§20καὶ τί λέγεις ἔτι καὶ βοᾷς;
And why do you still speak and cry out?
πόλλʼ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τῶν ἀργυρείων ἐγώ, Φαίνιππε, πρότερον αὐτὸς τῷ ἐμαυτοῦ σώματι πονῶν καὶ ἐργαζόμενος συνελεξάμην· ὁμολογῶ.
Many things from the silver works I, Phaenippus, formerly myself laboring and working with my own body gathered; I admit it.
νυνὶ δὲ πλὴν ὀλίγων ἅπαντʼ ἀπολώλεκα.
But now, except for a few things, I have lost all.
σὺ δʼ ἐκ τῆς ἐσχατιᾶς νῦν πωλῶν τὰς κριθὰς ὀκτωκαιδεκαδράχμους καὶ τὸν οἶνον δωδεκάδραχμον πλουτεῖς εἰκότως, ἐπειδὰν ποιῇς σίτου μὲν μεδίμνους πλέον ἢ χιλίους, οἴνου δὲ μετρήτας ὑπὲρ ὀκτακοσίους.
But you, now selling barley from your estate at eighteen drachmae and wine at twelve drachmae, are naturally rich, since you produce more than a thousand medimnoi of grain and over eight hundred metretes of wine.
§21ἔτʼ οὖν τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμᾶς τάξιν ἔχειν δεῖ, μὴ τῆς αὐτῆς τύχης ἡμῖν παρακολουθούσης νῦν τε καὶ πρότερον;
Is it then necessary that we still hold the same rank, when the same fortune does not accompany us now as before?
μηδαμῶς· οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον.
By no means; for it is not just.
ἀλλὰ διάδεξαι καὶ σὺ καὶ μετάλαβε μικρὸν χρόνον τῆς τοῦ λῃτουργοῦντος τάξεως, ἐπειδὴ οἱ μὲν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις ἠτυχήκασιν, ὑμεῖς δʼ οἱ γεωργοῦντες εὐπορεῖτε μᾶλλον ἢ προσῆκεν.
But you too, take your turn and share for a short time in the rank of one who performs liturgies, since those in the works have met with misfortune, while you who farm are wealthy beyond what is fitting.
ἱκανὸν γὰρ χρόνον δύʼ οὐσίας καρπούμενος διατελεῖς, τὴν μὲν τοῦ φύσει πατρὸς Καλλίππου, τὴν δὲ τοῦ ποιησαμένου σε, Φιλοστράτου τοῦ ῥήτορος, καὶ οὐδὲν πώποτε τουτοισὶ πεποίηκας.
For you have continued for a sufficient time enjoying the fruits of two estates, the one of your natural father Callippus, and the other of the one who adopted you, Philostratus the orator, and you have never done anything for these people.
§22καίτοι ὁ μὲν ἐμὸς πατὴρ πέντε καὶ τετταράκοντα μνῶν μόνων ἑκατέρῳ, ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ, τὴν οὐσίαν κατέλιπεν, ἀφʼ ἧς ζῆν οὐ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν· οἱ δὲ σοὶ πατέρες τοσούτων ἦσαν κύριοι χρημάτων, ὥσθʼ ἑκατέρου τρίπους ἀνάκειται, νικησάντων αὐτῶν Διονύσια χορηγούντων.
And yet my father left an estate of only forty-five minae to each of us, to me and my brother, from which it is not easy to live; whereas your fathers were masters of so much wealth that a tripod is dedicated by each of them, since they won victories as choregoi at the Dionysia.
καὶ οὐ φθονῶ· δεῖ γὰρ τοὺς εὐπόρους χρησίμους αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις.
And I do not grudge this; for the wealthy ought to make themselves useful to the citizens.
σὺ τοίνυν δεῖξον χαλκοῦν ἕνα μόνον εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀνηλωκώς, ὁ τὰς δύο λῃτουργούσας οὐσίας παρειληφώς.
You, then, show that you have spent even a single copper coin on the city—you who have inherited two liturgy-performing estates.
§23ἀλλʼ οὐ δείξεις· ἀποκρύπτεσθαι γὰρ καὶ διαδύεσθαι καὶ πάντα ποιεῖν ἐξ ὧν μὴ λῃτουργήσεις τουτοισὶ μεμάθηκας.
But you will not show it; for you have learned to hide your wealth, to slip away, and to do everything by which you will not perform liturgies for these citizens.
ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ δείξω πόλλʼ ἀνηλωκώς, ὁ τὴν μικρὰν οὐσίαν παραλαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός.
But I will show that I have spent much, I who received only a small estate from my father.
πρῶτον δέ μοι τὸν νόμον ἐκεῖνον ἀνάγνωθι τὸν οὐκ ἐῶντα τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις οὐδὲν ἀποφαίνειν καὶ τὴν πρόκλησιν, ἔπειτα τὰς μαρτυρίας ὡς δύʼ οἴκων λῃτουργούντων οὑτοσὶ Φαίνιππος κεκληρονόμηκεν.
But first read me that law which does not permit declaring any of the assets in the works, and the challenge, and then the testimonies that this Phaenippus here has inherited two estates that perform liturgies.
ΝΟΜΟΣ. ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΙΣ. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
LAW. CHALLENGE. TESTIMONIES.
§24ἓν μόνον ἄν τις ἔχοι δεῖξαι τουτονὶ Φαίνιππον πεφιλοτιμημένον εἰς ὑμᾶς, ἄνδρες δικασταί· ἱπποτρόφος ἀγαθός ἐστιν καὶ φιλότιμος, ἅτε νέος καὶ πλούσιος καὶ ἰσχυρὸς ὤν.
Only one thing could anyone point out in which this Phaenippus has shown public spirit towards you, gentlemen of the jury; he is an excellent and ambitious breeder of horses, as he is young, rich, and strong.
τί τούτου μέγα σημεῖον;
What is a great proof of this?
ἀποδόμενος τὸν πολεμιστήριον ἵππον καταβέβηκεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων, καὶ ἀντʼ ἐκείνου ὄχημʼ αὑτῷ τηλικοῦτος ὢν ἐώνηται, ἵνα μὴ πεζῇ πορεύηται· τοσαύτης οὗτος τρυφῆς ἐστι μεστός.
Having sold his war-horse, he has dismounted from his horses, and in its place, though being of such an age, he has bought himself a carriage so that he does not travel on foot; so full of luxury is this man.
καὶ τοῦτʼ ἀπογέγραφέν μοι, τῶν δὲ κριθῶν καὶ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἐσχατιᾶς γιγνομένων οὐδὲ τὸ δέκατον μέρος.
And he has declared this to me, but of the barley and the wine and the other things produced from the estate, not even a tenth part.
§25ἄξιον ἀφεῖναι νῦν αὐτόν ἐστιν, ἐπειδὴ χρήσιμος καὶ φιλότιμος καὶ τῇ οὐσίᾳ καὶ τῷ σώματι;
Is it right now to release him, on the ground that he is useful and public-spirited both in property and in body?
πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ.
Far from it!
καλῶν γὰρ κἀγαθῶν ἐστι δικαστῶν τοὺς μὲν τῶν πολιτῶν ἐθελοντάς, ὅταν εὐπορῶσι, λῃτουργοῦντας καὶ ἐν τοῖς τριακοσίοις ὄντας ἀναπαύειν, ὅταν τούτου δεόμενοι τυγχάνωσιν, τοὺς δὲ νομίζοντας ἀπολλύειν, ὅταν εἰς τὸ κοινόν τι δαπανήσωσιν, ἄγειν εἰς τοὺς προεισφέροντας καὶ μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν δραπετεύειν.
For it belongs to honorable and good judges, on the one hand, to give rest to those of the citizens who voluntarily perform liturgies when they are wealthy and are among the Three Hundred, when they happen to need this; and on the other hand, to bring into the class of those who make advance-contributions those who think they are losing whatever they spend for the common good, and not to permit them to escape.
λέγε πρῶτον μὲν τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ἔπειτα τὴν ἀπόφασιν αὐτοῦ.
Read first the testimony, and then his declaration.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ. ΑΠΟΦΑΣΙΣ.
TESTIMONY. DECLARATION.
§26ἔα ταῦτα.
Never mind that.
καίτοι πολλὰ τῶν ἔνδοθεν ἐκφορήσας, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, Φαίνιππος, ἀνοίξας τὰ παρασεσημασμένα τῶν οἰκημάτων, ὡς ὑμῖν μεμαρτύρηται, καὶ καταλιπὼν ὅσα ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ, δευτέρῳ μηνὶ τὴν ἀπόφασιν ἔδωκέ μοι τῆς οὐσίας.
And yet, gentlemen of the jury, having carried away many of the things from inside, having opened the sealed buildings, as has been testified to you, and having left only as much as he pleased, he gave me the declaration of his property in the second month.
ἀλλʼ ὅμως ἔα ταῦτα.
But nevertheless, never mind that.
λέγε δʼ ἐντευθενί
ἐπὶ τούτοις τάδε ὀφείλω
. ΑΠΟΦΑΣΙΣ.
Read from here: "Upon these, I owe the following:" DECLARATION.