§43ἔτι πρὸς τούτοις ἡγεῖ ἄν μʼ ἐπιτρέπειν σοι, Ὀλυμπιόδωρε, ἐν τῷ τελευταίῳ ἀγῶνι τῷ περὶ τοῦ κλήρου, ἢ ἃ ἔλεγες πρὸς τοὺς δικαστάς, εἰκῇ οὑτωσὶ λέγειν, ἢ περὶ ὧν τὰς μαρτυρίας παρέσχου, οὕτως ἂν παρασχέσθαι, εἰ μὴ μετὰ σοῦ κοινῇ συνηγωνιζόμην;
In addition to this, Olympiodorus, do you think that in the final contest concerning the estate, I would have allowed you either to speak as you did at random before the judges, or to produce testimonies as you did concerning those matters, if I had not been fighting in common with you?
§44οὗτος γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τά τε ἄλλα ἔλεγεν ὅ τι ἐβούλετο ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ, καὶ κατεχρήσατο πρὸς τοὺς δικαστὰς ὅτι ἐγὼ τὴν οἰκίαν, ἣν ἔλαβον ἐν τῇ μερίδι τῇ ἐμαυτοῦ, μεμισθωμένος εἴην παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον ὃ ἔλαβον, τὸ ἥμισυ τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν χιλίων δραχμῶν τῶν παρὰ τοῦ οἰκέτου, ὅτι ἐδανεισάμην παρὰ τούτου.
For this man, gentlemen of the jury, spoke whatever he pleased in the court, and asserted to the judges that I had rented from him the house which I received as my share, and that I had borrowed from him the money which I received, the half of the thousand drachmae from the slave.
καὶ οὐ μόνον ἔλεγεν ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ καὶ μαρτυρίας παρείχετο περὶ τούτων.
And he not only said this, but also produced testimonies to these things.
κἀγὼ οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀντέλεγον τούτοις, οὐδʼ ἤκουσέ μου φωνὴν οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ὅτε οὗτος ἠγωνίζετο, οὔτε μικρὰν οὔτε μεγάλην, ἀλλὰ προσωμολόγουν ἀληθῆ εἶναι πάντα ὅσα οὗτος ἐβούλετο λέγειν.
And I did not oppose them in any way, nor did any human being hear a word from me, either small or great, when this man was conducting his case, but I fully admitted that everything this man wished to say was true.
κοινῇ γὰρ ἠγωνιζόμην μετὰ σοῦ, ὥσπερ ἔδοξεν ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί.
For I was fighting in common with you, as seemed best to you and me.
§45ἐπεὶ εἰ μή ἐστιν ταῦτα ἀληθῆ ἃ λέγω, διὰ τί οὐκ ἐπεσκηψάμην ἐγὼ τότε τοῖς μάρτυσιν τοῖς ταῦτα μαρτυροῦσιν, ἀλλʼ ἡσυχίαν εἶχον πολλήν;
Since, if the things I say are not true, why did I not then prosecute the witnesses who testified to these things, but kept perfectly quiet?
ἢ διὰ τί σύ, Ὀλυμπιόδωρε, οὐδεπώποτέ μοι ἔλαχες ἐνοικίου δίκην τῆς οἰκίας ἧς ἔφασκες μισθῶσαί μοι ὡς σαυτοῦ οὖσαν, οὐδὲ τοῦ ἀργυρίου οὗ ἔλεγες πρὸς τοὺς δικαστὰς ὅτι ἐδάνεισάς μοι, τούτων οὐδὲν ἐποίησας;
Or why did you, Olympiodorus, never bring a suit against me for the rent of the house which you claimed to have rented to me as your own, nor do anything regarding the money which you told the judges you had lent to me?
ὥστε πῶς ἂν μᾶλλον ἄνθρωπος ἐξελέγχοιτο ψευδόμενος καὶ ὑπεναντία λέγων αὐτὸς αὑτῷ καὶ αἰτιώμενος τὰ οὐδεπώποτε γενόμενα;
Therefore, how could a man be more clearly convicted of lying, and of contradicting himself, and of bringing charges about things that never happened?
§46ὃ δὲ πάντων μέγιστόν ἐστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ᾧ καὶ γνώσεσθε τουτονὶ ὅτι ἄδικός ἐστιν καὶ πλεονέκτης ἄνθρωπος· ἐχρῆν γὰρ αὐτόν, εἴ τι ἀληθὲς ἦν ὧν λέγει, πρότερον ταῦτα λέγειν καὶ ἐπιδεικνύειν, πρὶν τὸν ἀγῶνα γενέσθαι καὶ διαπειραθῆναι τῶν δικαστῶν ὅ τι γνώσονται, καὶ παραλαβόντα πολλοὺς μάρτυρας ἀξιοῦν ἀναιρεῖσθαι τὰς συνθήκας παρὰ τοῦ Ἀνδροκλείδου ὡς παραβαίνοντος ἐμοῦ καὶ τἀναντία πράττοντος ἑαυτῷ καὶ οὐκέτι κυρίων οὐσῶν τῶν συνθηκῶν ἐμοὶ καὶ τούτῳ, καὶ τῷ Ἀνδροκλείδῃ τῷ ἔχοντι τὰς συνθήκας διαμαρτύρασθαι, ὅτι αὐτῷ οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔτι πρᾶγμα πρὸς τὰς συνθήκας ταύτας.
And what is the greatest thing of all, gentlemen of the jury, by which you will also know that this man is unjust and greedy; for if there was any truth in what he says, he ought to have said and demonstrated these things before the trial took place and before making trial of what the judges would decide, and, taking many witnesses, to have demanded that the agreement be recovered from Androcleides, on the ground that I was violating it and acting in opposition to him, and that the agreement was no longer binding on me and him, and to have protested to Androcleides, who held the agreement, that he had no longer anything to do with this agreement.
§47ταῦτα ἐχρῆν αὐτόν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἴπερ τι ἦν ἀληθὲς ὧν λέγει, καὶ μόνον προσιόντα τῷ Ἀνδροκλείδῃ διαμαρτύρεσθαι καὶ μετὰ μαρτύρων πολλῶν, ἵνʼ αὐτῷ πολλοὶ ἦσαν οἱ συνειδότες.
These things he ought to have done, gentlemen of the jury, if there was any truth in what he says, protesting to Androcleides both when going alone and with many witnesses, so that he might have many who were privy to it.
ὅτι δὲ τούτων οὐδὲν πώποτε ἐποίησεν, αὐτοῦ ὑμῖν τοῦ Ἀνδροκλείδου, παρʼ ᾧ εἰσιν αἱ συνθῆκαι κείμεναι μαρτυρίαν ἀναγνώσεται.
But since he never did any of these things, he will read to you the testimony of Androcleides himself, with whom the agreement is deposited.
λέγε τὴν μαρτυρίαν. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
Read the testimony. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
§48ἕτερον δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, σκέψασθε ὃ διαπέπρακται.
Consider another thing, gentlemen of the jury, which he has done.
ἐγὼ γὰρ τοῦτον προὐκαλεσάμην καὶ ἠξίωσα ἀκολουθῆσαι ὡς Ἀνδροκλείδην, παρʼ ᾧ κεῖνται αἱ συνθῆκαι, καὶ κοινῇ ἐκγραψαμένους ἡμᾶς τὰς συνθήκας πάλιν σημήνασθαι, τὰ δὲ ἀντίγραφα ἐμβαλέσθαι εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνον, ὅπως ἂν μηδεμία ὑποψία ᾖ, ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς ἅπαντα καλῶς καὶ δικαίως ἀκούσαντες γνῶτε ὅ τι ἂν ὑμῖν δικαιότατον δοκῇ εἶναι.
For I challenged him and demanded that he follow me to Androcleides, with whom the agreement is deposited, and that we, having made a copy of the agreement in common, should seal it again, and put the copies into the echinus, so that there might be no suspicion, but that you, having heard everything well and justly, might decide whatever seems most just to you.
§49ταῦτα ἐμοῦ προκαλουμένου οὐκ ἠθέλησεν τούτων οὐδὲν ποιῆσαι, ἀλλʼ οὕτω πεφιλοσόφηκεν ὥστε μὴ εἶναι ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι τῶν συνθηκῶν ἐκ τῶν κοινῶν γραμμάτων.
When I challenged him to do this, he refused to do any of these things, but has so contrived that it should not be possible for you to hear the agreement from the common document.
καὶ ὅτι ταῦτα προὐκαλούμην, τούτων ὑμῖν μαρτυρίαν ἀναγνώσεται ὧν ἐναντίον προὐκαλούμην.
And to prove that I made this challenge, he will read to you the testimony of those in whose presence I made the challenge.
λέγε τὴν μαρτυρίαν. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
Read the testimony. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
§50πῶς ἂν οὖν μᾶλλον καταφανὴς γένοιτο ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι δικαίως μὲν οὐδὲν βούλεται πρός με πράττειν, ἀποστερήσειν δʼ οἴεται ἃ προσήκει ἐμοὶ λαβεῖν, προφάσεις λέγων καὶ ἐγκλήματα ἐγκαλῶν, τὰς δὲ συνθήκας, ἅς φησί με παραβεβηκέναι, οὐκ ᾠήθη δεῖν ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι;
How, then, could a man be more clearly revealed as wishing to do nothing just toward me, but intending to deprive me of what it is proper for me to receive, by speaking of pretexts and bringing charges, while he did not think it necessary that you should hear the agreement which he says I have violated?
ἐγὼ δὲ τότε μὲν ἐναντίον τῶν μαρτύρων τῶν παραγενομένων προὐκαλεσάμην, νυνὶ δὲ καὶ ὑμῶν ἐναντίον τῶν δικαστῶν πάλιν προκαλοῦμαι, καὶ ἀξιῶ συγχωρεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐγὼ συγχωρῶ ἀνοιχθῆναι τὰς συνθήκας ἐνταυθὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαστηρίου, καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ πάλιν σημανθῆναι ἐναντίον ὑμῶν.
I challenged him then in the presence of the witnesses who were present, and now I challenge him again in the presence of you, the judges, and I demand that he agree, as I agree, that the agreement be opened here in the court, and that you hear it, and that it be sealed again in your presence.