§8ἐλθὼν τοίνυν εἰς τὸν Βόσπορον, ἔχων ἐπιστολὰς παρʼ ἐμοῦ, ἃς ἔδωκʼ αὐτῷ ἀπενεγκεῖν τῷ παιδὶ τῷ ἐμῷ παραχειμάζοντι ἐκεῖ καὶ κοινωνῷ τινί, γράψας ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ τό τε ἀργύριον ὃ ἐδεδανείκειν καὶ τὴν ὑποθήκην, καὶ προστάξας, ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα ἐξαιρεθῇ τὰ χρήματα, ἐξετάζειν καὶ παρακολουθεῖν, τὰς μὲν ἐπιστολὰς οὐκ ἀποδίδωσιν οὗτος ἃς ἔλαβεν παρʼ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα μηδὲν εἰδείησαν ὧν ἔπραττεν οὗτος, καταλαβὼν δʼ ἐν τῷ Βοσπόρῳ μοχθηρὰ τὰ πράγματα διὰ τὸν συμβάντα πόλεμον τῷ Παιρισάδῃ πρὸς τὸν Σκύθην καὶ τῶν φορτίων ὧν ἦγεν πολλὴν ἀπρασίαν, ἐν πάσῃ ἀπορίᾳ ἦν· καὶ γὰρ οἱ δανεισταὶ εἴχοντο αὐτοῦ οἱ τὰ ἑτερόπλοα δανείσαντες.
Now when he arrived in the Bosporus, carrying letters from me which I had given him to deliver to my servant who was wintering there and to a certain partner of mine—in which letters I had written both the amount of money I had lent and the security, and had ordered them, as soon as the goods were unloaded, to inspect and watch over them—this man did not deliver the letters he had received from me, in order that they might know nothing of what he was doing; and finding that affairs in the Bosporus were in a bad state owing to the war that had broken out between Pairisades and the Scythian, and that there was no sale for the goods he had brought, he was in the greatest distress, especially since the creditors who had lent money for the outward voyage were pressing him.
§9ὥστε τοῦ ναυκλήρου κελεύοντος αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν συγγραφὴν ἐντίθεσθαι τὰ ἀγοράσματα τῶν ἐμῶν χρημάτων, εἶπεν οὗτος ὁ νῦν φάσκων ἀποδεδωκέναι τὸ χρυσίον, ὅτι οὐκ ἂν δύναιτο ἐνθέσθαι εἰς τὴν ναῦν τὰ χρήματα· ἄπρατον γὰρ εἶναι τὸν ῥῶπον.
Therefore, when the shipowner ordered him to load on board, in accordance with the agreement, the purchases made with my money, this man, who now claims to have paid back the gold, said that he could not load the goods on the ship, because his miscellaneous wares were unsold.
καὶ ἐκεῖνον μὲν ἐκέλευεν ἀνάγεσθαι, αὐτὸς δʼ, ἐπειδὰν διαθῆται τὰ φορτία, ἐφʼ ἑτέρας νεὼς ἔφη ἐκπλεύσεσθαι.
And he urged the shipowner to put to sea, saying that he himself, as soon as he had disposed of his cargo, would sail out on another ship.
καί μοι λέγε ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν.
Please read this deposition for me.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
THE DEPOSITION.
§10μετὰ ταῦτα τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, οὗτος μὲν ἐν τῷ Βοσπόρῳ κατελέλειπτο, ὁ δὲ Λάμπις ἀναχθεὶς ἐναυάγησεν οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐμπορίου· γεγεμισμένης γὰρ ἤδη τῆς νεώς, ὡς ἀκούομεν, μᾶλλον τοῦ δέοντος, προσανέλαβεν ἐπὶ τὸ κατάστρωμα χιλίας βύρσας, ὅθεν καὶ ἡ διαφθορὰ τῇ νηὶ συνέβη.
After this, men of Athens, this man was left behind in the Bosporus, while Lampis put to sea and was shipwrecked not far from the port; for although the ship, as we hear, was already overloaded, he took on deck an additional one thousand hides, which was the cause of the destruction of the vessel.
καὶ αὐτὸς μὲν ἀπεσώθη ἐν τῷ λέμβῳ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων παίδων τῶν Δίωνος, ἀπώλεσεν δὲ πλέον ἢ τριάκοντα σώματα ἐλεύθερα χωρὶς τῶν ἄλλων.
He himself was saved in the boat with the other slaves of Dion, but he lost more than thirty free persons, besides the other losses.
πολλοῦ δὲ πένθους ἐν τῷ Βοσπόρῳ ὄντος ὡς ἐπύθοντο τὴν διαφθορὰν τῆς νεώς, ηὐδαιμόνιζον Φορμίωνα πάντες τουτονί, ὅτι οὔτε συνανήχθη οὔτε ἐνέθετο εἰς τὴν ναῦν οὐδέν.
While there was great mourning in the Bosporus when they heard of the destruction of the ship, everyone congratulated Phormio here, because he had neither sailed with it nor loaded anything on the ship.
συνέβαινεν δὲ παρά τε τῶν ἄλλων καὶ παρὰ τούτου ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος.
And the same story was told both by others and by this man himself.
καί μοι ἀνάγνωθι ταύτας τὰς μαρτυρίας.
Please read these depositions for me.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
THE DEPOSITIONS.
§11αὐτὸς μὲν τοίνυν ὁ Λάμπις, ᾧ φησιν ἀποδεδωκέναι τὸ χρυσίον (τούτῳ γὰρ προσέχετε τὸν νοῦν), προσελθόντος αὐτῷ ἐμοῦ, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα κατέπλευσεν ἐκ τῆς ναυαγίας Ἀθήναζε, καὶ ἐρωτῶντος ὑπὲρ τούτων, ἔλεγεν ὅτι οὔτε τὰ χρήματα ἔνθοιτο εἰς τὴν ναῦν οὗτος κατὰ τὴν συγγραφήν, οὔτε τὸ χρυσίον εἰληφὼς εἴη παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν Βοσπόρῳ τότε.
Now Lampis himself, to whom he claims to have paid back the gold (for pay close attention to this), when I went to him as soon as he arrived in Athens after the shipwreck, and questioned him about these matters, said that Phormio had neither loaded the goods on the ship in accordance with the agreement, nor had he himself received the gold from him in the Bosporus at that time.
καί μοι ἀνάγνωθι τὴν μαρτυρίαν τῶν παραγενομένων.
Please read for me the deposition of those who were present.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
THE DEPOSITION.
§12ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐπεδήμησεν Φορμίων οὑτοσὶ σεσῳσμένος ἐφʼ ἑτέρας νεώς, προσῄειν αὐτῷ ἀπαιτῶν τὸ δάνειον.
When, therefore, men of Athens, Phormio here returned safe on another ship, I went to him and demanded the return of the loan.
καὶ οὗτος κατὰ μὲν ἀρχὰς οὐδεπώποτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, εἶπε τὸν λόγον τοῦτον ὃν νυνὶ λέγει, ἀλλʼ ἀεὶ ὡμολόγει ἀποδώσειν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀνεκοινώσατο τοῖς νῦν παροῦσιν αὐτῷ καὶ συνδικοῦσιν, ἕτερος ἤδη ἦν καὶ οὐχ ὁ αὐτός.
And at first, men of Athens, he never made the statement that he makes now, but always agreed that he would pay; but when he had consulted with those who are now assisting him and acting as his advocates, he was at once a different man and no longer the same.
§13ὡς δʼ ᾐσθόμην αὐτὸν διακρουόμενόν με, προσέρχομαι τῷ Λάμπιδι, λέγων ὅτι οὐδὲν ποιεῖ τῶν δικαίων Φορμίων οὐδʼ ἀποδίδωσι τὸ δάνειον, καὶ ἅμα ἠρόμην αὐτὸν εἰ εἰδείη ὅπου ἐστίν, ἵνα προσκαλεσαίμην αὐτόν.
When I perceived that he was trying to evade me, I went to Lampis and told him that Phormio was doing nothing that was right and was not paying back the loan, and at the same time I asked him if he knew where Phormio was, so that I might summon him.
ὁ δʼ ἀκολουθεῖν μʼ ἐκέλευεν ἑαυτῷ, καὶ καταλαμβάνομεν πρὸς τοῖς μυροπωλίοις τουτονί· κἀγὼ κλητῆρας ἔχων προσεκαλεσάμην αὐτόν.
He told me to follow him, and we found Phormio near the perfume shops; and I, having summoners with me, served him with a summons.
§14καὶ ὁ Λάμπις, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, παρὼν προσκαλουμένῳ μοι οὐδαμοῦ ἐτόλμησεν εἰπεῖν ὡς ἀπείληφε παρὰ τούτου τὸ χρυσίον, οὐδʼ ὃ εἰκὸς ἦν εἶπε
Χρύσιππε, μαίνει· τί τοῦτον προσκαλεῖ;
And Lampis, men of Athens, though present when I summoned him, never dared to say that he had received the gold from Phormio, nor did he say what would have been natural: "Chrysippus, you are mad; why do you summon this man?
ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἀποδέδωκε τὸ χρυσίον
. ἀλλὰ μὴ ὅτι Λάμπις ἐφθέγξατο, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ αὐτὸς οὗτος οὐδὲν ἠξίωσεν εἰπεῖν, παρεστηκότος τοῦ Λάμπιδος, ᾧ νῦν φησὶν ἀποδεδωκέναι τὸ χρυσίον.
For he has paid back the gold to me." But not only did Lampis not utter a word, but not even this man himself saw fit to say anything, although Lampis, to whom he now claims to have paid back the gold, was standing right beside him.