλλʼ ὅμως τοσούτῳ μέλλων πλέον ἕξειν, συνειδὼς αὑτῷ τὰ πεπραγμένα, ὑπέμεινε καὶ δίκας φεύγειν καὶ τὰς ἄλλας αἰτίας ἔχειν, ὥστε μηδεμίαν βάσανον περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου γενέσθαι.

[¶52] 56. I therefore ask of you that, keeping these facts in mind, you cast your votes against Pasion and not judge me guilty of a villainy so great, that I, who live in Pontus and possess so large an estate that I am able even to assist others, have come here maliciously to prosecute Pasion and to accuse him of dishonesty in the matter of a deposit made with his bank.

> Greek: 56. ἐγὼ οὖ ὑμῶν δέομαι μεμνημένους τούτων καταψηφίσασθαι Πασίωνος, καὶ μὴ τοσαύτην πονηρίαν ἐμοῦ καταγνῶναι, ὡς οἰκῶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ τοσαύτην οὐσίαν κεκτημένος ὥστε καὶ ἑτέρους εὖ ποιεῖν δύνασθαι, Πασίωνʼ ἦλθον συκοφαντήσων καὶ ψευδεῖς αὐτῷ παρακαταθήκας ἐγκαλῶν.

[¶53] 57. It is right also that you keep in mind both Satyrus and my father, who have always esteemed you above all the other Greeks and frequently in past times, when there was a scarcity of grain and they were sending away empty the ships of other merchants, granted to you the right of export; also, in the private contracts in which they are arbiters, you come off not only on even terms but even at an advantage.

> Greek: 57. ἄξιον δὲ καὶ Σατύρου καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐνθυμηθῆναι, οἳ πάντα τὸν χρόνον περὶ πλείστου τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὑμᾶς ποιοῦνται, καὶ πολλάκις ἤδη διὰ σπάνιν σίτου τὰς τῶν ἄλλων ἐμπόρων ναῦς κενὰς ἐκπέμποντες ὑμῖν ἐξαγωγὴν ἔδοσαν· καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις συμβολαίοις, ὧν ἐκεῖνοι κριταὶ γίγνονται, οὐ μόνον ἴσον ἀλλὰ καὶ πλέον ἔχοντες ἀπέρχεσθε.

[¶54] 58. You would not reasonably, therefore, consider their letters of little importance. I ask of you, then, both on their behalf and on my own, that you vote in accordance with justice and not count the false assertions of Pasion to be more worthy of belief than my own words.

> Greek: 58. ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν εἰκότως περὶ ὀλίγου ποιήσαισθε τὰς ἐκείνων ἐπιστολάς. δέομαι οὖν ὑμῶν καὶ ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἐκείνων τὰ δίκαια ψηφίσασθαι καὶ μὴ τοὺς Πασίωνος λόγους ψευδεῖς ὄντας πιστοτέρους ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν ἐμῶν.