§6ἔπειτα παρεσημηνάμην τὰ οἰκήματα, καὶ τοῦτον ἐκέλευον εἰς τἀμὰ βαδίζειν.
Then I sealed up the buildings, and bid him to go to my property.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἠρόμην ὅπου ὁ σῖτος εἴη ὁ ἀπηλοημένος· ἦσαν γὰρ νὴ τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τὰς θεάς, ἄνδρες δικασταί, δύο ἅλως αὐτόθι, μικροῦ πλέθρου ἑκατέρα.
After this, I asked where the thrashed barley was; for by the gods and goddesses, gentlemen of the jury, there were two thrashing-floors there, each of nearly a plethron in size.
ὁ δὲ ἀπεκρίνατό μοι, ὅτι ὁ μὲν πεπραμένος εἴη τοῦ σίτου, ὁ δʼ ἔνδον ἀποκείμενος.
And he answered me that some of the barley had been sold, and the rest was stored inside.
§7τέλος δέ, ἵνα μὴ μακρολογῶ, καταστήσας φυλάττειν ἔνδον τινάς, καὶ νὴ Δίʼ ἀπειπὼν καὶ κωλύσας τοὺς ὀνηλάτας μὴ ἐξάγειν τὴν ὕλην ἐκ τῆς ἐσχατιᾶς (πρὸς γὰρ τῇ ἄλλῃ οὐσίᾳ τῇ Φαινίππου, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ αὕτη πρόσοδος μεγάλη ἐστὶν αὐτῷ· ἓξ ὄνοι διʼ ἐνιαυτοῦ ὑλαγωγοῦσιν, καὶ λαμβάνει οὗτος πλέον ἢ δώδεκα δραχμὰς τῆς ἡμέρας) τούτοις ἀπειπών, ὥσπερ λέγω, τῆς ὕλης μὴ ἅπτεσθαι, καὶ ἐπαγγείλας ἐπὶ τὰ ἱερὰ Φαινίππῳ κατὰ τὸν νόμον ἀπαντᾶν, ᾠχόμην ἀπιὼν εἰς ἄστυ.
Finally, not to make a long story, having stationed some men inside to keep guard, and by Zeus, having forbidden and prevented the donkey-drivers from carrying away the wood from the estate (for in addition to the rest of Phaenippus's property, gentlemen of the jury, this also is a source of great income for him: six donkeys carry wood throughout the year, and he gets more than twelve drachmae a day)—having forbidden them, as I say, to touch the wood, and having summoned Phaenippus to present himself at the temples in accordance with the law, I departed and went back to the city.
§8πρῶτον μὲν οὖν τῶν εἰρημένων τὰς μαρτυρίας ὑμῖν παρέξομαι, ἔπειτα καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀκούσεσθε πάσας τὰς ἀληθείας·
First of all, then, I will present to you the testimonies regarding these statements, and then you shall hear all the truth about the rest of the matters.
τουτονὶ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, Φαίνιππον εὑρήσετʼ εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀρξάμενον τοῦ μηδὲν δίκαιον ποιεῖν.
For you will find, gentlemen of the jury, that this Phaenippus here began from the very first day to do nothing that is just.
παρεσημηνάμην τὰ οἰκήματα, τοῦ νόμου μοι δεδωκότος· οὗτος ἀνέῳξεν.
I sealed up the buildings, the law having given me the right; he opened them.
καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀφελεῖν τὸ σημεῖον ὁμολογεῖ, τὸ δʼ ἀνοῖξαι τὴν θύραν οὐχ ὁμολογεῖ, ὥσπερ ἄλλου τινὸς ἕνεκα τὰ σημεῖα ἀφαιροῦντας ἢ τοῦ τὰς θύρας ἀνοῖξαι.
And he admits removing the seal, but does not admit opening the door, as if people remove seals for any other purpose than to open the doors.
§9ἔπειτʼ ἀπεῖπον τὴν ὕλην μὴ ἐξάγειν· ἐξῆγεν οὗτος ἁπάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, πλὴν ἐκείνης ἐν ᾗ ἐγὼ ἀπεῖπον.
Next, I forbade them to carry away the wood; he carried it away every single day, except on the day I forbade it.
χρέως οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν ὠφείλετʼ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐσχατιᾷ· νῦν οὗτος ἀποφαίνει πολλά.
Not a single debt was owed upon the estate; now he declares many.
ἁπλῶς ποιεῖ ὅ τι ἂν βούληται, οὐχ ὅ τι οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσιν.
Simply put, he does whatever he pleases, not what the laws command.
λέγε τὰς μαρτυρίας, πρῶτον μὲν τὰς περὶ τοῦ μετάλλου, ἔπειτα καὶ τὰς ἄλλας.
Read the testimonies, first those concerning the mine, and then the others.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ. §10ἃ μὲν τοίνυν εὐθὺς τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ μετὰ τὰς ἀντιδόσεις ἤρξατό με Φαίνιππος ἀδικεῖν, ἀκηκόατε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῶν μαρτύρων.
TESTIMONIES Now, as to how Phaenippus began to wrong me immediately on the first day after the exchanges, you have heard, men of Athens, both from me and from the witnesses.
τὰ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα γεγενημένα οὐκέτι εἰς ἐμὲ μόνον αὐτῷ ἡμάρτηται, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς τοὺς νόμους, ὑπὲρ ὧν ὑμῖν ἅπασι σπουδαστέον ἐστίν.
But the things which have happened after that are no longer transgressions against me alone, but also against the laws, on behalf of which you all must be zealous.
§11ὀμόσας γὰρ τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ τοῦ βοηδρομιῶνος μηνὸς ἀποφανεῖν ὀρθῶς καὶ δικαίως τὴν οὐσίαν, καὶ τοῦ νόμου διαρρήδην λέγοντος τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀφʼ ἧς ἂν ὀμόσῃ διδόναι τὴν ἀπόφασιν, ἐδεῖτό μου προσελθὼν πρόσθε τῶν δικαστηρίων μετὰ Πολυεύκτου τοῦ Κριωέως καὶ ἑτέρων τινῶν, πρῶτον μὲν περὶ διαλύσεως συνελθεῖν αὑτῷ· πάντα γάρ μοι τὰ δίκαια ποιήσειν· ἔπειτα τὴν ἀπόφασιν τῆς οὐσίας ἀναβαλέσθαι μὴ πολλὰς ἡμέρας· οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοεῖν μου τὰ πράγματα.
For although he had sworn on the eleventh day of the month of Boedromion to give a true and just inventory of his property, and although the law explicitly says to deliver the inventory within three days from the day on which one takes the oath, he came to me in front of the courts, accompanied by Polyeuctus of Crioa and some others, and begged me, first, to meet with him for a settlement—for he said he would do everything that was just by me; and secondly, to postpone the delivery of the inventory of his property for a few days, for he was not ignorant, he said, of my circumstances.
§12ἡγησάμενος δʼ ἐγὼ καὶ μετρίου καὶ ἀπράγμονος εἶναι πολίτου μὴ εὐθὺς ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον βαδίζειν, ἐπείσθην (τί γὰρ δεῖ μακρολογεῖν; ) τὴν μὲν σύνοδον τὴν περὶ τῶν διαλύσεων τῇ ὀγδόῃ φθίνοντος τοῦ βοηδρομιῶνος μηνὸς ὁμολογῆσαι ποιήσασθαι, τὴν δὲ ἀπόφασιν τῆς οὐσίας τῇ ἕκτῃ φθίνοντος.
Believing it to be the part of a moderate and peaceable citizen not to run headlong into court at once, I consented (for why make a long story of it?) to agree to hold the meeting for the settlement on the eighth day from the end of the month of Boedromion, and to have the delivery of the inventory of his property on the sixth day from the end of the month.
τυχὼν δὲ τούτων ἀμφοτέρων παρʼ ἐμοῦ Φαίνιππος οὐδʼ εἰς ἑτέραν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀπήντησεν·
But having obtained both of these concessions from me, Phaenippus appeared on neither of those days.
ἀλλʼ ἀνθʼ ἑνὸς δύο νόμους ἥκει πρὸς ὑμᾶς παραβεβηκώς, ἕνα μὲν τὸν κελεύοντα τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀφʼ ἧς ἂν ὀμόσῃ τὴν οὐσίαν ἀποφαίνειν, ἕτερον δὲ τὸν κελεύοντα κυρίας εἶναι τὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμολογίας, ἃς ἂν ἐναντίον ποιήσωνται μαρτύρων.
Instead, he comes before you having violated not one but two laws: first, the one commanding to declare one's property within three days after taking the oath, and second, the one commanding that mutual agreements which are made in the presence of witnesses shall be binding.