§35ἆρʼ ἂν ἐκείνως ἄμεινον ἔπραξεν, εἰ μήτε τῆς μητρὸς τὸν ἐπιμελησόμενον κατέστησε, μήτʼ ἐμοῦ μηδεμίαν μνείαν ἐποιήσατο, τὴν δʼ ἀδελφὴν ἐπὶ τῇ τύχῃ κατέλιπε, καὶ τὸν οἶκον ἀνώνυμον τὸν αὑτοῦ περιεῖδε γενόμενον;
Would he have managed his affairs better in that way, if he had neither appointed anyone to care for his mother, nor made any mention of me, but had left his sister to the mercy of fortune, and had allowed his own house to become nameless?
§36ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἴσως ἀνάξιος ἦν υἱὸς εἰσποιηθῆναι Θρασυλόχῳ καὶ λαβεῖν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀδελφήν.
But perhaps I was unworthy to be adopted as Thrasylochus' son and to receive his sister.
ἀλλὰ πάντες ἂν μαρτυρήσειαν Σίφνιοι τοὺς προγόνους τοὺς ἐμοὺς καὶ γένει καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ δόξῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι πρώτους εἶναι τῶν πολιτῶν.
Yet all the Siphnians would bear witness that my ancestors were the first of the citizens in birth, wealth, reputation, and in all other respects.
τίνες γὰρ ἢ μειζόνων ἀρχῶν ἠξιώθησαν ἢ πλείω χρήματʼ εἰσήνεγκαν ἢ κάλλιον ἐχορήγησαν ἢ μεγαλοπρεπέστερον τὰς ἄλλας λῃτουργίας ἐλῃτούργησαν;
For who were either deemed worthy of greater offices, or contributed more money, or served as choragus more handsomely, or performed the other public services more magnificently than they?
ἐκ ποίας δʼ οἰκίας τῶν ἐν Σίφνῳ πλείους βασιλεῖς γεγόνασιν;
From what house of those in Siphnos have more kings arisen?
§37ὥστε Θρασύλοχός τʼ εἰ καὶ μηδὲ πώποτʼ αὐτῷ διελέχθην, εἰκότως ἂν ἠβουλήθη μοι διὰ ταῦτα δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφήν, ἐγώ τʼ εἰ καὶ μηδέν μοι τούτων ὑπῆρχεν, ἀλλὰ φαυλότατος ἦν τῶν πολιτῶν, δικαίως ἂν παρʼ αὐτοῦ διὰ τὰς εὐεργεσίας τὰς εἰς ἐκεῖνον τῶν μεγίστων ἠξιώθην.
So that even if I had never once spoken with Thrasylochus, he would naturally have wished to give me his sister for these reasons; and on my part, even if I possessed none of these advantages, but were the meanest of the citizens, I should justly have been deemed worthy of the greatest rewards by him because of my services to him.
§38οἶμαι τοίνυν αὐτὸν καὶ Σωπόλιδι τἀδελφῷ μάλιστα κεχαρίσθαι ταῦτα διαθέμενον.
I believe, therefore, that in making these dispositions he also gratified his brother Sopolis in the highest degree.
καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ταύτην μὲν ἐμίσει καὶ κακόνουν τοῖς αὑτοῦ πράγμασιν ἡγεῖτο, ἐμὲ δὲ περὶ πλείστου τῶν αὑτοῦ φίλων ἐποιεῖτο.
For Sopolis hated this woman and considered her ill-disposed to his affairs, while he regarded me as the most valued of his friends.
ἐδήλωσε δʼ ἐν ἄλλοις τε πολλοῖς καὶ ὅτʼ ἔδοξε τοῖς συμφυγάσιν ἐπιχειρεῖν τῇ πόλει μετὰ τῶν ἐπικούρων.
He made this clear on many other occasions, and especially when the fellow-exiles decided to attack the city with the mercenaries.
αἱρεθεὶς γὰρ ἄρχειν αὐτοκράτωρ ἐμὲ καὶ γραμματέα προσείλετο καὶ τῶν χρημάτων ταμίαν ἁπάντων κατέστησε, καὶ ὅτʼ ἠμέλλομεν κινδυνεύειν, αὐτὸς αὑτῷ με παρετάξατο.
For having been chosen commander with full powers, he selected me as his secretary and appointed me treasurer of all the funds, and when we were about to face danger, he stationed me by his own side.
§39καὶ σκέψασθʼ ὡς σφόδρʼ αὐτῷ συνήνεγκεν· δυστυχησάντων γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ προσβολῇ τῇ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν καὶ τῆς ἀναχωρήσεως οὐχ οἵας ἠβουλόμεθα γενομένης, τετρωμένον αὐτὸν καὶ βαδίζειν οὐ δυνάμενον ἀλλʼ ὀλιγοψυχοῦντα ἀπεκόμισʼ ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον μετὰ τοῦ θεράποντος τοὐμαυτοῦ, φέρων ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων, ὥστʼ ἐκεῖνον πολλάκις καὶ πρὸς πολλοὺς εἰπεῖν ὅτι μόνος ἀνθρώπων αἴτιος εἴην αὑτῷ τῆς σωτηρίας.
And consider how greatly this benefited him; for when we were unsuccessful in our assault upon the city and our retreat did not turn out as we wished, though he was wounded and unable to walk, and indeed was fainting, I carried him to the boat on my shoulders with the help of my servant, so that he often said to many people that I alone of all men was the cause of his safety.
§40καίτοι τίς ἂν μείζων ταύτης εὐεργεσία γένοιτο;
And yet, what greater service could there be than this?
ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν εἰς Λυκίαν ἐκπλεύσας ἀπέθανεν, αὕτη μὲν οὐ πολλαῖς ἡμέραις ὕστερον μετὰ τὴν ἀγγελίαν ἔθυε καὶ ἑώρταζε καὶ οὐδὲ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ᾐσχύνετο τὸν ἔτι ζῶντα, οὕτως ὀλίγον φροντίζουσα τοῦ τεθνεῶτος, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπένθησʼ αὐτόν, ὥσπερ τοὺς οἰκείους νόμος ἐστίν.
When, therefore, he sailed to Lycia and died, this woman, not many days after the news arrived, was sacrificing and keeping festival, and felt no shame even before her brother who was still living, so little did she care for the deceased; whereas I mourned for him, as is the custom for relatives.
§41καὶ ταῦτα πάντʼ ἐποίουν διὰ τὸν τρόπον τὸν ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ τὴν φιλίαν τὴν πρὸς ἐκείνους ἀλλʼ οὐ ταυτησὶ τῆς δίκης ἕνεκα· οὐ γὰρ ᾤμην αὐτοὺς οὕτω δυστυχήσειν ὥστʼ ἄπαιδας ἀμφοτέρους τελευτήσαντας εἰς ἔλεγχον καταστήσειν, ὁποῖός τις ἕκαστος ἡμῶν περὶ αὐτοὺς ἐγένετο.
And I did all this because of my own character and my friendship for them, and not for the sake of this lawsuit; for I did not expect that they would meet with such misfortune as both to die childless and thus bring to the test what kind of person each of us had been toward them.
§42πρὸς μὲν οὖν Θρασύλοχόν τε καὶ Σώπολιν ὡς αὕτη τε κἀγὼ διεκείμεθα, σχεδὸν ἀκηκόατε·
Now, how both she and I stood disposed toward Thrasylochus and Sopolis, you have nearly heard.
τρέψονται δʼ ἴσως ἐπʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λόγον ὅσπερ αὐτοῖς λοιπός ἐστιν, ὡς Θράσυλλος ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ταύτης ἡγοῖτʼ ἂν δεινὰ πάσχειν, εἴ τίς ἐστιν αἴσθησις τοῖς τεθνεῶσι περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γιγνομένων, ὁρῶν τὴν μὲν θυγατέρʼ ἀποστερουμένην τῶν χρημάτων, ἐμὲ δὲ κληρονόμον ὧν αὐτὸς ἐκτήσατο γιγνόμενον.
But they will perhaps turn to that argument which alone is left to them: that Thrasyllus, her father, would think he was suffering dreadfully, if the dead have any perception of what happens here, when he saw his daughter deprived of the money and me becoming the heir to what he himself had acquired.
ἐγὼ δʼ ἡγοῦμαι μὲν οὐ περὶ τῶν πάλαι τεθνεώτων, §43ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν ἔναγχος τὸν κλῆρον καταλιπόντων προσήκειν ἡμῖν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι.
But I believe that it is not about those who died long ago, but about those who have recently left the estate that it is proper for us to make our arguments.
Θράσυλλος μὲν γάρ, οὕσπερ ἠβούλετο, τούτους κυρίους τῶν αὑτοῦ κατέλιπεν· δίκαιον δὲ καὶ Θρασυλόχῳ ταὐτὰ ταῦτʼ ἀποδοθῆναι παρʼ ὑμῶν, καὶ γενέσθαι διαδόχους τῆς κληρονομίας μὴ ταύτην, ἀλλʼ οἷς ἐκεῖνος διέθετο·
For Thrasyllus left those whom he wished to be masters of his property; and it is just that the same right should be granted by you to Thrasylochus also, and that those whom he appointed by will, and not this woman, should succeed to the inheritance.
οὐ μέντʼ ἄν μοι δοκῶ φυγεῖν οὐδὲ τὴν Θρασύλλου γνώμην.
However, I do not think I should shrink even from the judgment of Thrasyllus.