§41πρὸς 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.
Furthermore, when an extraordinary tax was imposed upon us and others were appointed as registers, I contributed the largest amount among the resident aliens; and having been chosen myself, I registered for myself the largest contribution, while on behalf of Pasion I made a request to my fellow-registers, saying that he happened to be using my money.
καί μοι ἀνάβητε μάρτυρες.
Please step up, witnesses.
"Μάρτυρες
" §42αὐτὸν τοίνυν Πασίωνʼ ἔργῳ παρέξομαι τούτοις συμμαρτυροῦντα.
"Witnesses" I shall, therefore, present Pasion himself testifying to these things by his actions.
ὁλκάδα γάρ, ἐφʼ ᾗ πολλὰ χρήματʼ ἦν ἐγὼ δεδωκώς, ἔφηνέ τις ὡς οὖσαν ἀνδρὸς Δηλίου.
For a merchant ship, on which I had advanced a large sum of money, was denounced by someone as belonging to a man of Delos.
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.
When I disputed this and demanded that it be launched, those who wished to play the informer so influenced the Council that at first I came within a narrow margin of being put to death without trial, but in the end they were persuaded to accept guarantors from me.
§43καὶ 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.
And Philippus, who was a guest-friend of my father, when called upon and having responded, fled and went away, fearing the magnitude of the danger; but Pasion provided Archestratus from his bank as a guarantor for me for seven talents.
καίτοι εἰ μικρῶν ἀπεστερεῖτο καὶ μηδὲν ᾔδει μʼ ἐνθάδε κεκτημένον, οὐκ ἂν δήπου τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐγγυητής μου κατέστη.
And yet, if he were withholding only a small amount and knew that I possessed nothing here, he would surely not have stood as guarantor for me for so large a sum of money.
§44ἀλλὰ 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.
But it is clear that he brought the charge concerning the three hundred drachmas to curry favor with me, but became my guarantor for the seven talents because he believed that the gold lying in his hands was a sufficient security.
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.
That I had, therefore, a large sum of money here and that this was deposited with him at his bank, I have demonstrated to you from Pasion's own actions, and you have heard it from the others who knew.
§45δοκεῖτε 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.
And I think, gentlemen of the jury, that you would judge best concerning the matters of our dispute if you recalled that time and how our affairs stood, when I sent Menexenus and Philomelus to demand the return of the deposit, and Pasion first dared to deny it.
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.
For you will find that my father had been arrested and deprived of all his property, and that it was impossible for me, because of my present fortunes, either to remain here or to sail to the Pontus.
§46καίτοι 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;
And yet, is it likely that I, being in such great troubles, would make an unjust charge, or that Pasion, emboldened both by the magnitude of our misfortunes and by the abundance of the money, would make the withholding?
τίς δὲ πώποτʼ εἰς τοσοῦτον συκοφαντίας ἀφίκετο ὥστε αὐτὸς περὶ τοῦ σώματος κινδυνεύων τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἐπιβουλεύειν;
And who ever reached such a pitch of sycophancy that, while running a risk concerning his own person, he plotted against the property of others?
μετὰ ποίας δʼ ἂν ἐλπίδος ἢ τί διανοηθεὶς ἀδίκως ἦλθον ἐπὶ τοῦτον;
With what hope, or with what in mind, did I unjustly proceed against him?
πότερον ὡς δείσας τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐμὴν ἤμελλεν εὐθύς μοι δώσειν ἀργύριον;
Was it because he, fearing my power, was about to give me money immediately?
ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὕτως ἑκάτερος ἡμῶν ἔπραττεν.
But neither of us was situated in that way.
§47ἀλλʼ εἰς ἀγῶνα καταστὰς ᾤμην καὶ παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον πλέον ἕξειν Πασίωνος παρʼ ὑμῖν;
But did I think that, by entering into a lawsuit, I would get the better of Pasion before you even against justice?
ὃς οὐδὲ μένειν ἐνθάδε παρεσκευαζόμην, δεδιὼς μή μʼ ἐξαιτήσειε Σάτυρος παρʼ ὑμῶν.
I, who did not even prepare to remain here, fearing lest Satyrus should demand my surrender from you.
ἀλλʼ ἵνα μηδὲν διαπραττόμενος ἐχθρὸς τούτῳ κατασταίην, ᾧ μάλιστʼ ἐτύγχανον πάντων τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει χρώμενος;
Or was it that I might, without achieving anything, become an enemy to this man, whom of all those in the city I happened to use most?
καὶ τίς ἂν ὑμῶν ἀξιώσειε καταγνῶναί μου τοσαύτην μανίαν καὶ ἀμαθίαν;
And who among you would think fit to condemn me for such madness and ignorance?
§48ἐνθυμηθῆναι δʼ ἄξιόν ἐστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὴν ἀτοπίαν καὶ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὧν ἑκάστοτε Πασίων ἐπεχείρει λέγειν.
And it is worthwhile, gentlemen of the jury, to consider the absurdity and the incredibility of the things which Pasion attempted to say on each occasion.
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.
For when I was in such a state that not even if he confessed that he was depriving me of my money would I have been able to obtain justice from him, at that time he accuses me of attempting to bring an unjust charge; but when I was freed from the slanders to Satyrus, and everyone thought that he would lose the lawsuit, at that very time he says that I released him from all charges.
καίτοι πῶς ἂν τούτων ἀλογώτερα γένοιτο;
And yet, what could be more irrational than these things?