§22παραταξαμένων δὲ Μαρωνιτῶν ἡμῖν ταῖς ναυσὶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ χωρίου τούτου καὶ μελλόντων ναυμαχήσειν, καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀπειρηκότων, πλοῦν πολὺν πεπλευκότων καὶ πλοῖα ἑλκόντων ἐκ Θάσου εἰς Στρύμην, ἔτι δὲ χειμῶνος ὄντος καὶ τοῦ χωρίου ἀλιμένου, καὶ ἐκβῆναι οὐκ ὂν οὐδὲ δειπνοποιήσασθαι πολεμίας τῆς χώρας οὔσης καὶ περικαθημένων κύκλῳ τὸ τεῖχος καὶ ξένων μισθοφόρων καὶ βαρβάρων προσοίκων, ἀναγκαῖον ἦν ἐπʼ ἀγκύρας ἀποσαλεύειν τὴν νύκτα μετεώρους, ἀσίτους καὶ ἀγρύπνους, φυλαττομένους μὴ τῆς νυκτὸς ἡμῖν ἐπιθῶνται αἱ Μαρωνιτῶν τριήρεις.
And when the Maronites drew up their ships against us for this place and were about to engage in a sea battle, and the soldiers were exhausted, having sailed a long voyage and towed the vessels from Thasos to Stryme, and since it was still winter and the place was harborless, and it was impossible to land or to take supper because the territory was hostile and mercenary soldiers and neighboring barbarians surrounded the wall in a circle, we were forced to ride at anchor in the open sea for the night, without food and without sleep, guarding against the trierarchs of the Maronites attacking us during the night.
§23ἔτι δὲ συνέβη τῆς νυκτὸς ὥρᾳ ἔτους ὕδωρ καὶ βροντὰς καὶ ἄνεμον μέγαν γενέσθαι (ὑπʼ αὐτὰς γὰρ Πλειάδων δύσεις οἱ χρόνοι οὗτοι ἦσαν), ἐξ ὧν τίνα οὐκ οἴεσθε, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τοῖς στρατιώταις ἀθυμίαν ἐμπεσεῖν;
And furthermore, it happened during the night that there arose a heavy rain, thunder, and a great wind at that season of the year (for these times were just at the setting of the Pleiades), from which what dejection do you not think, O men of the jury, fell upon the soldiers?
πόσην δέ μοι μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπόλειψιν γενέσθαι πάλιν, τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ταλαιπωρουμένων μὲν πολλά, ὠφελουμένων δὲ βραχέα, ὅσα ἐγὼ δυναίμην ἑκάστῳ δανειζόμενος ἐπαρκέσαι πρὸς ᾧ πρότερον εἶχον παρʼ ἐμοῦ, ἐπεὶ ὅ γε στρατηγὸς οὐδὲ τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμέραν αὐτοῖς τροφὴν διαρκῆ ἐδίδου.
And how great a desertion, think you, befell me again after this, since the old sailors were suffering many hardships but receiving little benefit, only as much as I could assist each by borrowing, in addition to what they had previously received from me, since the general did not even give them sufficient daily food.
καὶ ἤδη τρεῖς μῆνες ἐπετετριηράρχηντό μοι, καὶ οὐδέπω οὗτος ἧκεν ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν, ἀλλʼ ἐμισθούμην ναύτας ἀντὶ τῶν ἀπολιπόντων, δανειζόμενος ἀργύριον.
And already three months of supernumerary trierarchy had been served by me, and this man had not yet come to the ship, but I was hiring sailors in place of those who had deserted, borrowing money.
§24μόνῳ τοίνυν τούτῳ τῶν ἄλλων διαδόχων οὐκ ἔστι πρόφασις ὑπολειπομένη, διʼ ὅ τι οὐ πάλαι ἧκεν ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν.
Therefore, to this man alone of all the other successors, there is no pretext left as to why he did not long ago come to the ship.
ὁ γὰρ Εὐκτήμων ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου ἀπεστάλη οἴκαδε ἀσθενήσας, ἐπειδὴ κατέπλευσε καὶ ἤκουσε τοῦτον ἐμοὶ διάδοχον καθεστηκότα, εἰδὼς τόν τε χρόνον ἐξήκοντά μοι τῆς τριηραρχίας καὶ ἤδη ἐπιτριηραρχοῦντά με, παραλαβὼν Δεινίαν τὸν κηδεστὴν τὸν ἐμὸν προσέρχεται αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ δείγματι, καὶ ἐκέλευεν αὐτὸν ὡς τάχιστα ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν ἀποπλεῖν, ὡς τῶν ἀναλωμάτων πολλῶν ὄντων ἃ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἑκάστην πρὸς τῷ παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ σιτηρεσίῳ εἰς τὴν ναῦν διδομένῳ ἀνηλίσκετο,
For Euctemon the pentecostarch, when he was sent home from the Hellespont having fallen ill, after he had sailed back and heard that this man was appointed as my successor, knowing that the time of my trierarchy had expired and that I was already serving as a supernumerary trierarch, took Deinias, my father-in-law, and approached him at the Deigma, and urged him to sail to the ship as quickly as possible, since the expenses were great which were spent daily upon the ship in addition to the food allowance given by the general.
§25καθʼ ἕκαστον αὐτῷ διεξιὼν τούς τε μισθοὺς τοὺς τῇ ὑπηρεσίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ἐπιβάταις κατὰ μῆνα διδομένους, τοῖς τε ναύταις οὓς αὐτὸς ἐκ τῆς Λαμψάκου ἐμισθώσατο, καὶ τοῖς ὕστερον ἐπεμβᾶσιν ἀντὶ τῶν ἀπολιπόντων, ἔτι δὲ ὃ τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ἑκάστῳ προσέθηκα δεηθέντι, ἐπειδή μοι ὁ χρόνος ἐξῆκε τῆς τριηραρχίας, καὶ τἄλλα ὅσα ἦν τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἑκάστην ἀναλισκόμενα εἰς τὴν ναῦν, οὐκ ἀπείρως ἔχων· διὰ γὰρ ἐκείνου πεντηκονταρχοῦντος καὶ ἠγοράζετο καὶ ἀνηλίσκετο.
And he went through each item for him, detailing the wages paid monthly to the officers and the marines, and to the sailors whom he himself had hired from Lampsacus, and to those who had embarked later in place of those who deserted, and furthermore what I added to each of the old sailors who requested it when my time of trierarchy had expired, and all other things spent daily upon the ship, not being inexperienced in these matters; for while he was pentecostarch, everything was bought and spent.
§26καὶ περὶ τῶν σκευῶν ἔφραζεν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἴδια ἔχοιμι καὶ δημόσιον οὐδέν· ὡς οὖν
, ἔφη,
πείσων ἐκεῖνον διανοοῦ, ἢ σκεύη ἔχων σαυτῷ ἀνάπλει.
And about the equipment, he told him that I had my own private property and nothing belonging to the public; "so," he said, "make up your mind either to persuade him, or sail up with equipment of your own.
οἶμαι δέ σοι
, ἔφη,
αὐτὸν οὐδὲν διοίσεσθαι· ὀφείλει γὰρ ἀργύριον ἐκεῖ, ὃ διαλῦσαι βουλήσεται ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς τῶν σκευῶν. ἀκούσας δὲ οὗτος ταῦτα τοῦ τʼ Εὐκτήμονος καὶ τοῦ Δεινίου τοῦ κηδεστοῦ τοῦ ἐμοῦ, περὶ μὲν ὧν ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ἀποκρίνεται, γελάσαντα δὲ ἔφασαν αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν
ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται· ἐβούλετο γὰρ Ἀθηναῖος εἶναι
. §27ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν τοῦ Εὐκτήμονος καὶ τοῦ Δεινίου ἀκούσας οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζεν, πάλιν αὐτῷ προσέρχονται ὕστερον Πυθόδωρός τε ὁ Ἀχαρνεὺς καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Λευκονοεύς, ἐπιτήδειοι ὄντες ἐμοὶ καὶ φίλοι, καὶ ἐκέλευον αὐτὸν ἐπί τε τὴν ναῦν ἀπιέναι ὡς διάδοχον ὄντα, καὶ περὶ τῶν σκευῶν ἔφραζον αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἴδια ἔχοιμι ἅπαντα καὶ δημόσιον οὐδέν· §28εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐκείνοις ἐθέλεις χρῆσθαι, κατάλιπε
ἔφασαν
ἀργύριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ διακινδύνευε ἐκεῖσε ἄγων
, ἵνα λύσωνταί μοι τὸ χωρίον, ἀποδόντες Ἀρχένεῳ καὶ Θρασυλόχῳ τὰς τριάκοντα μνᾶς. περὶ δὲ ἀποτριβῆς τῶν σκευῶν, ἤθελον αὐτῷ γράμματα γράφειν, καὶ ἐγγυηταὶ αὐτοὶ γίγνεσθαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἦ μὴν ἔσεσθαι αὐτῷ ὅ τι ἂν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τριηράρχοις πρὸς τοὺς διαδόχους ᾖ.
And I think," he said, "that he will not differ with you at all; for he owes money there, which he will wish to discharge from the price of the equipment." But when this man heard these things from Euctemon and Deinias, my father-in-law, he made no reply to them regarding what they said, but they said that he laughed and remarked: "Now the mouse is tasting pitch; for he wanted to be an Athenian." When, therefore, having heard Euctemon and Deinias, he paid no attention, Pythodorus of Acharnae and Apollodorus of Leuconoe, who were my intimates and friends, came to him again later, and urged him to go to the ship as being the successor, and told him about the equipment, that I had all my own private property and nothing belonging to the public; "if, then, you wish to use those," they said, "leave money here, and do not run the risk of carrying other equipment there, so that they may redeem the land for him by paying the thirty minae to Archeneos and Thrasylochus." And concerning the wear and tear of the equipment, they were willing to draw up a written agreement, and to become guarantors themselves on my behalf that he would surely have whatever other trierarchs have from their successors.
ὡς οὖν πάντα ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, τούτων ὑμῖν ἀναγνώσεται τὰς μαρτυρίας.
To prove that I speak the truth in all this, he will read you the depositions.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
DEPOSITIONS.