§33καί μοι λαβὲ τὴν μαρτυρίαν, πρῶτον μὲν τὴν Ἀπολλωνίδου, ὅτι Ἀντίπατρος ἦν ὁ δανείσας ἐπὶ τῷ πλοίῳ, τούτοις δʼ οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν προσήκει τῆς ναυαγίας, ἔπειτα τὴν Ἐρασικλέους καὶ τὴν Ἱππίου, ὅτι ὀγδοήκοντα μόνον κεράμια παρήγετο ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ.
And take, please, the deposition, first that of Apollonides, to the effect that Antipater was the one who lent money on the ship, and that these men have nothing whatever to do with the shipwreck; and next those of Erasicles and Hippias, to the effect that only eighty jars were carried on board the ship.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
"Ἀπολλωνίδης Ἁλικαρνασσεὺς μαρτυρεῖ εἰδέναι δανείσαντα Ἀντίπατρον, Κιτιέα τὸ γένος, χρήματα Ὑβλησίῳ εἰς τὸν Πόντον ἐπὶ τῇ νηὶ ἣν Ὑβλήσιος ἐναυκλήρει, καὶ τῷ ναύλῳ τῷ εἰς τὸν Πόντον· κοινωνεῖν δὲ καὶ αὑτὸν τῆς νεὼς Ὑβλησίῳ, καὶ συμπλεῖν ἑαυτοῦ οἰκέτας ἐν τῇ νηί, καὶ ὅτε διεφθάρη ἡ ναῦς, παρεῖναι τοὺς οἰκέτας τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἀπαγγέλλειν ἑαυτῷ, καὶ ὅτι ἡ ναῦς κενὴ διεφθάρη παραπλέουσα εἰς Θευδοσίαν ἐκ Παντικαπαίου. " §34"Ἐρασικλῆς μαρτυρεῖ συμπλεῖν Ὑβλησίῳ κυβερνῶν τὴν ναῦν εἰς τὸν Πόντον, καὶ ὅτε παρέπλει ἡ ναῦς εἰς Θευδοσίαν ἐκ Παντικαπαίου, εἰδέναι κενὴν τὴν ναῦν παραπλέουσαν, καὶ Ἀπολλοδώρου αὐτοῦ τοῦ φεύγοντος νυνὶ τὴν δίκην μὴ εἶναι οἶνον ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ, ἀλλὰ παράγεσθαι τῶν ἐκ Θευδοσίας τινὶ οἴνου Κῷα κεράμια περὶ ὀγδοήκοντα. "
"Ἱππίας Ἀθηνίππου Ἁλικαρνασσεὺς μαρτυρεῖ συμπλεῖν Ὑβλησίῳ διοπεύων τὴν ναῦν, καὶ ὅτε παρέπλει ἡ ναῦς εἰς Θευδοσίαν ἐκ Παντικαπαίου, ἐνθέσθαι Ἀπολλόδωρον εἰς τὴν ναῦν ἐρίων ἀγγεῖον ἓν ἢ δύο καὶ ταρίχους κεράμια ἕνδεκα ἢ δώδεκα καὶ δέρματʼ αἴγεια, δύο δέσμας ἢ τρεῖς, ἄλλο δʼ οὐδέν. "
"πρὸς τούσδʼ ἐξεμαρτύρησεν· Εὐφίλητος Δαμοτίμου Ἀφιδναῖος, Ἱππίας Τιμοξένου Θυμαιτάδης, Σώστρατος Φιλίππου Ἑστιαιόθεν, Ἀρχενομίδης Στράτωνος Θριάσιος, Φιλτάδης Κτησικλέους Ξυπεταιών. "
DEPOSITIONS "Apollonides of Halicarnassus deposes that he knows that Antipater, a Citian by birth, lent money to Hyblesius for a voyage to the Pontus on the ship of which Hyblesius was shipmaster, and on the freight to the Pontus; and that he himself is a partner with Hyblesius in the ship, and that his own servants sailed on board the ship; and that when the ship was destroyed, his own servants were present and reported it to him, and that the ship was empty when she was destroyed while sailing along the coast to Theodosia from Panticapaeum." "Erasicles deposes that he sailed with Hyblesius, steering the ship to the Pontus, and when the ship was sailing along the coast to Theodosia from Panticapaeum, he knows that the ship was sailing empty, and that there was no wine in the ship belonging to Apollodorus himself, who is now defending this suit, but that there were being carried for a certain person of Theodosia about eighty Cos jars of wine." "Hippias, son of Athenippus, of Halicarnassus, deposes that he sailed with Hyblesius as ship's steward, and when the ship was sailing along the coast to Theodosia from Panticapaeum, Apollodorus put on board the ship one or two bales of wool, eleven or twelve jars of salt fish, and two or three bundles of goatskins, but nothing else." "The deposition was made in the presence of these witnesses: Euphiletus, son of Damotimus, of Aphidna; Hippias, son of Timoxenus, of Thymaetadae; Sostratus, son of Philippus, of Hestiaea; Archenomides, son of Straton, of Thria; Philtades, son of Ctesicles, of Xypete." Such is the shamelessness of these men.
§35ἡ μὲν ἀναίδεια τοιαύτη τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων ἐστίν. ὑμεῖς δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐνθυμεῖσθε πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς, εἴ τινας πώποτʼ ἴστε ἢ ἠκούσατε οἶνον Ἀθήναζε ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου κατʼ ἐμπορίαν εἰσαγαγόντας, ἄλλως τε καὶ Κῷον.
But you, gentlemen of the jury, consider in your own minds whether you have ever known or heard of anyone importing wine from the Pontus to Athens for purposes of trade, especially Cos wine.
πᾶν γὰρ δήπου τοὐναντίον εἰς τὸν Πόντον ὁ οἶνος εἰσάγεται ἐκ τῶν τόπων τῶν περὶ ἡμᾶς, ἐκ Πεπαρήθου καὶ Κῶ καὶ Θάσιος καὶ Μενδαῖος καὶ ἐξ ἄλλων τινῶν πόλεων παντοδαπός· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Πόντου ἕτερά ἐστιν ἃ εἰσάγεται δεῦρο.
For surely quite the contrary is true: wine is imported into the Pontus from the regions around us—from Peparethus, Cos, Thasos, Mende, and various other cities; whereas from the Pontus it is other things that are imported here.
§36κατεχόμενοι δὲ ὑφʼ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλεγχόμενοι εἴ τι περιγένοιτο τῶν χρημάτων ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, ἀπεκρίνατο Λάκριτος οὑτοσί, ὅτι ἑκατὸν στατῆρες Κυζικηνοὶ περιγένοιντο, καὶ τοῦτο τὸ χρυσίον δεδανεικὼς εἴη ἁδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ ναυκλήρῳ τινὶ Φασηλίτῃ, πολίτῃ καὶ ἐπιτηδείῳ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ οὐ δύναιτο κομίσασθαι, ἀλλὰ σχεδόν τι ἀπολωλὸς εἴη καὶ τοῦτο.
When they were cornered by us and closely questioned as to whether any of the money had been saved in the Pontus, this Lacritus here answered that one hundred Cyzicene staters had been saved, and that his brother had lent this gold in the Pontus to a certain Phaselite shipmaster, a fellow-citizen and intimate friend of his own, and was unable to recover it, so that this also was as good as lost.
§37ταῦτʼ ἐστὶν ἃ ἔλεγεν Λάκριτος οὑτοσί.
These are the things that this Lacritus here said.
ἡ δὲ συγγραφὴ οὐ ταῦτα λέγει, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἀλλʼ ἀντιφορτισαμένους ἀπάγειν κελεύει Ἀθήναζε, οὐ δανείζειν τούτους ὅτῳ ἂν βούλωνται ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ τὰ ἡμέτερα ἄνευ ἡμῶν, ἀλλʼ Ἀθήναζε παρέχειν ἀνέπαφα ἡμῖν, ἕως ἂν ἡμεῖς ἀπολάβωμεν τὰ χρήματα ὅσα ἐδανείσαμεν.
But the agreement does not say this, gentlemen of the jury; on the contrary, it commands them to ship a return cargo and bring it back to Athens, not to lend our money without our consent in the Pontus to whomever they please, but to deliver it intact to us at Athens, until we have recovered all the money we lent.
καί μοι ἀναγίγνωσκε τὴν συγγραφὴν πάλιν.
Please read the agreement again.
ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΗ. §38πότερον, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, δανείζειν κελεύει τούτους ἡ συγγραφὴ τὰ ἡμέτερα, καὶ ταῦτα ἀνθρώπῳ ὃν ἡμεῖς οὔτε γιγνώσκομεν οὔθʼ ἑοράκαμεν πώποτε, ἢ ἀντιφορτισαμένους κομίσαι Ἀθήναζε καὶ φανερὰ ποιῆσαι ἡμῖν καὶ ἀνέπαφα παρέχειν;
AGREEMENT Does the agreement, gentlemen of the jury, command them to lend our money, and that too to a man whom we neither know nor have ever seen, or does it command them to ship a return cargo, bring it to Athens, display it to us, and deliver it to us intact?
§39ἡ μὲν γὰρ συγγραφὴ οὐδὲν κυριώτερον ἐᾷ εἶναι τῶν ἐγγεγραμμένων, οὐδὲ προσφέρειν οὔτε νόμον οὔτε ψήφισμα οὔτʼ ἄλλʼ οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν πρὸς τὴν συγγραφήν· τούτοις δʼ εὐθὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐδὲν ἐμέλησε τῆς συγγραφῆς ταύτης, ἀλλὰ τοῖς χρήμασιν ἐχρῶντο τοῖς ἡμετέροις ὥσπερ ἰδίοις οὖσιν αὑτῶν·
For the agreement does not allow anything to be more valid than what is written in it, nor does it permit anyone to bring forward either law or decree or anything else whatever against the agreement; but these men from the very beginning cared nothing for this agreement, but used our money as if it were their own.
οὕτως εἰσὶν οὗτοι κακοῦργοι σοφισταὶ καὶ ἄδικοι ἄνθρωποι.
So wicked are they, being subtle sophists and unjust men.
§40ἐγὼ δέ, μὰ τὸν Δία τὸν ἄνακτα καὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἅπαντας, οὐδενὶ πώποτε ἐφθόνησα οὐδʼ ἐπετίμησα, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἴ τις βούλεται σοφιστὴς εἶναι καὶ Ἰσοκράτει ἀργύριον ἀναλίσκειν· μαινοίμην γὰρ ἄν, εἴ τί μοι τούτων ἐπιμελὲς εἴη.
For my part, by lord Zeus and all the gods, I have never envied or censured anyone, gentlemen of the jury, if he wishes to be a sophist and spend money on Isocrates; for I should be mad if I cared about any of these things.
οὐ μέντοι μὰ Δία οἶμαί γε δεῖν ἀνθρώπους καταφρονοῦντας καὶ οἰομένους δεινοὺς εἶναι ἐφίεσθαι τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, οὐδὲ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι, τῷ λόγῳ πιστεύοντας· πονηροῦ γὰρ ταῦτʼ ἐστὶν σοφιστοῦ καὶ οἰμωξομένου.
I do not, however, by Zeus, think that men who look down on others and think themselves clever should covet other people's property, or take it away, trusting in their eloquence; for that is the mark of a wicked sophist who will come to grief.