§63ὥστʼ ἐὰν ταύτῃ ἀπολογίᾳ καταχρῆται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπεδήμει ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις ἐν οἷς γέγραπται τὴν τιμὴν τῶν φιαλῶν ὀφείλων, ὑποβάλλετε αὐτῷ ὅτι
ἔλαβες μὲν ἐπιδημῶν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐκ ἀπέφερες, ἀπεδήμεις δέ, οὐκ ἦσαν δὲ αἱ φιάλαι ἃς ὁ θέμενος ἀπῄτει, ἐγράφης τὴν τιμὴν αὐτῶν ὀφείλων, ὃ ἀπετείσθη τῶν φιαλῶν. §64ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία, φήσει ἴσως, ἔδει τὸν πατέρα τὸν ἐμὸν ἀπαιτεῖν αὐτὸν τὰς φιάλας.
Therefore, if he abuses this defense, that he was not in the country during the times in which he was registered as owing the price of the phialae, suggest to him: "You received them while being in the country; but since you did not bring them back, and you were away, and the phialae which the depositor demanded back were not there, you were registered as owing their price, which was paid for the phialae." But, by Zeus, he will perhaps say that my father ought to have demanded the phialae from him.
ἀλλʼ ἑώρα σε ὡς ἠποροῦ.
But he saw that you were in difficulties.
κᾆτα περὶ μὲν τοῦ ἄλλου χρέως σοι ἐπίστευεν, καὶ ἡγεῖτο, ἐπειδὰν ἔλθῃς, ἀπολήψεσθαι παρὰ σοῦ εὐπορήσαντος, περὶ δὲ τῶν φιαλῶν σοι ἀπιστήσειν ἔμελλεν;
And then, did he trust you regarding the other debt, and expect to receive it back from you when you returned in prosperous circumstances, but was he going to distrust you regarding the phialae?
καὶ ὑπέσχετο μὲν δεομένου σου τὸ ναῦλον τῶν ξύλων παρασχήσειν, ὅτε ἀνήγου πρὸς βασιλέα· ἕνεκα δὲ τῶν φιαλῶν, δυοῖν οὐσῶν, ἀπιστήσειν σοι ἔμελλε;
And did he promise, when you begged him, to provide the freight for the timber when you set sail to the King; but was he going to distrust you because of the phialae, which were only two?
καὶ τὸ μὲν ἄλλο χρέως σε οὐκ ἀπῄτει, ἀπορούμενον ὁρῶν, τὰς δὲ φιάλας ἔμελλεν;
And did he not demand the other debt from you, seeing you in difficulties, but was he going to demand the phialae?
§65βούλομαι τοίνυν ὑμῖν καὶ περὶ τῆς προκλήσεως τοῦ ὅρκου εἰπεῖν, ἣν ἐγὼ τοῦτον προὐκαλεσάμην καὶ οὗτος ἐμέ.
I wish then to speak to you also about the challenge of the oath, which I challenged him and he challenged me.
ἐμβαλομένου γὰρ ἐμοῦ ὅρκον εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνον, ἠξίου οὗτος καὶ αὐτὸς ὀμόσας ἀπηλλάχθαι.
For when I deposited the oath into the echinus, this man also demanded to be released by swearing himself.
ἐγὼ δʼ εἰ μὲν μὴ περιφανῶς αὐτὸν ᾔδη πολλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους ὅρκους ἐπιωρκηκότα καὶ πόλεσι καὶ ἰδιώταις, ἔδωκα ἂν αὐτῷ τόνδε τὸν ὅρκον· νῦν δέ μοι ἐδόκει, μαρτύρων μὲν ὄντων ἐμοὶ ὡς ἔλαβον τὸ ἀργύριον ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης οἷς οὗτος ἐκέλευσεν δοῦναι, περιφανῶν δὲ τεκμηρίων, δεινὸν εἶναι τὸν ὅρκον δοῦναι τούτῳ, ὃς οὐχ ὅπως εὐορκήσει πρόνοιαν ποιήσεται, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τῶν ἱερῶν αὐτῶν ἕνεκα τοῦ πλεονεκτήματος ἀπέσχηται.
If I had not known clearly that he had easily sworn many great false oaths to both states and private individuals, I would have given him this oath; but as it is, since I have witnesses that they paid the money from the bank to those whom this man ordered to receive it, and clear proofs, it seemed to me a terrible thing to give the oath to this man, who not only will take no thought to swear truly, but has not even shrunk from the sacred things themselves for the sake of advantage.
§66τὰ μὲν οὖν καθʼ ἕκαστα πόλλʼ ἂν εἴη λέγειν, ὧν ἐπιώρκηκεν οὗτος ῥᾳδίως· οὓς δὲ περιφανέστατα καὶ ὑμεῖς αὐτῷ πάντες σύνιστε ὅρκους ἐπιωρκηκότι, τούτους ἀναμνήσω ὑμᾶς.
To speak of each of his easy false oaths in detail would be a long story; but those oaths which you all also know most clearly that he has sworn falsely, I will remind you of.
ἴστε γὰρ τοῦτον ἐν τῷ δήμῳ ὀμόσαντα καὶ ἐπαρασάμενον αὑτῷ ἐξώλειαν, εἰ μὴ γράψοιτο Ἰφικράτην ξενίας, καὶ καθιερώσαντα τὴν οὐσίαν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ.
For you know that he swore in the assembly, invoking utter destruction upon himself if he did not prosecute Iphicrates for usurpation of citizenship, and dedicating his own property to sacred use.
ὀμόσας δὲ ταῦτα καὶ ὑποσχόμενος ἐν τῷ δήμῳ, οὐ πολλῷ χρόνῳ ὕστερον ἕνεκα τοῦ συμφέροντος αὑτῷ ἔδωκεν τῷ υἱεῖ τῷ ἐκείνου τὴν θυγατέρα.
Yet having sworn these things and made this promise in the assembly, not long afterwards, for the sake of his own advantage, he gave his daughter to that man's son.
§67ὃς οὖν οὔτε ὑμᾶς ᾐσχύνθη ἐξαπατῆσαι ὑποσχόμενος, νόμων ὄντων, ἐάν τις τὸν δῆμον ὑποσχόμενος ἐξαπατήσῃ, εἰσαγγελίαν εἶναι περὶ αὐτοῦ, οὔτε τοὺς θεοὺς ὀμόσας καὶ ἐπαρασάμενος ἑαυτῷ ἔδεισεν, οὓς ἐπιώρκησεν, πῶς οὐκ εἰκὸς ἐμὲ τούτῳ μὴ ἐθέλειν ὅρκον δοῦναι;
He, then, who was neither ashamed to deceive you by making promises, though there are laws that if anyone deceives the people by making promises, there shall be an impeachment against him, nor feared the gods by whom he swore and invoked destruction upon himself, whom he swore falsely by—how is it not reasonable that I should be unwilling to give him the oath?
οὔπω τοίνυν πολὺς χρόνος ἐστὶν ἐξ ὅτου ἐν τῷ δήμῳ πάλιν διωμόσατο μὴ εἶναι αὑτῷ ἐφόδια τῷ γήρᾳ ἱκανά, τοσαύτην οὐσίαν κεκτημένος· οὕτως ἄπληστος καὶ αἰσχροκερδὴς ὁ τρόπος αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.
Indeed, it is not yet a long time since he swore again in the assembly that he had not sufficient provisions for his old age, though possessing so much property; so greedy and shameful in his pursuit of gain is his character.
§68ἡδέως δʼ ἂν ἔγωγε πυθοίμην ὑμῶν εἰ ὀργίζεσθε τοῖς ἀνεσκευασμένοις τῶν τραπεζιτῶν.
I would gladly ask you whether you are angry with the bankrupt bankers.
εἰ γὰρ ἐκείνοις ὀργίζεσθε δικαίως ὅτι ἀδικοῦσιν ὑμᾶς, πῶς οὐκ εἰκός ἐστιν βοηθεῖν τοῖς μηδὲν ἀδικοῦσιν;
For if you are justly angry with them because they wrong you, how is it not reasonable to help those who do no wrong?
καὶ μὴν διὰ τούτους τοὺς ἄνδρας αἱ τράπεζαι ἀνασκευάζονται, ὅταν ἀπορούμενοι μὲν δανείζωνται καὶ οἴωνται διὰ τὴν δόξαν πιστεύεσθαι δεῖν, εὐπορήσαντες δὲ μὴ ἀποδιδῶσιν, ἀλλʼ ἀποστερῶσιν.
Indeed, it is because of such men as this that banks are ruined, when they borrow because they are in difficulties and think they ought to be trusted because of their reputation, but when they become prosperous they do not pay back, but defraud.
§69ὅσων μὲν τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐδυνάμην ὑμῖν μάρτυρας παρασχέσθαι, μεμαρτυρήκασί μοι· ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐκ τεκμηρίων δεδήλωκα ὑμῖν ὡς ὀφείλει Τιμόθεος τὸ ἀργύριον τῷ πατρὶ τῷ ἐμῷ.
As many things, therefore, men of the jury, as I was able to produce witnesses for, they have testified for me; and further, from proofs also I have shown you that Timotheus owes the money to my father.
δέομαι οὖν ὑμῶν συνεισπρᾶξαί μοι τοὺς ὀφείλοντας, ἅ μοι ὁ πατὴρ κατέλιπεν.
I beg you, therefore, to help me recover what is owed to me, which my father left me.