§1πολλὰ κἀγαθὰ γένοιτο, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πρῶτον μὲν ὑμῖν ἅπασιν, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ Σόλωνι τῷ νομοθετήσαντι τὸν περὶ τῶν ἀντιδόσεων νόμον.
May many blessings befall, gentlemen of the jury, first upon all of you, and next upon Solon who enacted the law concerning the exchange of property.
εἰ μὴ γὰρ οὗτος ἡμῖν σαφῶς διώρισεν, τί πρῶτον δεῖ ποιεῖν τοὺς ἀντιδεδωκότας καὶ τί δεύτερον καὶ τἄλλα δʼ ἐφεξῆς, οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅποι προῆλθεν ἂν ἡ τουτουὶ Φαινίππου τόλμα, ὅπου γε καὶ νῦν ἅπαντα ταῦτα προλέγοντος ἡμῖν τοῦ νόμου, ὅμως οὐδὲν φροντίσας τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ γεγραμμένων δικαίων, ἀντὶ μὲν τοῦ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀφʼ ἧς ὤμοσε τὴν ἀπόφασιν δοῦναί μοι τῆς οὐσίας τῆς αὑτοῦ κατὰ τὸν νόμον, ἢ εἰ μὴ τότʼ ἐβούλετο, τῇ γʼ ἕκτῃ φθίνοντος δοῦναι τοῦ βοηδρομιῶνος μηνός, ἣν δεηθείς μου ἔθετο καὶ ἐν ᾗ ὡμολόγησε δώσειν τὴν ἀπόφασιν, οὐδέτερα τούτων ἐποίησεν, §2ἀλλὰ καταφρονήσας ἀμφοτέρων, καὶ ἡμῶν καὶ τοῦ νόμου, δευτέρῳ μηνὶ ἔδωκεν, δυοῖν ἢ τρισὶν ἡμέραις πρότερον τῆς εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον εἰσόδου, τὸν δʼ ἄλλον ἅπαντʼ ἐκποδὼν ἦν χρόνον·
For if he had not clearly defined for us what those who have offered an exchange must do first, what second, and the rest in order, I do not know to what lengths the impudence of this Phaenippus here would have gone; since even now, when the law prescribes all these things to us beforehand, he has nevertheless, without any regard for the justice written therein, instead of delivering to me the inventory of his property within three days after he took the oath in accordance with the law, or, if he did not wish to do so then, on the sixth day from the end of the month of Boedromion, which date he himself begged for and agreed to deliver the inventory on, did neither of these things, but, showing contempt for both us and the law, he delivered it in the second month, just two or three days before the case came into court, remaining out of the way for all the rest of the time.
ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἐᾶν τῶν οἰκημάτων ἃ παρεσημηνάμην, ἐλθὼν εἰς ἀγρὸν ἀνέῳξε καὶ τὰς κριθὰς ἐξεφόρησεν καὶ τἄλλα, ὥσπερ ἐξουσίαν δεδωκότος αὐτῷ τοῦ νόμου ποιεῖν ὅ τι ἂν βούληται καὶ μὴ ὡς δίκαιόν ἐστιν.
And instead of leaving the seals on the buildings which I had sealed up, he went to his estate, opened them, and carried away the barley and other things, just as if the law had given him license to do whatever he pleased, and not as is just.
§3ἐγὼ δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἥδιστα μὲν ἂν ἐμαυτὸν εἶδον εὐτυχοῦντα ὥσπερ πρότερον τῇ οὐσίᾳ καὶ μένοντα ἐν τοῖς τριακοσίοις·
I, gentlemen of the jury, would have been most glad to see myself prosperous in fortune as before, and remaining among the Three Hundred.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὰ μὲν τῆς κοινῆς ἀτυχίας μετασχὼν τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις, τὰ δʼ ἰδίᾳ μεγάλαις περιπεπτωκὼς ζημίαις ἀπολώλεκα τὴν οὐσίαν, καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον νυνί με δεῖ τῇ πόλει τρία τάλαντα καταθεῖναι, τάλαντον κατὰ τὴν μερίδα (μετέσχον γάρ, ὡς μή ποτʼ ὤφελον, κἀγὼ τοῦ δημευθέντος μετάλλου), ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν τάξιν πειρᾶσθαι καθιστάναι τὸν οὐ μόνον ἐμοῦ νῦν ὄντα πλουσιώτερον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρότερον, καὶ οὐδεπώποτʼ οὐδὲν λελῃτουργηκότα ὑμῖν οὐδʼ εἰσενηνοχότα τῇ πόλει.
But since I have lost my property, partly by sharing in the common misfortune with the others who work in the mines, and partly by meeting with great private losses, and finally, I must now pay three talents to the city—one talent according to my share (for I also, would that it had never happened, had a share in the confiscated mine)—it is necessary to try to place in my station a man who is not only wealthier than I am now, but was so before, and who has never performed any public service for you, nor contributed anything to the city.
§4δέομαι οὖν ὑμῶν ἁπάντων, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐὰν ἐπιδεικνύω Φαίνιππον τουτονὶ καὶ παραβεβηκότα τὰ ἐν τοῖς νόμοις δίκαια καὶ πλουσιώτερον ὄντα ἐμαυτοῦ, βοηθῆσαί μοι καὶ τοῦτον εἰς τοὺς τριακοσίους ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ καταστῆσαι·
Therefore, I entreat you all, gentlemen of the jury, if I prove that this Phaenippus here has transgressed the justice laid down in the laws and is wealthier than I, to assist me and to place him among the Three Hundred in my stead.
διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ οἱ νόμοι καθʼ ἕκαστον ἔτος ποιοῦσιν τὰς ἀντιδόσεις, ὅτι τὸ διευτυχεῖν συνεχῶς τῇ οὐσίᾳ οὐ πολλοῖς τῶν πολιτῶν διαμένειν εἴθισται.
For it is for this reason that the laws provide for the exchanges of property every year, because continuous prosperity in wealth is not accustomed to remain with many of the citizens.
ἐξ ἀρχῆς δʼ ὑμῖν τὰ γενόμενα περὶ τὴν ἀντίδοσιν διηγήσομαι.
I will relate to you from the beginning what happened regarding the exchange.
§5τοῦ γὰρ μεταγειτνιῶνος, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τῇ δευτέρᾳ ἱσταμένου ἐποίουν οἱ στρατηγοὶ τοῖς τριακοσίοις τὰς ἀντιδόσεις.
On the second day of the beginning of the month of Metageitnion, gentlemen of the jury, the generals were arranging the exchanges of property for the Three Hundred.
ἐν ταύταις ἐκάλεσα κατὰ τὸν νόμον Φαίνιππον τουτονί.
On that occasion, I summoned this Phaenippus here in accordance with the law.
καλέσας δὲ καὶ παραλαβὼν τῶν οἰκείων τινὰς καὶ φίλων, ἐπορευόμην Κύθηρόνδε εἰς τὴν ἐσχατιὰν αὐτοῦ.
Having summoned him and having taken with me some of my relatives and friends, I proceeded to Cytherus, to his outlying estate.
καὶ πρῶτον μὲν περιαγαγὼν τὴν ἐσχατιὰν πλέον ἢ σταδίων οὖσαν τετταράκοντα κύκλῳ, ἔδειξα καὶ διεμαρτυράμην ἐναντίον Φαινίππου, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ὅρος ἔπεστιν ἐπὶ τῇ ἐσχατιᾷ· εἰ δέ φησιν, εἰπεῖν ἐκέλευον αὐτὸν ἤδη καὶ δεῖξαι, ὅπως μὴ ὕστερον ἐνταῦθα χρέως γενόμενον ἀναφανήσεται.
And first, having led him around the estate, which was more than forty stades in circumference, I showed and declared in the presence of Phaenippus that there was no boundary stone upon the estate; and if he claimed there was, I bid him to tell and show it to me at once, so that no debt might later appear as existing upon it.