§6.86B.1ὁ μὲν δὴ ἀπὸ Μιλήτου ἥκων ξεῖνος τοσαῦτα ἔλεξε, Γλαῦκος δὲ ἐδέξατο τὴν παρακαταθήκην ἐπὶ τῷ εἰρημένῳ λόγῳ.
The stranger who had come from Miletus spoke these words, and Glaucus received the deposit on the terms mentioned.
χρόνου δὲ πολλοῦ διελθόντος ἦλθον ἐς Σπάρτην τούτου τοῦ παραθεμένου τὰ χρήματα οἱ παῖδες, ἐλθόντες δὲ ἐς λόγους τῷ Γλαύκῳ καὶ ἀποδεικνύντες τὰ σύμβολα ἀπαίτεον τὰ χρήματα·
After a long time had passed, the children of this man who had deposited the money came to Sparta, and having entered into conversation with Glaucus and showing the tokens, they demanded the money back.
§6.86B.2ὁ δὲ διωθέετο ἀντυποκρινόμενος τοιάδε. οὔτε μέμνημαι τὸ πρῆγμα οὔτε με περιφέρει οὐδὲν εἰδέναι τούτων τῶν ὑμεῖς λέγετε, βούλομαί τε ἀναμνησθεὶς ποιέειν πᾶν τὸ δίκαιον·
But he thrust them aside, answering as follows: "I neither remember the matter, nor does anything bring it back to my mind that I know any of these things which you say; and I wish to remember and do everything that is just.
καὶ γὰρ εἰ ἔλαβον, ὀρθῶς ἀποδοῦναι, καὶ εἴ γε ἀρχὴν μὴ ἔλαβον, νόμοισι τοῖσι Ἑλλήνων χρήσομαι ἐς ὑμέας.
For indeed, if I did receive it, I wish to restore it uprightly; and if I did not receive it at all, I will employ the laws of the Greeks against you.
ταῦτα ὦν ὑμῖν ἀναβάλλομαι κυρώσειν ἐς τέταρτον μῆνα ἀπὸ τοῦδε.
Therefore, I postpone deciding these matters for you until the fourth month from now."