§37ὥσπερ δὲ ταῦτα ἴσμεν, κἀκεῖνα ἴσμεν, τίνι μηνὶ καὶ τίνι ἡμέρᾳ Σέρρειον τεῖχος καὶ Ἐργίσκη καὶ Ἱερὸν ὄρος ἑάλω.
Just as we know these things, we also know those: in which month and on which day Serreion Teichos, Ergiske, and Hieron Oros were captured.
οὐ δὴ ἀφανῆ ἐστι τὰ οὕτω πραχθέντα, οὐδὲ κρίσεως δεόμενα, ἀλλὰ πᾶσι γνώριμα πότερος πρότερος ὁ μήν ἐστιν, ἐν ᾧ ἡ εἰρήνη ἐγένετο ἢ ἐν ᾧ τὰ χωρία ἑάλω.
Indeed, what was thus done is not obscure, nor does it require judgment, but it is known to all which of the two months is prior—the one in which the peace was made, or the one in which the places were captured.
§38φησὶ δὲ καὶ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ἡμῶν, ὅσοι ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ἑάλωσαν, ἀποδεδωκέναι· ὃς τὸν μὲν Καρύστιον, τὸν πρόξενον τῆς ἡμετέρας πόλεως, ὑπὲρ οὗ ὑμεῖς τρεῖς πρέσβεις ἐπέμψατε ἀπαιτοῦντες, τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα ἐκεῖνος οὕτω σφόδρα ὑμῖν ἐβούλετο χαρίσασθαι, ὥστʼ ἀπέκτεινε καὶ οὐδʼ ἀναίρεσιν ἔδωκεν, ἵνα ταφῇ.
He also says that he has returned our prisoners, as many as were captured in the war; yet as for the Carystian, the proxenos of our city, on whose behalf you sent three envoys to demand him back, that man Philip wished so exceedingly to gratify you that he put him to death and did not even grant the recovery of his body for burial.
§39περὶ δὲ Χερρονήσου, ἅ τʼ ἐπιστέλλει πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἐξετάσαι, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἃ πράττει, καὶ ταῦτʼ εἰδέναι.
Concerning the Chersonese, it is worth examining both what he writes to you and also knowing what he is doing in these matters.
τὸν μὲν γὰρ τόπον ἅπαντα τὸν ἔξω Ἀγορᾶς ὡς ἑαυτοῦ ὄντα καὶ ὑμῖν οὐδὲν προσήκοντα δέδωκε καρποῦσθαι Ἀπολλωνίδῃ τῷ Καρδιανῷ.
For all the place outside Agora, as if it were his own and in no way belonging to you, he has given to Apollonides of Cardia to enjoy.
καίτοι Χερρονήσου οἱ ὅροι εἰσίν, οὐκ Ἀγορά, ἀλλὰ βωμὸς τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ὁρίου, ὅς ἐστι μεταξὺ Πτελεοῦ καὶ Λευκῆς ἀκτῆς, ᾗ ἡ διορυχὴ ἔμελλε Χερρονήσου ἔσεσθαι, §40ὥς γε τὸ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ὁρίου δηλοῖ.
And yet the boundaries of the Chersonese are not Agora, but the altar of Zeus of the Boundary, which is between Pteleon and Leuke Akte, where the canal of the Chersonese was to be dug, as indeed the inscription on the altar of Zeus of the Boundary shows.
ἔστι δὲ τουτί· "
τόνδε καθιδρύσαντο θεῷ περικαλλέα βωμὸν
λευκῆς καὶ Πτελεοῦ μέσσον ὅρον θέμενοι
ἐνναέται, χώρης σημήϊον· ἀμμορίης δὲ
αὐτὸς ἄναξ μακάρων ἐστὶ μέσος Κρονίδης. "
And it is this: "This very beautiful altar to the god was established, setting a boundary midway between Leuke and Pteleon, by the inhabitants, as a token of the land; and of the undivided land the king of the blessed himself, the son of Cronus, is in the midst.
§41ταύτην μέντοι τὴν χώραν, τοσαύτην οὖσαν ὅσην οἱ πολλοὶ ὑμῶν ἴσασιν, ὡς ἑαυτοῦ οὖσαν τὴν μὲν αὐτὸς καρποῦται, τὴν δʼ ἄλλοις δωρειὰν δέδωκε, καὶ ἅπαντα τὰ κτήματα τὰ ὑμέτερα ὑφʼ αὑτῷ ποιεῖται.
"This territory, however, being as large as most of you know, he, as if it were his own, enjoys part of it himself and has given part as a gift to others, and is bringing all your possessions under his own control.
καὶ οὐ μόνον τὴν ἔξω Ἀγορᾶς χώραν σφετερίζεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς Καρδιανούς, οἳ οἰκοῦσιν εἴσω Ἀγορᾶς, ἐπιστέλλει ἐν τῇ νῦν ἐπιστολῇ ὡς δεῖ ὑμᾶς διαδικάζεσθαι—πρὸς Καρδιανοὺς τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ—εἴ τι πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαφέρεσθε.
And not only does he usurp the land outside Agora, but he also writes in his present letter to the Cardians, who dwell inside Agora, that you must settle by arbitration—with Cardians who dwell in your own territory!—if you have any dispute with them.
§42διαφέρονται δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, σκέψασθε εἰ περὶ μικροῦ.
And consider whether their dispute with you is about a small matter.
ἑαυτῶν φασι τὴν χώραν οὖσαν οἰκεῖν καὶ οὐχ ὑμετέραν, καὶ τὰ μὲν ὑμέτερα εἶναι ἐγκτήματα ὡς ἐν ἀλλοτρίᾳ, τὰ δὲ ἑαυτῶν κτήμαθʼ ὡς ἐν οἰκείᾳ, καὶ ταῦθʼ ὑμέτερον πολίτην γράψαι ἐν ψηφίσματι, Κάλλιππον Παιανιέα.
They say that they inhabit the land which is their own and not yours, and that your possessions are private holdings in a foreign land, while their own are possessions in their own territory, and they say that your citizen, Callippus of Paeania, wrote this in a decree.
§43καὶ τοῦτό γʼ ἀληθῆ λέγουσιν· ἔγραψε γάρ, καὶ ἐμοῦ γʼ αὐτὸν γραψαμένου παρανόμων γραφὴν ὑμεῖς ἀπεψηφίσασθε· τοιγάρτοι ἀμφισβητήσιμον ὑμῖν τὴν χώραν κατεσκεύακεν.
And in this at least they speak the truth; for he did write it, and when I indicted him for an illegal proposal, you acquitted him; therefore he has made the territory a matter of dispute for you.
ὁπότε δὲ περὶ τούτου τολμήσετε πρὸς Καρδιανοὺς διαδικάζεσθαι, εἴθʼ ὑμετέρα ἐστὶν εἴτʼ ἐκείνων ἡ χώρα, διὰ τί οὐ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους Χερρονησίτας τὸ αὐτὸ δίκαιον ἔσται;
But when you dare to submit to arbitration with the Cardians concerning this, whether the land is yours or theirs, why will the same right not apply also to the other Chersonesians?
§44καὶ οὕτως ὑβριστικῶς ὑμῖν κέχρηται ὥστε φήσιν, ἂν μὴ θέλωσι διαδικάζεσθαι οἱ Καρδιανοί, αὐτὸς ἀναγκάσειν, ὡς ὑμῶν γʼ οὐκ ἂν δυναμένων οὐδὲν ἀναγκάσαι Καρδιανοὺς ὑμῖν ποιῆσαι· ἐπειδὴ δʼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε, αὐτός φησι τοῦτʼ ἀναγκάσειν αὐτοὺς ποιῆσαι.
And he has treated you so insultingly that he says, if the Cardians are not willing to submit to arbitration, he himself will compel them, as if you indeed were not able to compel the Cardians to do anything for you; but since you are unable, he says he will compel them to do this.
ἆρʼ οὐ μεγάλα φαίνεται ὑμᾶς εὐεργετῶν;
Does he not seem to be doing you great benefits?
§45καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐπιστολήν τινες εὖ ἔφασαν γεγράφθαι, οἳ πολὺ ἂν δικαιότερον ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἢ Φίλιππος μισοῖντο.
And some said that this letter was well written, who would be much more justly hated by you than Philip is.
ἐκεῖνος μέν γʼ ἑαυτῷ κτώμενος δόξαν καὶ μεγάλʼ ἀγαθὰ ἅπαντα καθʼ ὑμῶν πράττει· ὅσοι δʼ Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντες μὴ τῇ πατρίδι, ἀλλὰ Φιλίππῳ εὔνοιαν ἐνδείκνυνται, προσήκει αὐτοὺς ὑφʼ ὑμῶν κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολωλέναι, εἴπερ ὑμεῖς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἐν τοῖς κροτάφοις καὶ μὴ ἐν ταῖς πτέρναις καταπεπατημένον φορεῖτε.
For he, in acquiring glory and great advantages for himself, does everything against you; whereas those who, being Athenians, display goodwill not to their country but to Philip, it is fitting for them, evil as they are, to be miserably destroyed by you, if indeed you carry your brains in your temples and not crushed underfoot in your heels.
§46ὑπόλοιπόν μοί ἐστιν ἔτι πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἐπιστολὴν τὴν εὖ ἔχουσαν καὶ τοὺς λόγους τῶν πρέσβεων γράψαι τὴν ἀπόκρισιν, ἣν ἡγοῦμαι δικαίαν τʼ εἶναι καὶ συμφέρουσαν ὑμῖν.
It remains for me still, in reply to this letter which is "well written" and to the words of the envoys, to draft the reply, which I believe is both just and advantageous to you.