§23τούτων τοίνυν οὐδὲ διʼ ἓν ἂν εἶεν ἐμοὶ μεμαρτυρηκότες.
Therefore, they would not have testified for me for any one of these reasons.
οὔτε γὰρ ἑταιρίᾳ (πῶς γάρ; οἵ γε μήτʼ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς διατριβαῖς μήτε καθʼ ἡλικίαν, μὴ ὅτι ἐμοί τινες αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς εἰσίν), οὔτʼ ἔχθρᾳ τούτου· φανερὸν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτʼ ἔστιν·
For it was not because of association (for how could it be, since some of them are neither engaged in the same pursuits nor of the same age, not only with me, but not even with one another?), nor because of enmity towards this man; for this too is obvious.
ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀδελφὸς καὶ σύνδικος, Φᾶνος δʼ ἐπιτήδειος καὶ φυλέτης, Φίλιππος δʼ οὔτε φίλος οὔτʼ ἐχθρός, ὥστʼ οὐδὲ ταύτην ἄν τις ἐπενέγκοι δικαίως τὴν αἰτίαν.
For one is his brother and co-advocate, Phanus is his intimate friend and tribesman, and Philippus is neither friend nor enemy; so that no one could justly bring even this charge against them.
§24καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ διʼ ἀπορίαν ἄν τις φήσειεν· πάντες γὰρ κέκτηνται τοσαύτην οὐσίαν ὥστε καὶ λῃτουργεῖν ὑμῖν προθύμως καὶ τὰ προσταττόμενα ποιεῖν.
And indeed, no one could say it was because of poverty; for they all possess so much property as to perform public services (liturgies) for you zealously and to do what is commanded of them.
χωρὶς δὲ τούτων οὔτʼ ἀγνῶτες ὑμῖν οὔτʼ ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω γιγνωσκόμενοι, μέτριοι δʼ ὄντες ἄνθρωποι.
And apart from these things, they are neither unknown to you nor known for the worse, but are moderate men.
καίτοι εἰ μήτʼ ἄποροι μήτʼ ἐχθροὶ τούτου μήτʼ ἐμοὶ φίλοι, πῶς χρὴ κατὰ τούτων λαβεῖν τινʼ ὑποψίαν ὡς τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυροῦσιν;
And yet, if they are neither poor, nor enemies of this man, nor friends of mine, how is it possible for anyone to conceive a suspicion against them that they are testifying falsely?
ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ οἶδα.
For my part, I do not know.
§25ταῦτα τοίνυν οὗτος εἰδώς, καὶ πάντων μάλιστʼ ἐπιστάμενος τἀληθῆ μεμαρτυρηκότας αὐτούς, ὅμως συκοφαντεῖ καί φησιν οὐ μόνον οὐκ εἰπεῖν ταῦτα, ἃ πῶς τις ἂν μᾶλλον ἐξελέγξειεν εἰρηκότα; ἀλλὰ καὶ δοῦλον εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῷ ὄντι.
Therefore, although this man knows these things and understands better than anyone that they have testified the truth, he nevertheless brings a vexatious suit and says not only that they did not say these things—though how could anyone more clearly prove that they did say them?—but also that the man is in fact a slave.
βούλομαι δὲ διὰ βραχέων εἰπὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐξελέγξαι καὶ ταῦτʼ αὐτὸν ψευδόμενον.
I wish, by speaking to you briefly, to expose him as lying in this matter as well.
ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ περὶ τούτων ἠθέλησα τούτῳ παραδοῦναι βασανίζειν τὰς θεραπαίνας, αἳ τελευτῶντος τοῦ πατρὸς μνημονεύουσιν ἀφεθέντα τοῦτον ἐλεύθερον εἶναι τότε.
For I, men of the jury, was willing concerning these matters too to deliver up to him the female slaves to be tortured, who remember that when my father was dying, this man was released to be free then.
§26καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἡ μήτηρ κατʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς, οἳ μόνοι παῖδές ἐσμεν αὐτῇ, διʼ οὓς κατεχήρευσε τὸν βίον, πίστιν ἤθελεν ἐπιθεῖναι παραστησαμένη, τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον ἀφεῖναι τὸν πατέρʼ ἡνίκʼ ἐτελεύτα, καὶ νομίζεσθαι παρʼ ἡμῖν τοῦτον ἐλεύθερον· ἣν μηδεὶς ὑμῶν νομιζέτω καθʼ ἡμῶν ποτʼ ἂν ὀμνύναι ταῦτʼ ἂν ἐθέλειν, εἰ μὴ σαφῶς ᾔδει τὰ εὔορκʼ ὀμουμένη.
And in addition to this, my mother, to me and my sister—who are her only children, for whose sake she has remained a widow throughout her life—wished to offer a pledge, standing by us, that my father when dying released this man, and that he was considered free among us; let no one of you think that she would ever have wished to swear this against us, if she did not know clearly that she would swear what was faithful to her oath.
ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγω καὶ ταῦτʼ ἦμεν ἕτοιμοι ποιεῖν, κάλει τούτων τοὺς μάρτυρας.
Indeed, to prove that I speak the truth and that we were ready to do these things, call the witnesses of these matters.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ.
WITNESSES.
§27τοσαῦτα τοίνυν δίκαια λέγειν ἐχόντων ἡμῶν καὶ καταφεύγειν εἰς τοὺς μεγίστους ἐλέγχους ἐθελόντων περὶ τῶν μεμαρτυρημένων, πάντα ταῦτα φυγὼν οὗτος οἴεται, περὶ τῆς γεγενημένης δίκης διαβάλλων καὶ κατηγορῶν ἐμοῦ, τοῦ μάρτυρος ὑμᾶς πείσειν καταψηφίσασθαι, πάντων οἶμαι πρᾶγμα κατασκευάσας ἀδικώτατον καὶ πλεονεκτικώτατον.
Therefore, while we have so many justifications to speak of and are willing to take refuge in the greatest proofs concerning what has been testified, this man, fleeing from all these, thinks that by slandering the past trial and accusing me, he will persuade you to vote for the condemnation of the witness—having, I believe, contrived the most unjust and rapacious scheme of all.
§28αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς παρεσκεύασται περὶ τούτων, συγχορηγὸν ἔχων Ὀνήτορα τὸν κηδεστὴν καὶ Τιμοκράτην· ἡμεῖς δʼ οὐχὶ προειδότες, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τῆς μαρτυρίας ἡγούμενοι τὸν ἀγῶνʼ ἔσεσθαι, τοὺς περὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς χρημάτων μάρτυρας οὐ παρεσκευάσμεθα νῦν.
For he himself has prepared false witnesses concerning these matters, having as his co-contributors Onetor, his father-in-law, and Timocrates; but we, not having foreseen this, but believing that the contest would be concerning the testimony itself, have not now prepared the witnesses concerning the money from the guardianship.
ὅμως δέ, καίπερ οὕτως τούτου σεσοφισμένου, τὰ πράγματʼ αὐτὰ διεξιὼν οἶμαι ῥᾳδίως ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξειν δικαιότατʼ ἀνθρώπων τοῦτον ὠφληκότα τὴν δίκην, §29οὐχ ὅτι τὸν Μιλύαν ἐκώλυον βασανίζειν, οὐδʼ ὅτι τοῦτον ἐλεύθερον ὡμολόγησεν, οἱ δὲ μάρτυρες οἵδʼ ἐμαρτύρησαν, ἀλλʼ ὅτι πολλὰ τῶν ἐμῶν ἐξηλέγχθη λαβὼν καὶ τὸν οἶκον οὐκ ἐμίσθωσεν τῶν νόμων κελευόντων καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ γράψαντος, ὡς ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω· ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ ἦν πᾶσιν ἰδεῖν, οἱ νόμοι καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ὧν οὗτοι διηρπάκεσαν χρημάτων· τὸν Μιλύαν δʼ οὐδʼ ὅστις ἔστιν οὐδεὶς ᾔδει.
Nevertheless, even though this man has devised such tricks, by going through the facts themselves, I believe I shall easily show you that he lost the lawsuit most justly of all men, not because I prevented him from torturing Milyas, nor because he admitted this man to be free and these witnesses testified to it, but because he was proved to have taken many of my belongings, and did not lease the estate when the laws commanded it and my father had written so in his will, as I shall clearly show you; for these things were open to all to see—the laws and the multitude of the money which they had plundered; but as for Milyas, no one even knew who he was.
γνώσεσθε δʼ ἐκ τῶν ἐγκεκλημένων ὅτι ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἔχοντʼ ἐστίν.
And you will know from the bill of indictment that these things are so.
§30ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὴν δίκην ἔλαχον τούτῳ τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς οὐχ ἓν τίμημα συνθείς, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις συκοφαντεῖν ἐπιχειρῶν, ἀλλʼ ἕκαστον ἐγγράψας καὶ πόθεν λαβὼν καὶ πόσον τὸ πλῆθος καὶ παρὰ τοῦ, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ τὸν Μιλύαν παρέγραψʼ ὡς εἰδότα τι τούτων.
For I, men of the jury, brought the suit of guardianship against him, not putting together a single lump-sum valuation, as one would do if attempting to bring a vexatious suit, but writing down each item, from where he took it, how much the amount was, and from whom, and nowhere did I write Milyas alongside as knowing any of these things.