§8ὅτι μὲν ἀληθῆ ἅπαντα εἶπον πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τῶν μαρτυριῶν ἀκηκόατε.
That I have told you the whole truth, men of the jury, you have heard from the depositions.
προσελθὼν δὲ συχνῷ χρόνῳ ὕστερον πρὸς τὸν πατέρα Κάλλιππος οὑτοσὶ ἐν ἄστει, ἤρετο αὐτὸν εἰ ἤδη ἐπιδεδημηκὼς εἴη ὁ Κηφισιάδης, ὅτῳ γεγραμμένον εἴη ἀποδοῦναι τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ Λύκωνος τοῦ Ἡρακλεώτου καταλειφθέν.
A long time afterwards this Callippus came to my father in the city, and asked him if Cephisiades had already returned, to whom it was written to pay the money left by Lycon of Heraclea.
ἀποκριναμένου δὲ τοῦ πατρὸς ὅτι οἴοιτο μέν, εἰ μέντοι βούλοιτο εἰς Πειραιᾶ καταβῆναι, τὴν ἀκρίβειαν εἴσοιτο,
οἶσθά τοι
ἔφη,
ὅ τι ἔστιν, ὦ Πασίων, ὅ σε ἐρωτῶ
; §9(καὶ μὰ τὸν Δία καὶ τὸν Ἀπόλλω καὶ τὴν Δήμητρα, οὐ ψεύσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἀλλʼ ἃ τοῦ πατρὸς ἤκουον, διηγήσομαι ὑμῖν. )
ἔξεστί σοι
ἔφη
ἐμέ τε εὖ ποιῆσαι καὶ αὐτὸν μηδὲν βλαβῆναι.
When my father replied that he thought so, but that if he wished to go down to Piraeus, he would know for certain, Callippus said, "Do you know, Pasion, what it is that I am asking you?" (And by Zeus, Apollo, and Demeter, men of the jury, I will not lie to you, but I will narrate to you what I used to hear from my father.) He said, "It is in your power to do me a favor and yet suffer no loss yourself.
προξενῶν μὲν γὰρ τυγχάνω τῶν Ἡρακλεωτῶν, βούλοιο δʼ ἄν, ὡς οἶμαι ἐγώ, ἐμὲ μᾶλλον τὸ ἀργύριον λαβεῖν ἢ τὸν μέτοικον ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐν Σκίρῳ κατοικοῦντα καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον.
For I happen to be the proxenos of the Heracleots, and you would prefer, as I think, that I should receive the money rather than that resident alien, who lives in Scirus and is worth nothing.
συμβέβηκεν δὲ τοιοῦτόν τι· ὁ Λύκων τυγχάνει ὢν καὶ ἄπαις καὶ κληρονόμον οὐδένα οἴκοι καταλιπών, ὡς ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι.
And something of this sort has happened: Lycon happens to be both childless and to have left no heir at home, as I learn.
§10πρὸς δὲ τούτῳ, ἐπειδὴ εἰς Ἄργος κατήχθη τετρωμένος, τῷ προξένῳ τῶν Ἡρακλεωτῶν τῷ Ἀργείῳ Στραμμένῳ τὰ χρήματα δέδωκεν ἃ κατήχθη μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
Moreover, when he was brought to Argos wounded, he gave the money which was brought with him to Strammenus, the Argive proxenos of the Heracleots.
οἷος οὖν εἰμι καὶ ἐγὼ τὰ ἐνθάδε αὐτὸς ἀξιοῦν λαμβάνειν· ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ δίκαιος εἶναι ἔχειν.
Therefore I too am entitled to claim the money here myself; for I think it is just that I should have it.
σὺ οὖν, εἰ ἄρα μὴ ἀπείληφεν, λέγε ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀμφισβητῶ, ἂν ἄρα ἔλθῃ ὁ Κηφισιάδης.
You then, if he has not yet received it, tell Cephisiades, if he should come, that I dispute the claim.
εἰ δʼ ἄρα ἀπείληφεν, λέγε ὅτι ἐγὼ μάρτυρας ἔχων ἠξίουν ἐμφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὰ χρήματα ἢ τὸν κεκομισμένον, καὶ εἴ τίς με βούλεται ἀφελέσθαι, πρόξενον ὄντα ἀφαιρεθῆναι. §11ἐπειδὴ δὲ αὐτῷ εἴρητο,
ἐγώ
, ἔφη ὁ πατήρ,
ὦ Κάλλιππε, χαρίζεσθαι μέν σοι βούλομαι (καὶ γὰρ ἂν καὶ μαινοίμην, εἰ μή), οὕτω μέντοι ὅπως αὐτός τε μὴ χείρων δόξω εἶναι καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πράγματος μηδὲν ζημιώσομαι.
But if he has already received it, say that I, in the presence of witnesses, demanded that he produce the money or the person who received it, and that if anyone wished to deprive me of it, I, being the proxenos, should be deprived of it." When he had said this, my father replied, "Callippus, I wish to oblige you (for indeed I should be mad if I did not), but on such conditions that I myself shall not appear to be dishonest, and shall suffer no loss by the transaction.
εἰπεῖν μὲν οὖν μοι ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Ἀρχεβιάδην καὶ τὸν Ἀριστόνουν καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν Κηφισιάδην οὐδὲν διαφέρει· ἐὰν μέντοι μὴ ʼθέλωσι ταῦτα ποιεῖν εἰπόντος ἐμοῦ, αὐτὸς ἤδη διαλέγου αὐτοῖς. ἀμέλει,
ἔφη οὗτος,
ὦ Πασίων, ἐὰν βούλῃ σύ, ἀναγκάσεις αὐτοὺς ταῦτα ποιῆσαι. §12ἃ μὲν διελέχθη, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, οὗτος μὲν τῷ πατρί, ἐκεῖνος δὲ τῷ Ἀρχεβιάδῃ καὶ τῷ Κηφισιάδῃ τούτου δεηθέντος καὶ τούτῳ χαριζόμενος, ταῦτʼ ἔστιν, ἐξ ὧν κατὰ μικρὸν ἡ δίκη αὕτη πέπλασται·
Now, it makes no difference to me to say this to Archebiades and Aristonous, and to Cephisiades himself; but if they are unwilling to do this when I speak, do you then speak to them yourself." "Never mind," said Callippus, "Pasion, if you are willing, you will compel them to do this." These are the conversations, men of the jury, which this man had with my father, and those which my father had with Archebiades and Cephisiades, at this man's request and to oblige him; and from these this lawsuit has been gradually fabricated.
ὧν ἐγὼ ἤθελον τούτῳ ταύτην ἥτις εἴη μεγίστη πίστις δοῦναι, ἦ μὴν ἐγὼ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀκούειν.
On these points I was willing to give him the strongest confirmation, namely, an oath that I had heard them from my father.
§13οὗτος δὲ ὁ ἀξιῶν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν πιστεύεσθαι ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγων, τρία ἔτη διαλιπὼν ἐπειδὴ τὸ πρῶτον διαλεχθέντος τοῦ πατρὸς τῷ Ἀρχεβιάδῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς Κηφισιάδου ἐπιτηδείοις οὐκ ἔφασαν Καλλίππῳ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν οὐδὲ οἷς λέγει, §14ἐπειδὴ ᾔσθετο ἀδυνάτως ἤδη ἔχοντα τὸν πατέρα καὶ μόγις εἰς ἄστυ ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτὸν προδιδόντα, λαγχάνει αὐτῷ δίκην, οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐχ ὥσπερ νῦν ἀργυρίου, ἀλλὰ βλάβης, ἐγκαλέσας βλάπτειν ἑαυτὸν ἀποδιδόντα Κηφισιάδῃ τὸ ἀργύριον, ὃ κατέλιπε Λύκων ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης παρʼ αὐτῷ, ἄνευ αὑτοῦ ὁμολογήσαντα μὴ ἀποδώσειν.
But this man, who claims to be believed by you as speaking the truth, let three years elapse, after my father had first spoken with Archebiades and the other friends of Cephisiades and they said that they would pay no attention to Callippus nor to what he said, when he perceived that my father was already infirm and with difficulty came up to the city, and that his eyesight was failing him, he brought an action against him—not indeed, by Zeus, for money, as now, but for damages, alleging that my father had injured him by paying to Cephisiades the money which Lycon of Heraclea had left with him, after having agreed that he would not pay it without Callippus's consent.
λαχὼν δὲ παρὰ μὲν τοῦ διαιτητοῦ ἀνείλετο τὸ γραμματεῖον, προὐκαλέσατο δʼ αὐτὸν ἐπιτρέψαι Λυσιθείδῃ, αὑτοῦ μὲν καὶ Ἰσοκράτους καὶ Ἀφαρέως ἑταίρῳ, γνωρίμῳ δὲ τοῦ πατρός.
But after bringing the action, he withdrew the tablet from the arbitrator, and proposed to him to refer the matter to Lysitheides, a companion of himself, Isocrates, and Aphareus, and an acquaintance of my father.
§15ἐπιτρέψαντος δὲ τοῦ πατρός, ὃν μὲν χρόνον ἔζη ὁ πατήρ, ὅμως καίπερ οἰκείως ἔχων τούτοις ὁ Λυσιθείδης οὐκ ἐτόλμα οὐδὲν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐξαμαρτάνειν.
And when my father agreed, as long as my father lived, Lysitheides, although he was on intimate terms with these men, nevertheless did not dare to commit any injustice against us.
καίτοι οὕτω τινὲς ἀναίσχυντοι τῶν οἰκείων τῶν τουτουί, ὥστε ἐτόλμησαν μαρτυρῆσαι ὡς ὁ μὲν Κάλλιππος ὅρκον τῷ πατρὶ δοίη, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ οὐκ ἐθέλοι ὀμόσαι παρὰ τῷ Λυσιθείδῃ, καὶ οἴονται ὑμᾶς πείσειν ὡς ὁ Λυσιθείδης, οἰκεῖος μὲν ὢν τῷ Καλλίππῳ διαιτῶν δὲ τὴν δίαιταν, ἀπέσχετʼ ἂν μὴ οὐκ εὐθὺς τοῦ πατρὸς καταδιαιτῆσαι, αὐτοῦ γε ἑαυτῷ μὴ ʼθέλοντος δικαστοῦ γενέσθαι τοῦ πατρός.
And yet, some of this man's relatives are so shameless that they have dared to testify that Callippus offered an oath to my father, but that my father was unwilling to swear before Lysitheides; and they think they will persuade you that Lysitheides, who was a relative of Callippus and was conducting the arbitration, would have refrained from immediately deciding against my father, when my father himself was unwilling to become the judge of his own case.