§7ὧν μὲν τοίνυν οὐδένʼ ᾤμην δεῖν λόγον ποιεῖσθαι, ταῦτʼ ἐστίν.
These, then, are the matters which I did not think I should make any account of.
χρόνῳ δʼ ὕστερον οὐ πολλῷ περιπατοῦντος, ὥσπερ εἰώθειν, ἑσπέρας ἐν ἀγορᾷ μου μετὰ Φανοστράτου τοῦ Κηφισιέως, τῶν ἡλικιωτῶν τινός, παρέρχεται Κτησίας ὁ υἱὸς ὁ τούτου, μεθύων, κατὰ τὸ Λεωκόριον, ἐγγὺς τῶν Πυθοδώρου.
Not long afterward, as I was walking, as was my custom, in the evening in the Agora with Phanostratus of Cephisia, one of my contemporaries, Ctesias, the son of this man Conon, passed by us, drunk, near the Leocorium, close to the house of Pythodorus.
κατιδὼν δʼ ἡμᾶς καὶ κραυγάσας, καὶ διαλεχθείς τι πρὸς αὑτὸν οὕτως ὡς ἂν μεθύων, ὥστε μὴ μαθεῖν ὅ τι λέγοι, παρῆλθε πρὸς Μελίτην ἄνω.
Seeing us and shouting, and muttering something to himself in the way a drunken man would, so that it was impossible to understand what he was saying, he went on up toward Melite.
ἔπινον δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνταῦθα (ταῦτα γὰρ ὕστερον ἐπυθόμεθα) παρὰ Παμφίλῳ τῷ γναφεῖ Κόνων οὑτοσί, Θεότιμός τις, Ἀρχεβιάδης, Σπίνθαρος ὁ Εὐβούλου, Θεογένης ὁ Ἀνδρομένους, πολλοί τινες, οὓς ἐξαναστήσας ὁ Κτησίας ἐπορεύετʼ εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν.
Now, as it turned out, Conon here, a certain Theotimus, Archebiades, Spintharus the son of Eubulus, Theogenes the son of Andromenes, and several others, were drinking there (for we learned this afterward) at the shop of Pamphilus the fuller; and Ctesias, having made them get up, was proceeding to the Agora.
§8καὶ ἡμῖν συμβαίνει ἀναστρέφουσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Φερρεφαττίου καὶ περιπατοῦσιν πάλιν κατʼ αὐτό πως τὸ Λεωκόριον εἶναι, καὶ τούτοις περιτυγχάνομεν.
And it happened that we, returning from the Pherrephattium and walking again just about the Leocorium, encountered them.
ὡς δʼ ἀνεμείχθημεν, εἷς μὲν αὐτῶν, ἀγνώς τις, Φανοστράτῳ προσπίπτει καὶ κατεῖχεν ἐκεῖνον, Κόνων δʼ οὑτοσὶ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ Ἀνδρομένους υἱὸς ἐμοὶ προσπεσόντες τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐξέδυσαν, εἶθʼ ὑποσκελίσαντες καὶ ῥάξαντες εἰς τὸν βόρβορον οὕτω διέθηκαν ἐναλλόμενοι καὶ ὑβρίζοντες, ὥστε τὸ μὲν χεῖλος διακόψαι, τοὺς δʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς συγκλεῖσαι· οὕτω δὲ κακῶς ἔχοντα κατέλιπον, ὥστε μήτʼ ἀναστῆναι μήτε φθέγξασθαι δύνασθαι.
As we came together, one of them, a stranger, fell upon Phanostratus and held him fast, while Conon here, his son, and the son of Andromenes fell upon me, and first stripped me of my clothes, then tripped me up and threw me down into the mud, and by jumping on me and abusing me, treated me in such a way that they cut my lip and closed both my eyes; and they left me in such a miserable state that I could neither stand up nor speak.
κείμενος δʼ αὐτῶν ἤκουον πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ λεγόντων.
As I lay there, I heard them saying many terrible things.
§9καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καὶ βλασφημίαν ἔχει τινὰ καὶ ὀνομάζειν ὀκνήσαιμʼ ἂν ἐν ὑμῖν ἔνια, ὃ δὲ τῆς ὕβρεώς ἐστι τῆς τούτου σημεῖον καὶ τεκμήριον τοῦ πᾶν τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὑπὸ τούτου γεγενῆσθαι, τοῦθʼ ὑμῖν ἐρῶ· ᾖδε γὰρ τοὺς ἀλεκτρυόνας μιμούμενος τοὺς νενικηκότας, οἱ δὲ κροτεῖν τοῖς ἀγκῶσιν αὐτὸν ἠξίουν ἀντὶ πτερύγων τὰς πλευράς.
The other things contained some foul language, and some of them I should hesitate to mention before you, but I will tell you what is a sign of this man's insolence and proof that the whole affair was directed by him: for he began to crow, imitating victorious fighting-cocks, and the others urged him to flap his elbows against his ribs instead of wings.
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ μὲν ἀπεκομίσθην ὑπὸ τῶν παρατυχόντων γυμνός, οὗτοι δʼ ᾤχοντο θοἰμάτιον λαβόντες μου.
After this, I was carried away naked by those who happened to be there, while these men went off taking my cloak.
ὡς δʼ ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν ἦλθον, κραυγὴ καὶ βοὴ τῆς μητρὸς καὶ τῶν θεραπαινίδων ἦν, καὶ μόγις ποτʼ εἰς βαλανεῖον ἐνεγκόντες με καὶ περιπλύναντες ἔδειξαν τοῖς ἰατροῖς.
When I arrived at the door, there was crying and wailing from my mother and the maidservants, and having with difficulty carried me to a public bath and washed me all over, they showed me to the doctors.
ὡς οὖν ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, τούτων ὑμῖν τοὺς μάρτυρας παρέξομαι.
To prove that I am telling the truth in this, I shall produce the witnesses of these things for you.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ.
WITNESSES.
§10συνέβη τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ Εὐξίθεον τουτονὶ τὸν Χολλῄδην, ὄνθʼ ἡμῖν συγγενῆ, καὶ Μειδίαν μετὰ τούτου ἀπὸ δείπνου ποθὲν ἀπιόντας περιτυχεῖν πλησίον ὄντι μοι τῆς οἰκίας ἤδη, καὶ εἴς τε τὸ βαλανεῖον φερομένῳ παρακολουθῆσαι, καὶ ἰατρὸν ἄγουσιν παραγενέσθαι.
Now it happened, gentlemen of the jury, that Euxitheus here of Chollidae, who is our relative, and Meidias with him, as they were returning from a dinner somewhere, met me when I was already near my house, and they followed me as I was being carried to the bath, and were present when those who were bringing a doctor arrived.
οὕτω δʼ εἶχον ἀσθενῶς ὥστε, ἵνα μὴ μακρὰν φεροίμην οἴκαδʼ ἐκ τοῦ βαλανείου, ἐδόκει τοῖς παροῦσιν ὡς τὸν Μειδίαν ἐκείνην τὴν ἑσπέραν κομίσαι, καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτω.
I was in such a weak condition that, so that I would not be carried far home from the bath, those present thought it best to convey me that evening to Meidias's house, and they did so.
λάβʼ οὖν καὶ τὰς τούτων μαρτυρίας, ἵνʼ εἰδῆθʼ ὅτι πολλοὶ συνίσασιν ὡς ὑπὸ τούτων ὑβρίσθην.
Take, then, the testimonies of these men as well, so that you may know that many are aware that I was outraged by these men.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
λαβὲ δὴ καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἰατροῦ μαρτυρίαν.
TESTIMONIES. Take also, please, the testimony of the doctor.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑ.
TESTIMONY.
§11τότε μὲν τοίνυν παραχρῆμʼ ὑπὸ τῶν πληγῶν ἃς ἔλαβον καὶ τῆς ὕβρεως οὕτω διετέθην, ὡς ἀκούετε καὶ μεμαρτύρηται παρὰ πάντων ὑμῖν τῶν εὐθὺς ἰδόντων.
At that time, then, immediately after the blows I received and the outrage, I was in the state you hear and as has been testified to you by all those who saw me straightway.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῶν μὲν οἰδημάτων τῶν ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ καὶ τῶν ἑλκῶν οὐδὲν ἔφη φοβεῖσθαι λίαν ὁ ἰατρός, πυρετοὶ δὲ παρηκολούθουν μοι συνεχεῖς καὶ ἀλγήματα, ὅλου μὲν τοῦ σώματος πάνυ σφοδρὰ καὶ δεινά, μάλιστα δὲ τῶν πλευρῶν καὶ τοῦ ἤτρου, καὶ τῶν σιτίων ἀπεκεκλείμην.
But after this, although the doctor said he had no great fear for the swellings on my face and the wounds, continuous fevers and pains followed me, very severe and terrible throughout my whole body, and especially in my sides and abdomen, and I was shut off from food.
§12καὶ ὡς μὲν ὁ ἰατρὸς ἔφη, εἰ μὴ κάθαρσις αἵματος αὐτομάτη μοι πάνυ πολλὴ συνέβη περιωδύνῳ ὄντι καὶ ἀπορουμένῳ ἤδη, κἂν ἔμπυος γενόμενος διεφθάρην· νῦν δὲ τοῦτʼ ἔσῳσεν τὸ αἷμʼ ἀποχωρῆσαν.
And as the doctor said, if a very copious and spontaneous discharge of blood had not occurred to me when I was in extreme pain and already past hope, I would have died of suppuration; but as it was, this discharge of blood saved me.
ὡς οὖν καὶ ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ λέγω, καὶ παρηκολούθησέ μοι τοιαύτη νόσος ἐξ ἧς εἰς τοὔσχατον ἦλθον, ἐξ ὧν ὑπὸ τούτων ἔλαβον πληγῶν, λέγε τὴν τοῦ ἰατροῦ μαρτυρίαν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐπισκοπούντων.
To prove, then, that I am telling the truth in these matters as well, and that such a sickness followed me as a result of the blows I received from these men that I was brought to the very point of death, read the testimony of the doctor and that of those who visited me.
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
TESTIMONIES.