§49καὶ μέχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης παρέμεινε μετέχων τῆς πολιτείας, ἐν ᾗ προσβαλεῖν ἠμέλλετε πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος· τότε δʼ ἐξῆλθεν, οὐ τὰ παρόντα μισήσας ἀλλὰ δείσας τὸν ἐπιόντα κίνδυνον, ὡς ὕστερον ἐδήλωσεν.
And up to that day, on which you were about to assault the wall, he remained sharing in the government; but then he left, not because he hated the present situation, but because he feared the oncoming danger, as he later made clear.
ἐπειδὴ γὰρ Λακεδαιμονίων ἐθόντων ὁ δῆμος ἐν τῷ Πειραιεῖ κατεκλείσθη, πάλιν ἐκεῖθεν διαδρὰς ἐν Βοιωτοῖς διῃτᾶτο· ὥστʼ αὐτῷ προσήκει μετὰ τῶν αὐτομόλων ἀναγεγράφθαι πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν φυγόντων ὀνομάζεσθαι.
For when, upon the arrival of the Lacedaemonians, the people were shut up in Piraeus, he ran away from there again and lived in Boeotia; so that it is much more fitting for him to be registered among the deserters than to be named among the exiles.
§50καὶ τοιοῦτος γεγενημένος καὶ περὶ τοὺς ἐκ Πειραιέως καὶ περὶ τοὺς ἐν ἄστει μείναντας καὶ περὶ πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν, οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ τῶν ἴσων τυγχάνειν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀλλὰ ζητεῖ πλέον ἔχειν ὑμῶν, ὥπερ ἢ μόνος ἀδικηθεὶς ἢ βέλτιστος ὢν πολιτῶν ἢ μεγίσταις συμφοραῖς διʼ ὑμᾶς κεχρημένος ἢ πλείστων ἀγαθῶν αἴτιος τῇ πόλει γεγενημένος.
And having behaved in such a manner toward those from Piraeus, and toward those who remained in the city, and toward the whole city, he is not content to obtain equal rights with the others, but seeks to have more than you, as if he were the only one wronged, or the best of the citizens, or had experienced the greatest misfortunes because of you, or had been the cause of the greatest goods to the city.
§51ἠβουλόμην δʼ ἂν ὑμᾶς ὁμοίως ἐμοὶ γιγνώσκειν αὐτόν, ἵνʼ αὐτῷ μὴ τῶν ἀπολωλότων συνήχθεσθε ἀλλὰ τῶν ὑπολοίπων ἐφθονεῖτε.
I could wish that you knew him as well as I do, so that you would not pity him for what he has lost, but rather envy him for what is left to him.
νῦν δὲ περὶ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ὅσοις ἐπιβεβούλευκε, καὶ δὶκας οἵας δεδίκασται καὶ γραφὰς ἃς εἰσελήλυθε, καὶ μεθʼ ὧν συνέστηκε καὶ καθʼ ὧν τὰ ψευδῆ μεμαρτύρηκεν, οὐδʼ ἂν δὶς τοσοῦτον ὕδωρ ἱκανὸν διηγήσασθαι γένοιτο·
But as it is, concerning the other intrigues he has plotted, and the lawsuits he has contested, and the public indictments he has entered, and with whom he has conspired, and against whom he has given false witness, not even twice as much water would be sufficient to relate them.
§52ἓν δὲ μόνον ἀκούσαντες τῶν τούτῳ πεπραγμένων ῥᾳδίως καὶ τὴν ἄλλην αὐτοῦ πονηρίαν γνώσεσθε.
But by hearing only one of his deeds, you will easily know his other wickedness as well.
Κρατῖνος γὰρ ἠμφισβήτησε χωρίου τῷ τούτου κηδεστῇ.
For Cratinus disputed about a piece of land with this man's father-in-law.
μάχης δʼ αὐτοῖς γενομένης, ὑποκρυψάμενοι θεράπαιναν ᾐτιῶντο τὸν Κρατῖνον συντρῖψαι τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτῆς, ἐκ δὲ τραύματος φάσκοντες ἀποθανεῖν τὴν ἄνθρωπον λαγχάνουσιν αὐτῷ φόνου δίκην ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ.
When a fight occurred between them, they hid a slave woman and accused Cratinus of having broken her head, and claiming that the woman had died from the wound, they brought a suit for homicide against him at the Palladium.
§53πυθόμενος δʼ ὁ Κρατῖνος τὰς τούτων ἐπιβουλὰς τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον ἡσυχίαν ἦγεν, ἵνα μὴ μεταθεῖντο τὸ πρᾶγμα μηδʼ ἑτέρους λόγους ἐξευρίσκοιεν, ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ ληφθεῖεν κακουργοῦντες·
Cratinus, having learned of their plots, kept quiet for the remaining time, so that they might not alter the charge or devise other stories, but might be caught red-handed in their villainy.
ἐπειδὴ δʼ ὁ κηδεστὴς μὲν ἦν ὁ τούτου κατηγορηκώς, οὗτος δὲ μεμαρτυρηκὼς ἦ μὴν τεθνάναι τὴν ἄνθρωπον, §54ἐλθόντες εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἵνʼ ἦν κεκρυμμένη, βίᾳ λαβόντες αὐτὴν καὶ ἀγαγόντες ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον ζῶσαν ἅπασι τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐπέδειξαν.
When, then, his father-in-law was the one who had made the accusation, and this man had testified that the woman was indeed dead, going to the house where she was hidden, they seized her by force, brought her to the court, and showed her alive to everyone present.
ὥσθʼ ἑπτακοσίων μὲν δικαζόντων, τεττάρων δὲ καὶ δέκα μαρτυρησάντων ἅπερ οὗτος, οὐδεμίαν ψῆφον μετέλαβε.
Consequently, although there were seven hundred judges and fourteen witnesses who testified to the same things as he did, he did not receive a single vote.
καί μοι κάλει τούτων μάρτυρας.
Please call the witnesses of these things for me.
"Μάρτυρες
" §55τίς οὖν ἀξίως δύναιτο κατηγορῆσαι τῶν τούτω πεπραγμένων;
"Witnesses "Who then could worthily accuse him of his deeds?
ἢ τίς ἂν εὑρεῖν ἔχοι παράδειγμα μεῖζον ἀδικίας καὶ συκοφαντίας καὶ πονηρίας;
Or who could find a greater example of injustice, sycophancy, and villainy?
ἔνια μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἀδικημάτων οὐκ ἂν ὅλον τὸν τρόπον δηλώσειε τῶν ἀδικησάντων, ἐκ δὲ τῶν τοιούτων ἔγρων ἅπαντα τὸν βίον τῶν ἐξαμαρτανόντων ῥᾴδιον κατιδεῖν ἐστίν.
For while some offenses might not reveal the entire character of those who commit them, from such deeds it is easy to see the whole life of the transgressors.
§56ὅστις γὰρ τοὺς ζῶντας τεθνάναι μαρτυρεῖ, τίνος ἂν ὑμῖν ἀποσχέσθαι δοκεῖ;
For what would a man who testifies that the living are dead refrain from doing to you?
ἣ ὅστις ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις πράγμασιν οὕτω πονηρός ἐστι, τί οὐκ ἂν ἐπὶ τοῖς αὑτοῦ τολμήσειεν;
Or what would one who is so wicked in the affairs of others not dare to do in his own?
πῶς δὲ χρὴ τούτῳ πιστεύειν ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ λέγοντι, ὃς ὑπὲρ ἑτέρων ἐπιορκῶν ἐξελέγχεται;
And how is it right to trust this man when he speaks on his own behalf, who is convicted of perjury on behalf of others?
τίς δὲ πώποτε φανερώτερον ἐπεδείχθη τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῶν;
And who was ever more clearly shown to be giving false witness?
τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλους ἐκ τῶν λεγομένων κρίνετε, τὴν δὲ τούτου μαρτυρίαν, ὅτι ψευδὴς ἦν, εἶδον οἱ δικάζοντες.
For you judge the others by what is said, but as for his testimony, that it was false, the judges saw it with their own eyes.
§57καὶ τοιαῦθʼ ἡμαρτηκὼς ἐπιχειρήσει λέγειν, ὡς ψευδόμεθα, ὅμοιον ἐργαζόμενος, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τῳ Φρυνώνδας πανουργίαν ὀνειδίσειεν ἢ Φιλουργὸς ὁ τὸ Γοργόνειον ὑφελόμενος τοὺς ἄλλους ἱεροσύλους ἔφασκεν εἶναι.
And having committed such wrongs, he will attempt to say that we are lying, acting similarly to how Phrynondas would if he reproached someone for villainy, or how Philurgus, who stole the Gorgoneion, would if he said that others were temple-robbers.
τίνα δὲ προσήκει τῶν μὴ γενομένων παρασχέσθαι μάρτυρας μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦτον, ὃς αὐτὸς ἑτέροις τὰ ψευδῆ τολμᾷ μαρτυρεῖν;
And who is more suited to provide witnesses of things that never happened than this man, who himself dares to bear false witness for others?
§58ἀλλὰ γὰρ Καλλιμάχου μὲν ἐξέσται πολλάκις κατηγορεῖν, οὕτω γὰρ παρεσκεύασται πολιτεύεσθαι, περὶ δʼ ἐμαυτοῦ τὰς μὲν ἄλλας ἁπάσας παραλείψω λειτουργίας, ἧς δʼ οὐ μόνον ἄν μοι δικαίως ἔχοιτε χάριν ἀλλὰ καὶ τεκμηρίῳ χρήσαισθε περὶ τοῦ παντὸς πράγματος, ταύτης δὲ μνησθήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
But indeed, it will be possible to accuse Callimachus many times, for he has prepared himself to conduct public life in this way; but concerning myself, while I shall pass over all my other public services, I shall mention to you that one for which you might not only justly feel grateful to me, but which you might also use as evidence concerning the whole case.