§9καὶ νέμονται τὴν ἄλλην οὐσίαν πλὴν ὧν ἐμεμίσθωθʼ οὑτοσί· τούτων δὲ τῆς προσόδου τὴν ἡμίσειαν τούτῳ ἀπεδίδοσαν.
And they divided the rest of the estate, except for what this man had leased; and they paid him half of the income from these leased properties.
ἄχρι μὲν οὖν τούτου τοῦ χρόνου πῶς ἔνεστʼ ἐγκαλεῖν αὐτῷ μισθώσεως;
Up to that time, then, how is it possible to bring any charge against him regarding the lease?
οὐ γὰρ νῦν, ἀλλὰ τότʼ εὐθὺς ἔδει χαλεπαίνοντα φαίνεσθαι.
For he ought to have shown his displeasure not now, but immediately back then.
καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ τὰς ἐπιγιγνομένας μισθώσεις ὡς οὐκ ἀπείληφεν ἔστʼ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ.
Moreover, it is not even possible for him to say that he has not received the rents that subsequently fell due.
§10οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτʼ, ἐπειδὴ δοκιμασθέντος Πασικλέους ἀπηλλάττετο τῆς μισθώσεως ὅδε, ἀφήκατʼ ἂν αὐτὸν ἁπάντων τῶν ἐγκλημάτων, ἀλλὰ τότʼ ἂν παραχρῆμʼ ἀπῃτεῖτʼ, εἴ τι προσώφειλεν ὑμῖν.
For you would never, when this man here was released from the lease upon Pasicles being admitted to his citizenship, have released him from all claims, but you would have demanded payment immediately at that time if he owed you anything.
ὡς τοίνυν ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, καὶ ἐνείμαθʼ οὗτος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν παῖδʼ ὄντα, καὶ ἀφῆκαν τῆς μισθώσεως καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ἐγκλημάτων, λαβὲ ταυτηνὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. §11εὐθὺς τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὡς ἀφεῖσαν τουτονὶ τῆς μισθώσεως, νέμονται τὴν τράπεζαν καὶ τὸ ἀσπιδοπηγεῖον, καὶ λαβὼν αἵρεσιν Ἀπολλόδωρος αἱρεῖται τὸ ἀσπιδοπηγεῖον ἀντὶ τῆς τραπέζης.
To prove, therefore, that I am speaking the truth, and that this man divided the estate with his brother who was still a child, and that they released Phormio from the lease and all other claims, take this deposition. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. [DEPOSITION] Immediately, then, men of Athens, as they released this man from the lease, they divided the bank and the shield-manufactory, and Apollodorus, having been given his choice, chose the shield-manufactory instead of the bank.
καίτοι εἰ ἦν ἰδία τις ἀφορμὴ τούτῳ πρὸς τῇ τραπέζῃ, τί δή ποτʼ ἂν εἵλετο τοῦτο μᾶλλον ἢ ʼκείνην;
Yet if there had been any private working capital belonging to him in the bank, why on earth would he have chosen the factory rather than the bank?
οὔτε γὰρ ἡ πρόσοδος ἦν πλείων, ἀλλʼ ἐλάττων (τὸ μὲν γὰρ τάλαντον, ἡ δʼ ἑκατὸν μνᾶς ἔφερεν), οὔτε τὸ κτῆμʼ ἥδιον, εἰ προσῆν χρήματα τῇ τραπέζῃ ἴδια.
For the income was not greater, but less (the factory brought in one talent, the bank one hundred minae), nor was the property more desirable, if private funds had been attached to the bank.
ἀλλʼ οὐ προσῆν.
But there were none.
διόπερ σωφρονῶν εἵλετο τὸ ἀσπιδοπηγεῖον οὗτος· τὸ μὲν γὰρ κτῆμʼ ἀκίνδυνόν ἐστιν, ἡ δʼ ἐργασία προσόδους ἔχουσʼ ἐπικινδύνους ἀπὸ χρημάτων ἀλλοτρίων.
Therefore, acting wisely, this man chose the shield-manufactory; for that property is free from risk, whereas the bank is a business yielding risky returns from other people's money.
§12πολλὰ δʼ ἄν τις ἔχοι λέγειν καὶ ἐπιδεικνύναι σημεῖα τοῦ τοῦτον συκοφαντεῖν ἐγκαλοῦντʼ ἀφορμήν.
One could say and point out many indications that this man is bringing a malicious suit in claiming working capital.
ἀλλʼ οἶμαι μέγιστον μέν ἐστιν ἁπάντων τεκμήριον τοῦ μηδεμίαν λαβεῖν ἀφορμὴν εἰς ταῦτα τουτονὶ τὸ ἐν τῇ μισθώσει γεγράφθαι προσοφείλοντα τὸν Πασίωνʼ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, οὐ δεδωκότʼ ἀφορμὴν τούτῳ, δεύτερον δὲ τὸ τοῦτον ἐν τῇ νομῇ μηδὲν ἐγκαλοῦντα φαίνεσθαι, τρίτον δʼ, ὅτι μισθῶν ἑτέροις ὕστερον ταὐτὰ ταῦτα τοῦ ἴσου ἀργυρίου οὐ φανήσεται προσμεμισθωκὼς ἰδίαν ἀφορμήν.
But I think the greatest proof of all that this man here received no working capital for these purposes is that it was written in the lease that Pasion owed an additional sum to the bank, and had not given working capital to him; secondly, that this man is shown to have made no complaint at the time of the division; and thirdly, that when he afterwards leased these same properties to others for the same amount of money, he will not be found to have leased any private working capital with them.
§13καίτοι εἰ, ἣν ὁ πατὴρ παρέσχεν, ὑπὸ τοῦδʼ ἀπεστερεῖτο, αὐτὸν νῦν προσῆκεν ἐκείνοις ἄλλοθεν πορίσαντα δεδωκέναι.
And yet, if he had been deprived by this man of what his father had provided, he himself ought now to have provided it from other sources and given it to those tenants.
ὡς τοίνυν ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, καὶ ἐμίσθωσεν ὕστερον Ξένωνι καὶ Εὐφραίῳ καὶ Εὔφρονι καὶ Καλλιστράτῳ, καὶ οὐδὲ τούτοις παρέδωκεν ἰδίαν ἀφορμήν, ἀλλὰ τὰς παρακαταθήκας καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τούτων ἐργασίαν αὐτὴν ἐμισθώσαντο, λαβέ μοι τὴν τούτων μαρτυρίαν, καὶ ὡς τὸ ἀσπιδοπηγεῖον εἵλετο. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. §14μεμαρτύρηται μὲν τοίνυν ὑμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι καὶ τούτοις ἐμίσθωσαν καὶ οὐ παρέδωκαν ἰδίαν ἀφορμὴν οὐδεμίαν, καὶ ἐλευθέρους ἀφεῖσαν ὡς μεγάλʼ εὖ πεπονθότες, καὶ οὐκ ἐδικάζοντʼ οὔτʼ ἐκείνοις τότʼ οὔτε τούτῳ.
To prove, therefore, that I am speaking the truth, and that he afterwards leased the business to Xenon, Euphraeus, Euphron, and Callistratus, and did not hand over any private working capital to them either, but that they leased the deposits and the business itself derived from them, please take their deposition, and also the proof of how he chose the shield-manufactory. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. [DEPOSITION] It has been testified to you, then, men of Athens, that they leased the business to these men also and did not hand over any private working capital, and that they released them as having been greatly benefited, and did not bring any suit either against them at that time or against this man.
ὃν μὲν τοίνυν χρόνον ἡ μήτηρ ἔζη, ἡ πάντʼ ἀκριβῶς ταῦτʼ εἰδυῖα, οὐδὲν ἔγκλημα πώποτʼ ἐποιήσατο πρὸς τουτονὶ Φορμίωνʼ Ἀπολλόδωρος· ὡς δʼ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐκείνη, τρισχιλίας ἐγκαλέσας ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς πρὸς αἷς ἔδωκεν ἐκείνη δισχιλίαις τοῖς τούτου παιδίοις, καὶ χιτωνίσκον τινὰ καὶ θεράπαιναν, ἐσυκοφάντει.
So long, then, as his mother was alive, who knew all these details accurately, Apollodorus never made any complaint against Phormio here; but when she died, he harassed him with false accusations, claiming three thousand silver drachmae in addition to the two thousand which she had given to Phormio's children, as well as a small tunic and a maidservant.
§15καὶ οὐδʼ ἐνταῦθα τούτων οὐδὲν ὧν νῦν ἐγκαλεῖ λέγων φανήσεται.
And even then, he will not be found mentioning any of the matters for which he now brings suit.
ἐπιτρέψας δὲ τῷ τε τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γυναικὸς πατρὶ καὶ τῷ συγκηδεστῇ τῷ αὑτοῦ καὶ Λυσίνῳ καὶ Ἀνδρομένει, πεισάντων τούτων Φορμίωνα τουτονὶ δοῦναι δωρεὰν τὰς τρισχιλίας καὶ τὸ προσόν, καὶ φίλον μᾶλλον ἔχειν τοῦτον ἢ διὰ ταῦτʼ ἐχθρὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι, λαβὼν τὸ σύμπαν πεντακισχιλίας, καὶ πάντων ἀφεὶς τῶν ἐγκλημάτων τὸ δεύτερον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἐλθών.
But having referred the matter to his own wife's father, to his own brother-in-law, and to Lysinus and Andromenes, and these men having persuaded Phormio here to make a gift of the three thousand drachmae and the additional items, and to have him as a friend rather than be an enemy on account of these things, he received five thousand drachmae in all, and went to the temple of Athena and for the second time released him from all claims.