§33ὅτι μὲν τοίνυν συνθήκας δʼ ἐποιησάμεθʼ οὐχ ὡς Πασίων ἐπιχειρήσει λέγειν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐγὼ πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἴρηκα, ἱκανῶς ἐπιδεδεῖχθαι νομίζω.
So then, that we made the agreement not with the intention Pasion will attempt to claim, but as I have told you, I think has been sufficiently demonstrated.
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.
And it is not to be wondered at, gentlemen of the jury, if he tampered with the document, not only because many such things have already happened, but also because some of Pasion's associates have done things far more terrible than these.
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;
For who among you does not know that Pythodorus, called "the stage-man," who says and does everything on behalf of Pasion, last year opened the urns and took out the judges who had been cast in by the Council?
§34καίτοι 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;
And yet, when a man, for the sake of small gains and at the risk of his life, dared to secretly open these urns, which had been sealed by the choregoi, were guarded by the treasurers, and lay on the Acropolis, why should one wonder if, when they stood to gain so much money, they altered a small document lying in the hands of a foreign host, either by persuading his slaves or by devising some other way they could?
περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτων οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι δεῖ πλείω λέγειν.
Concerning these matters, then, I do not know what more needs to be said.
§35ἤδη δέ τινας Πασίων ἐπεχείρησε πείθειν, ὡς τὸ παράπαν οὐδʼ ἦν ἐνθάδε μοι χρήματα, λέγων ὡς παρὰ Στρατοκλέους ἐδανεισάμην τριακοσίους στατῆρας.
But Pasion has already attempted to persuade some that I had no money here at all, saying that I borrowed three hundred staters from Stratocles.
ἄξιον οὖν καὶ περὶ τούτων ἀκοῦσαι, ἵνʼ ἐπίστησθʼ, οἵοις τεκμηρίοις ἐπαρθεὶς ἀποστερεῖ με τῶν χρημάτων.
It is worthwhile, therefore, to hear about these things too, so that you may know on what kind of proofs he is emboldened to deprive me of my money.
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, §36νομίζων μεγάλα κερδαίνειν, εἰ κατὰ πλοῦν μὴ κινδυνεύοι τὰ χρήματα, ἄλλως τε καὶ Δακεδαιμονίων ἀρχόντων κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον τῆς θαλάττης.
For, gentlemen of the jury, when Stratocles was about to sail to the Pontus, since I wished to transfer as much of my money from there as possible, I begged Stratocles to leave his own gold here with me, and to receive the equivalent in the Pontus from my father, thinking that I would gain a great advantage if my money were not endangered during the voyage, especially since the Lacedaemonians ruled the sea at that time.
τούτῳ μὲν οὖν οὐδὲν ἡγοῦμαι τοῦτʼ εἶναι σημεῖον, ὡς οὐκ ἦν ἐνθάδε μοι χρήματα.
I think, therefore, that this is no proof for him that I had no money here.
ἐμοὶ δὲ μέγιστʼ ἔσται τεκμήρια τὰ πρὸς Στρατοκλέα πραχθέντα, ὡς ἦν μοι παρὰ τούτῳ χρυσίον.
But for me, the transactions with Stratocles will be the greatest proof that I did have gold in his hands.
§37ἐρωτῶντος 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.
For when Stratocles asked who would pay him back the money if my father did not do what was instructed, and if he, having sailed back, did not find me here, I introduced Pasion to him, and Pasion agreed to return and to give him both the principal and the interest that might accrue.
καίτοι εἰ μηδὲν ἔκειτο παρʼ αὐτῷ τῶν ἐμῶν, οἴεσθʼ ἄν αὐτὸν οὕτω ῥᾳδίως τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐγγυητήν μου γενέσθαι;
And yet, if nothing of mine had been deposited with him, do you think he would have so easily become my guarantor for such a large sum of money?
καί μοι ἀνάβητε, μάρτυρες.
Please step up, witnesses.
"" §38ἴσως 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.
"" Perhaps then, gentlemen of the jury, he will present witnesses to you for these things too: that I denied to those acting on behalf of Satyrus that I possessed anything except what I was handing over to them, and that he himself laid claim to my money while I admitted that I owed him three hundred drachmas, and that I allowed Hippolaidas, who was my guest-friend and associate, to borrow from him.
§39ἐγὼ 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.
But I, gentlemen of the jury, having fallen into such misfortunes as I have described to you, and having been deprived of everything at home, and being forced to hand over what was here to those who had arrived, and having nothing left for myself unless I could succeed in secretly saving the gold deposited with him—I admit that I also agreed that I owed him three hundred drachmas and that I did and said such things concerning the other matters by which I thought I could best persuade them that I had nothing.
§40καὶ ταῦθʼ ὡς οὐ διʼ ἀπορίαν ἐγίγνετο, ἀλλʼ ἵνα πιστευθείην ὑπʼ ἐκείνων, ῥᾳδίως γνώσεσθε.
And that these things did not happen because of poverty, but so that I might be believed by them, you will easily understand.
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.
For first, I shall present to you witnesses who know that much money was brought to me from the Pontus, and next, those who saw me using his bank, and further, those from whom I bought gold at that time to the value of more than a thousand staters.