§47οὔκουν δεινόν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἰ μὲν ἔλαχον ἱερεύς, ὥσπερ προὐκρίθην, δεῖν ἄν με καὶ αὐτὸν θύειν ὑπὲρ τούτων καὶ τοῦτον μετʼ ἐμοῦ συνθύειν, νῦν δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς τούτους ἐμὲ μεθʼ αὑτῶν μηδὲ συνθύειν ἐᾶν;
Is it not outrageous, gentlemen of the jury, if, on the one hand, had I drawn the lot as priest, just as I was selected as a candidate, I would have had to offer sacrifices on behalf of these men and this man would have had to sacrifice together with me, but, on the other hand, now these very same men do not even allow me to sacrifice together with them?
φαίνομαι τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον ἅπαντα παρὰ πᾶσιν τοῖς νῦν κατηγοροῦσι πολίτης ὡμολογημένος·
It is clear, therefore, gentlemen of Athens, that during all other times I was acknowledged as a citizen by all those who are now accusing me.
§48οὐ γὰρ ἂν δήπου τόν γε ξένον καὶ μέτοικον, ὡς νῦν φησιν Εὐβουλίδης, οὔτʼ ἀρχὰς ἄρχειν οὔθʼ ἱερωσύνην κληροῦσθαι μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ προκριθέντʼ εἴασεν· καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἦν τῶν κληρουμένων καὶ προκριθέντων.
For surely he would not have allowed a foreigner and a resident alien, as Eubulides now claims, either to hold offices or to draw lots for the priesthood after being selected as a candidate along with himself; for he too was among those who drew lots and were selected.
οὐδέ γʼ ἄν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, παλαιὸς ὢν ἐχθρὸς ἐμοὶ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν περιέμενεν, ὃν οὐδεὶς ᾔδει γενησόμενον, εἴπερ τι συνῄδει τοιοῦτον.
Nor indeed, gentlemen of Athens, would he, being my old enemy, have waited for this opportunity, which no one knew would come, if he had been conscious of any such thing.
§49ἀλλʼ οὐ συνῄδει· διόπερ τὸν μὲν ἄλλον ἅπαντα χρόνον δημοτευόμενος μετʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ κληρούμενος οὐδὲν ἑώρα τούτων, ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἡ πόλις πᾶσα τοῖς ἀσελγῶς εἰσπεπηδηκόσιν εἰς τοὺς δήμους ὀργιζομένη παρώξυντο, τηνικαῦτα μοι ἐπεβούλευσεν.
But he was not conscious of it; therefore, during all other times, while being a fellow-demesman with me and drawing lots, he saw nothing of these things; but when the whole city was provoked and angry at those who had insolently forced their way into the demes, at that moment he plotted against me.
ἦν δʼ ἐκεῖνος μὲν ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ συνειδότος αὑτῷ τἀληθῆ λέγειν, ὁ δὲ νυνὶ παρὼν ἐχθροῦ καὶ συκοφαντεῖν βουλομένου.
That was the opportunity for one who was conscious of the truth to speak it, whereas the present one is for an enemy who wishes to play the sycophant.
§50ἐγὼ δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί (καί μοι πρὸς Διὸς καὶ θεῶν μηδεὶς θορυβήσῃ, μηδʼ ἐφʼ ᾧ μέλλω λέγειν ἀχθεσθῇ), ἐμαυτὸν Ἀθηναῖον ὑπείληφʼ ὥσπερ ὑμῶν ἕκαστος ἑαυτόν, μητέρʼ ἐξ ἀρχῆς νομίζων ἥνπερ εἰς ὑμᾶς ἀποφαίνω, καὶ οὐχ ἑτέρας μὲν ὢν ταύτης δὲ προσποιούμενος· πατέρα πάλιν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον.
And I, gentlemen of the jury (and by Zeus and the gods, let no one make a disturbance, nor be vexed at what I am about to say), have believed myself to be an Athenian just as each of you believes himself to be, regarding from the beginning as my mother her whom I present to you, and not being the son of one woman while pretending to be of this one; and my father likewise, gentlemen of Athens, in the same manner.
§51καίτοι εἰ τοῖς ἐξελεγχομένοις ὧν μέν εἰσιν ἀποκρυπτομένοις, ὧν δʼ οὐκ εἰσὶν προσποιουμένοις, δίκαιον ὑπάρχειν παρʼ ὑμῖν τοῦτο σημεῖον ὡς εἰσὶ ξένοι, ἐμοὶ δήπου τοὐναντίον ὡς εἰμὶ πολίτης.
And yet, if, for those who are convicted of hiding those whose children they are and pretending to be the children of those whose they are not, it is just in your eyes that this should be a sign of their being foreigners, surely for me the contrary must be a sign of my being a citizen.
οὐ γὰρ ἂν ξένην καὶ ξένον τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ γονέας ἐπιγραψάμενος μετέχειν ἠξίουν τῆς πόλεως· ἀλλʼ εἴ τι τοιοῦτον συνῄδειν, ἐζήτησʼ ἂν ὧν φήσω γονέων εἶναι.
For I would not have claimed to share in the city by registering my own parents as a foreign man and a foreign woman; but if I had been conscious of any such thing, I would have sought after those whom I should claim as parents.
ἀλλʼ οὐ συνῄδειν, διόπερ μένων ἐπὶ τοῖς οὖσιν δικαίως γονεῦσιν ἐμαυτῷ τῆς πόλεως μετέχειν ἀξιῶ.
But I was not conscious of any such thing; therefore, abiding by those who are indeed my parents, I justly claim to share in the city.
§52ἔτι τοίνυν ὀρφανὸς κατελείφθην, καὶ φασίν μʼ εὔπορον εἶναι καὶ τῶν μαρτύρων ἐνίους ὠφελουμένους μοι μαρτυρεῖν συγγενεῖς εἶναι.
Furthermore, I was left an orphan, and they say that I am wealthy, and that some of the witnesses, being benefited by me, testify that they are my relatives.
καὶ ἅμα μὲν κατʼ ἐμοῦ λέγουσιν τὰς ἐκ τῆς πενίας ἀδοξίας καὶ περὶ τὸ γένος διαβάλλουσιν, ἅμα δὲ διʼ εὐπορίαν φασὶ πάντα μʼ ὠνεῖσθαι.
And at the same time they speak against me of the dishonors arising from poverty and slander my descent, while at the same time they say that because of my wealth I buy everything.
§53ὥστε πότερα χρὴ αὐτοῖς πιστεύειν;
So, which of their statements should one believe?
ἐξῆν δὲ δήπου τούτοις, εἰ νόθος ἢ ξένος ἦν ἐγώ, κληρονόμοις εἶναι τῶν ἐμῶν πάντων.
And surely, if I had been illegitimate or a foreigner, it was open to these men to be the heirs of all my property.
εἶθʼ οὗτοι μικρὰ λαμβάνειν καὶ κινδυνεύειν ἐν ψευδομαρτυρίοις καὶ ἐπιορκεῖν μᾶλλον αἱροῦνται ἢ πάντʼ ἔχειν, καὶ ταῦτʼ ἀσφαλῶς, καὶ μηδεμιᾶς ἐξωλείας ὑπόχους ἑαυτοὺς ποιεῖν;
Then do these men choose to receive little and run risks in false testimonies and commit perjury, rather than to have everything, and that securely, and without making themselves liable to any utter destruction?
οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα, ἀλλʼ οἶμαι συγγενεῖς ὄντες τὰ δίκαια ποιοῦσι, βοηθοῦντες αὑτῶν ἑνί.
It is not so; but I believe, being relatives, they do what is just, helping one of their own.
§54καὶ ταῦτʼ οὐχὶ νῦν πεπεισμένοι ποιοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ παιδίον ὄντα μʼ εὐθέως ἦγον εἰς τοὺς φράτερας, εἰς Ἀπόλλωνος πατρῴου, εἰς τἄλλʼ ἱερά.
And they do this not because they have been persuaded now, but when I was a child they immediately led me to the phratry-members, to the shrine of ancestral Apollo, and to the other temples.
καίτοι οὐ δήπου παῖς ὢν ἐγὼ ταῦτʼ ἔπειθον αὐτοὺς ἀργύριον διδούς.
Yet surely, being a child, I did not persuade them by giving money.
ἀλλὰ μὴν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὸς ζῶν ὀμόσας τὸν νόμιμον τοῖς φράτερσιν ὅρκον εἰσήγαγέν με, ἀστὸν ἐξ ἀστῆς ἐγγυητῆς αὑτῷ γεγενημένον εἰδώς, καὶ ταῦτα μεμαρτύρηται.
Moreover, my father himself, while alive, having sworn the customary oath to the phratry-members, introduced me, knowing that I was a citizen born from a citizen woman betrothed to him, and this has been testified.
§55εἶτʼ ἐγὼ ξένος;
Am I then a foreigner?
ποῦ μετοίκιον καταθείς;
Where did I pay the resident alien tax?
ἢ τίς τῶν ἐμῶν πώποτε;
Or who of my family ever did?
ποῦ πρὸς ἄλλους δημότας ἐλθών, καὶ οὐ δυνηθεὶς ἐκείνους πεῖσαι δεῦρʼ ἐμαυτὸν ἐνέγραψα;
Where did I go to other demesmen, and failing to persuade them, register myself here?
ποῦ τί ποιήσας ὧν ὅσοι μὴ καθαρῶς ἦσαν πολῖται πεποιηκότες φαίνονται;
Where did I do any of those things which all who were not genuinely citizens are shown to have done?
οὐδαμοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἁπλῶς, ἐν οἷς ὁ πάππος ὁ τοῦ πατρός, ὁ ἐμός, ὁ πατήρ, ἐνταῦθα καὶ αὐτὸς φαίνομαι δημοτευόμενος.
Nowhere; but simply, in the very place where my father's grandfather, my grandfather, and my father belonged, there I too am shown to be a fellow-demesman.
καὶ νῦν πῶς ἄν τις ὑμῖν σαφέστερον ἐπιδείξειεν μετὸν τῆς πόλεως αὑτῷ;
And now, how could anyone show more clearly to you that he has a share in the city?