§34προσῆκεν δήπουθεν εἰδότας αὐτὴν πολλοὺς ἥτις ἐστὶ μαρτυρεῖν, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκοήν, ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν ξένη ἦν, τὰ τέλη ἐξετάσαντας τὰ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, εἰ ξενικὰ ἐτέλει, καὶ ποδαπὴ ἦν ἐπιδεικνύντας· εἰ δὲ δούλη, μάλιστα μὲν τὸν πριάμενον, εἰ δὲ μή, τὸν ἀποδόμενον ἥκειν καταμαρτυροῦντα, εἰ δὲ μή, τῶν ἄλλων τινά, ἢ ὡς ἐδούλευσεν ἢ ὡς ἀφείθη ἐλευθέρα.
Surely it was fitting that many who knew who she is should testify, and not merely from hearsay; rather, if she were a foreigner, they should have examined the taxes in the market, whether she paid foreign taxes, and shown what country she was from; and if she were a slave, most of all the one who bought her, or else the one who sold her, should have come to testify against her, or if not, some of the others, showing either how she served as a slave or how she was set free.
νῦν δὲ τούτων μὲν ἀπέδειξεν οὐδέν, λελοιδόρηκεν δέ, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὔ.
But as it is, he has proved none of these things, but has slandered, so it seems to me, absolutely everything.
τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν ὁ συκοφάντης, αἰτιᾶσθαι μὲν πάντα, ἐξελέγξαι δὲ μηδέν.
For this is what a sycophant is: to accuse of everything, but to prove nothing.
§35ἐπεὶ κἀκεῖνο περὶ τῆς μητρὸς εἴρηκεν, ὅτι ἐτίτθευσεν.
Since he has also said that about my mother, that she was a wet-nurse.
ἡμεῖς δέ, ὅθʼ ἡ πόλις ἠτύχει καὶ πάντες κακῶς ἔπραττον, οὐκ ἀρνούμεθα τοῦτο γενέσθαι· ὃν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ὧν ἕνεκʼ ἐτίτθευσεν, ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω.
And we, when the city was in misfortune and everyone was faring badly, do not deny that this happened; but in what manner and for what reasons she served as a wet-nurse, I shall clearly show to you.
μηδεὶς δʼ ὑμῶν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, δυσχερῶς ὑπολάβῃ· καὶ γὰρ νῦν ἀστὰς γυναῖκας πολλὰς εὑρήσετε τιτθευούσας, ἃς ὑμῖν καὶ κατʼ ὄνομα, ἐὰν βούλησθε, ἐροῦμεν.
Let none of you, gentlemen of Athens, take this ill; for even now you will find many citizen women serving as wet-nurses, whom we shall tell you even by name, if you wish.
εἰ δέ γε πλούσιοι ἦμεν, οὔτʼ ἂν τὰς ταινίας ἐπωλοῦμεν οὔτʼ ἂν ὅλως ἦμεν ἄποροι.
But if indeed we were wealthy, we would neither be selling ribbons nor would we be altogether in want.
ἀλλὰ τί ταῦτα κοινωνεῖ τῷ γένει;
But what do these things have to do with our descent?
§36ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδὲν οἶμαι.
I, for one, think they have nothing to do with it.
μηδαμῶς, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τοὺς πένητας ἀτιμάζετε (ἱκανὸν γὰρ αὐτοῖς τὸ πένεσθαι κακόν), μηδέ γε τοὺς ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ ζῆν ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου προαιρουμένους· ἀλλʼ ἀκούσαντες, ἐὰν ὑμῖν ἐπιδεικνύω τῆς μητρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους οἵους προσήκει εἶναι ἀνθρώποις ἐλευθέροις, ἃ καταιτιᾶται περὶ αὐτῆς, ταύτας τὰς διαβολὰς ἐξομνυμένους, καὶ μαρτυροῦντας αὐτὴν ἀστὴν οὖσαν εἰδέναι, οὓς ὑμεῖς φήσετε πιστοὺς εἶναι, δικαίαν ἡμῖν θέσθε τὴν ψῆφον.
By no means, gentlemen of the jury, dishonor the poor (for being poor is a sufficient evil for them), nor indeed those who choose to work and live justly; but after listening, if I show to you that my mother's relatives are such as free persons ought to have, who swear oaths denying these slanders which he accuses against her, and testify that they know her to be a citizen—men whom you will say are trustworthy—give your vote in our favor justly.
§37ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἦν πάππος, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τῆς μητρὸς πατήρ, Δαμόστρατος Μελιτεύς.
For I had a grandfather, gentlemen of Athens, my mother's father, Damostratus of Melite.
τούτῳ γίγνονται τέτταρες παῖδες, ἐκ μὲν ἧς τὸ πρῶτον ἔσχεν γυναικὸς θυγάτηρ καὶ υἱὸς ᾧ ὄνομʼ Ἀμυθέων, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ὕστερον, Χαιρεστράτης, ἡ μήτηρ ἡ ἐμὴ καὶ Τιμοκράτης.
To him were born four children: by the first wife he had, a daughter and a son whose name was Amytheon, and by the later one, Chaerestrate, my mother, and Timocrates.
τούτοις δὲ γίγνονται παῖδες, τῷ μὲν Ἀμυθέωνι Δαμόστρατος, τοῦ πάππου τοὔνομʼ ἔχων, καὶ Καλλίστρατος καὶ Δεξίθεος.
And to these were born children: to Amytheon, Damostratus, having the name of the grandfather, and Callistratus and Dexitheus.
καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἀμυθέων ὁ τῆς μητρὸς ἀδελφὸς τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ στρατευσαμένων καὶ τελευτησάντων ἐστίν, καὶ τέθαπται ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν· καὶ ταῦτα μαρτυρήσεται.
And Amytheon, my mother's brother, is one of those who campaigned in Sicily and died there, and he is buried in the public tombs; and these things will be testified.
§38τῇ δʼ ἀδελφῇ αὐτοῦ συνοικησάσῃ Διοδώρῳ Ἁλαιεῖ υἱὸς γίγνεται Κτησίβιος.
And to his sister, who lived with Diodorus of Halae, a son was born, Ctesibius.
καὶ οὗτος μὲν ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν Ἀβύδῳ μετὰ Θρασυβούλου στρατευόμενος, ζῇ δὲ τούτων ὁ Δαμόστρατος ὁ τοῦ Ἀμυθέωνος, τῆς μητρὸς ἀδελφιδοῦς τῆς ἐμῆς.
And he indeed died at Abydos, campaigning with Thrasybulus, and of these, there lives Damostratus, the son of Amytheon, my mother's nephew.
τῆς δὲ Χαιρεστράτης τῆς ἐμῆς τήθης τὴν ἀδελφὴν λαμβάνει Ἀπολλόδωρος Πλωθεύς· τούτων γίγνεται Ὀλύμπιχος, τοῦ δʼ Ὀλυμπίχου Ἀπολλόδωρος, καὶ οὗτος ζῇ.
And the sister of my grandmother, Chaerestrate, Apollodorus of Plotheia married; from them was born Olympichus, and from Olympichus, Apollodorus, and he is alive.
καί μοι κάλει αὐτούς. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. §39τούτων μὲν τοίνυν ἀκηκόατε μαρτυρούντων καὶ διομνυμένων· τὸν δὲ καὶ κατʼ ἀμφότερʼ ἡμῖν συγγενῆ καλῶ, καὶ τοὺς υἱεῖς αὐτοῦ.
And please call them for me. [WITNESSES] Now then, you have heard these men testifying and swearing solemn oaths; and I also call the one who is related to us on both sides, and his sons.
τῷ γὰρ Τιμοκράτει τῷ τῆς μητρὸς ἀδελφῷ τῆς ἐμῆς τῷ ὁμοπατρίῳ καὶ ὁμομητρίῳ γίγνεται Εὐξίθεος, τοῦ δʼ Εὐξιθέου τρεῖς υἱεῖς· οὗτοι πάντες ζῶσιν.
For to Timocrates, my mother's full brother of the same father and mother, was born Euxitheus, and to Euxitheus three sons; all of these are alive.
καί μοι κάλει τοὺς ἐπιδημοῦντας αὐτῶν. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ. §40λαβὲ δή μοι καὶ τὰς τῶν φρατέρων τῶν συγγενῶν τῶν τῆς μητρὸς καὶ δημοτῶν μαρτυρίας, καὶ ὧν τὰ μνήματα ταὐτά. ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΙ.
τὰ μὲν τοίνυν τοῦ γένους τοῦ τῆς μητρὸς οὕτως ὑμῖν ἐπιδεικνύω, καὶ πρὸς ἀνδρῶν καὶ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἀστήν.
And please call those of them who are in town. [WITNESSES] Take also, please, for me the testimonies of my mother's relatives' phratry-members and demesmen, and of those whose tombs are the same. [TESTIMONIES] Thus, then, I show to you the descent of my mother, that she is a citizen both on the male and the female side.
τῇ δὲ μητρὶ τῇ ἐμῇ γίγνεται, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐκ Πρωτομάχου, ᾧ αὐτὴν ὁ Τιμοκράτης ὁμομήτριος καὶ ὁμοπάτριος ὢν ἀδελφὸς ἔδωκεν, θυγάτηρ, εἶτʼ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἐμοῦ ἐγώ.
And to my mother, gentlemen of the jury, there was born first a daughter by Protomachus, to whom Timocrates, being her brother of the same mother and father, gave her in marriage, and then I by my father.
ὃν δὲ τρόπον τῷ πατρὶ τῷ ἐμῷ συνῴκησεν, ταῦθʼ ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι δεῖ· καὶ γὰρ ἃ περὶ τὸν Κλεινίαν αἰτιᾶται καὶ τὸ τιτθεῦσαι τὴν μητέρα καὶ ταῦτα πάντʼ ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὑμῖν διηγήσομαι.
And in what manner she lived with my father, you must hear; for both the accusations he brings concerning Cleinias and my mother's serving as a wet-nurse—all these things I shall clearly relate to you.