§1εἰ μὲν καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς ἦσαν ἠγωνισμένοι τοιαύτην παραγραφήν, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πράγματος ἠρχόμην ἂν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι· νῦν δʼ ἀνάγκη περὶ τοῦ νόμου πρῶτον εἰπεῖν καθʼ ὃν εἰσεληλύθαμεν, ἵνʼ ἐπιστάμενοι περὶ ὧν ἀμφισβητοῦμεν, τὴν ψῆφον φέρητε, καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν θαυμάσῃ διότι φεύγων τὴν δίκην πρότερος λέγω τοῦ διώκοντος.
If any others had ever contested such a special plea, I should have begun my speech with the case itself; but as it is, we must first speak of the law under which we have entered the court, so that, understanding the matters in dispute, you may cast your vote, and none of you may wonder why I, the defendant in this suit, speak before the prosecutor.
§2ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐκ Πειραιέως κατελθόντες ἐνίους ἑωρᾶτε τῶν πολιτῶν συκοφαντεῖν ὡρμημένους καὶ τὰς συνθήκας λύειν ἐπιχειροῦντας, βουλόμενοι τούτους τε παῦσαι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιδεῖξαι ὅτι οὐκ ἀναγκασθέντες ἐποιήσασθʼ αὐτὰς ἀλλʼ ἡγούμενοι τῇ πόλει συμφέρειν, εἰπόντος Ἀρχίνου νόμον ἔθεσθε, ἄν τις δικάζηται παρὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, ἐξεῖναι τῷ φεύγοντι παραγράψασθαι, τοὺς δʼ ἄρχοντας περὶ τούτου πρῶτον εἰσάγειν, λέγειν δὲ πρότερον τὸν παραγραψάμενον, §3ὁπότερος δʼ ἂν ἡττηθῇ, τὴν ἐπωβελίαν ὀφείλειν, ἵνʼ οἱ τολμῶντες μνησικακεῖν μὴ μόνον ἐπιορκοῦντες ἐξελέγχοιντο μηδὲ τὴν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν τιμωρίαν ὑπομένοιεν ἀλλὰ καὶ παραχρῆμα ζημιοῖντο.
For when you returned from the Piraeus and saw some of the citizens eager to act as sycophants and attempting to violate the treaty, wishing to stop them and to show the others that you had made the treaty not under compulsion but because you believed it to be advantageous to the city, you enacted a law upon the proposal of Archinus, that if anyone should bring a lawsuit in violation of the oaths, it should be permitted for the defendant to enter a special plea, and that the magistrates should first bring this matter into court, and that the one who entered the special plea should speak first, and that whichever of the two was defeated should owe the obol-tax, so that those who dared to harbor resentment might not only be exposed as perjurers and undergo the punishment of the gods, but also be fined immediately.
δεινὸν οὖν ἡγησάμην, εἰ τῶν νόμων οὕτως ἐχόντων ἐγὼ περιόψομαι τὸν μὲν συκοφάντην ἐν τριάκοντα δραχμαῖς κινδυνεύοντα, ἐμαυτὸν δὲ περὶ τῆς οὐσίας ἁπάσης ἀγωνιζόμενον.
I therefore thought it a terrible thing if, when the laws are so, I should stand by and see the sycophant risking only thirty drachmas while I myself am fighting for my entire property.
§4ἀποδείξω δὲ Καλλίμαχον οὐ μόνον παρὰ τὰς συνθήκας δικαζόμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων ψευδόμενον, καὶ προσέτι δίαιταν ἡμῖν γεγενημένην περὶ αὐτῶν.
And I will demonstrate that Callimachus is not only bringing a lawsuit in violation of the treaty, but is also lying about his charges, and moreover, that an arbitration has already taken place between us concerning them.
βούλομαι δʼ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑμῖν διηγήσασθαι τὰ πραχθέντα· ἂν γὰρ τοῦτο μάθητε ὡς οὐδὲν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ κακὸν πέπονθεν, ἡγοῦμαι ταῖς τε συνθήκαις ὑμᾶς ἥδιον βοηθήσειν καὶ τούτῳ μᾶλλον ὀργιεῖσθαι.
I wish to relate the events to you from the beginning; for if you learn this, that he has suffered no wrong at my hands, I believe you will assist the treaty more gladly and be more angry with him.
§5ἦρχον μὲν γὰρ οἱ δέκα οἱ μετὰ τοὺς τριάκοντα καταστάντες, ὄντος δέ μοι Πατροκλέους ἐπιτηδείου, τοῦ τότε βασιλεύοντος, ἔτυχον μετʼ αὐτοῦ βαδίζων.
For when the Ten who were established after the Thirty were in power, Patrocles, who was then Basileus and a close friend of mine, happened to be walking with me.
ἐκεῖνος δʼ ἐχθρὸς ὢν Καλλιμάχῳ τῷ νῦν ἐμὲ διώκοντι τὴν δίκην, ἀπήντησεν ἀργύριον φέροντι.
He, being an enemy of Callimachus who is now prosecuting me, met him carrying money.
λαβόμενος δʼ αὐτοῦ Πάμφιλον ἔφασκεν αὐτὸ καταλιπεῖν καὶ δημόσιον γίγνεσθαι· ἐκεῖνον γὰρ εἶναι τῶν ἐν Πειραιεῖ.
Grabbing him, he claimed that Pamphilus had left it and that it was public property, for Pamphilus was one of those in the Piraeus.
§6ἀμφισβητοῦντος δὲ τούτου καὶ λοιδορίας αὐτοῖς γενομένης ἄλλοι τε πολλοὶ συνέδραμον, καὶ κατὰ τύχην Ῥίνων εἷς τῶν δέκα γενόμενος προσῆλθεν.
When Callimachus disputed this and an altercation arose between them, many others ran up, and by chance Rhinon, who was one of the Ten, approached.
εὐθὺς οὖν πρὸς αὐτὸν τὴν φάσιν τῶν χρημάτων ὁ Πατροκλῆς ἐποιεῖτο· ὁ δʼ ὡς τοὺς συνάρχοντας ἦγεν ἀμφοτέρους.
Patrocles immediately made the denunciation of the money to him, and Rhinon led both of them to his colleagues.
ἐκεῖνοι δʼ εἰς τὴν βουλὴν περὶ αὐτῶν ἀπέδοσαν· κρίσεως δὲ γενομένης ἔδοξε τὰ χρήματα δημόσιʼ εἶναι.
They referred the matter to the Council, and after a trial was held, it was decided that the money was public.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτʼ, §7ἐπειδὴ κατῆλθον οἱ φεύγοντες ἐκ Πειραιέως, οὗτος ἐνεκάλει τῷ Πατροκλεῖ καὶ δίκας ἐλάγχανεν ὡς αἰτίῳ τῆς συμφορᾶς γεγενημένῳ· διαλλαγεὶς δὲ πρὸς ἐκεῖνον καὶ πραξάμενος αὐτὸν δέκα μνᾶς ἀργυρίου Λυσίμαχον ἐσυκοφάντει· λαβὼν δὲ καὶ παρὰ τούτου διακοσίας δραχμὰς ἐμοὶ πράγματα παρεῖχεν.
After this, when the exiles returned from the Piraeus, this man accused Patrocles and brought lawsuits against him as having been the cause of his misfortune; but having settled with him and extracted ten minae of silver from him, he began to harass Lysimachus with false accusations; and having received two hundred drachmas from him as well, he began to cause trouble for me.
καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐνεκάλει φάσκων με συμπράττειν ἐκείνοις, τελευτῶν δʼ εἰς τοῦτʼ ἀναιδείας ἦλθεν ὥσθʼ ἁπάντων με τῶν γεγενημένων ᾐτιᾶτο· ἅπερ ἴσως καὶ νῦν τολμήσει κατηγορεῖν.
At first he accused me, claiming that I had assisted those men, but in the end he reached such a point of shamelessness that he blamed me for everything that had happened, which he will probably dare to accuse me of now as well.
§8ἐγὼ δʼ ὑμῖν παρέξομαι μάρτυρας πρῶτον μὲν τοὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς παραγενομένους, ὡς οὔτʼ ἐπελαβόμην οὔτʼ ἐφηψάμην τῶν χρημάτων, ἔπειτα Ῥίνωνα καὶ τοὺς συνάρχοντας, ὡς οὐκ ἐγὼ τὴν φάσιν ἀλλὰ Πατροκλῆς ἐποιήσατο πρὸς αὐτούς, ἔτι δὲ τοὺς βουλευτάς, ὡς ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ κατηγορῶν.
I will present witnesses to you: first, those who were present from the beginning, to show that I neither seized nor touched the money; next, Rhinon and his colleagues, to show that it was not I but Patrocles who made the denunciation to them; and further, the Councilors, to show that he was the accuser.
καί μοι κάλει τούτων μάρτυρας. ""
Call the witnesses for these matters.
§9οὕτω τοίνυν πολλῶν παραγενομένων τοῖς πραχθεῖσιν, ὥσπερ οὐδενὸς συνειδότος αὐτὸς μὲν οὗτος ἐφιστάμενος εἰς τοὺς ὄχλους καὶ καθίζων ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις λόγους ἐποιεῖτο ὡς δεινὰ πεπονθὼς ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῶν χρημάτων ἀπεστερημένος, τῶν δὲ χρωμένων τινὲς τούτῳ προσιόντες μοι συνεβούλευον ἀπαλλάττεσθαι τῆς πρὸς τοῦτον διαφορᾶς καὶ μὴ βούλεσθαι κακῶς ἀκούειν μηδὲ κινδυνεύειν περὶ πολλῶν χρημάτων, μηδʼ εἰ σφόδρα πιστεύω τῷ πράγματι, λέγοντες ὡς πολλὰ παρὰ γνώμην ἐν τοῖς δικαστηρίοις ἀποβαίνει,
So, although many were present at these actions, as if no one knew of them, this man himself, standing in the crowds and sitting in the workshops, made speeches saying that he had suffered terrible things at my hands and had been deprived of his money. Some of his associates came to me and advised me to settle my dispute with him, and not to wish to be ill-spoken of or to risk a large amount of money, even if I had strong confidence in my case, saying that many things in the law courts turn out contrary to expectation,