§44ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὑτοσὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰσῆλθεν, ἐξὸν ἀυτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀρξαμένοις τοῦ Ἑκατομβαιῶνος μηνὸς τριάκονθʼ ἡμέρας συνεχῶς τούτων ᾗτινι ἐβούλοντο ἀπογράφεσθαι, ἀπεγράφοντο οὐδεμιᾷ·
But when this Basileus entered office, although it was permitted for them, beginning from the first day of the month of Hekatombaion, for thirty days continuously, to register the charge on whichever of these days they wished, they registered it on none.
καὶ αὖθις τοῦ Μεταγειτνιῶνος μηνὸς ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀρξαμένοις ἐξὸν αὐτοῖς ἀπογράφεσθαι ᾗτινι ἐβούλοντο, οὐδʼ αὖ πω ἐνταῦθα ἀπεγράψαντο, ἀλλὰ παρεῖσαν καὶ τούτου τοῦ μηνὸς εἴκοσιν ἡμέρας· ὥστε αἱ σύμπασαι ἡμέραι ἐγένοντο αὐτοῖς πλεῖν ἢ πεντήκοντα ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐν αἷς ἐξὸν αὐτοῖς ἀπογράψασθαι οὐκ ἀπεγράψαντο.
And again, in the month of Metageitnion, beginning from the first day, although it was permitted for them to register on whichever day they wished, not even here yet did they register, but they also let pass twenty days of this month; so that all the days together became for them more than fifty under this Basileus, on which, though it was permitted for them to register, they did not do so.
§45καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι ἅπαντες ὅσοις ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως ὁ χρόνος μὴ ἐγχωρεῖ οὗτοι δʼ ἐπιστάμενοι μὲν τοὺς νόμους ἅπαντας, ὁρῶντες δʼ ἐμὲ βουλεύοντα καὶ εἰσιόντʼ ἐς τὸ βουλευτήριον—καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ Διὸς βουλαίου καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς βουλαίας ἱερόν ἐστι καὶ εἰσιόντες οἱ βουλευταὶ προσεύχονται, ὧν κἀγὼ εἷς ἦ, ὃς ταὐτὰ πράττων, καὶ εἰς τἆλλα ἱερὰ πάντα εἰσιὼν μετὰ τῆς βουλῆς, καὶ θύων καὶ εὐχόμενος ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις πρυτανεύσας τὴν πρώτην πρυτανείαν ἅπασαν πλὴν δυοῖν ἡμέραιν, καὶ ἱεροποιῶν καὶ θύων ὑπὲρ τῆς δημοκρατίας, καὶ ἐπιψηφίζων καὶ λέγων γνώμας περὶ τῶν μεγίστων καὶ πλείστου ἀξίων τῇ πόλει φανερὸς ἦ· §46καὶ οὗτοι παρόντες καὶ ἐπιδημοῦντες, ἐξὸν αὐτοῖς ἀπογράφεσθαι καὶ εἴργειν ἐμὲ τούτων ἁπάντων, οὐκ ἠξίουν ἀπογράφεσθαι·
And indeed all other men, for whom there is not sufficient time under the same Basileus [refrain from registering, but] these men, though they knew all the laws, and saw me serving as a senator and entering into the Senate House—and in the Senate House itself there is a shrine of Zeus of the Counsel and Athena of the Counsel, and the senators, as they enter, offer prayers, of whom I too was one, doing the same things, and entering into all the other shrines with the Senate, and sacrificing and praying on behalf of this city, and in addition to this, having served as prytanis for the entire first prytany except for two days, and performing sacred rites and sacrificing on behalf of the democracy, and putting to the vote and speaking opinions on the greatest and most valuable matters to the city, was manifest to all— and these men, being present and residing in the city, although it was permitted for them to register and bar me from all these activities, did not think it right to register.
καίτοι ἱκανά γʼ ἦν ὑπομνῆσαι καὶ ἐνθυμηθῆναι, εἴπερ ἠδικοῦντο, ἀμφότερα καὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν ἕνεκα καὶ τῆς πόλεως.
And yet, both of these would have been sufficient to remind and reflect upon, if indeed they were being wronged, both for their own sake and for the sake of the city.
διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἀπεγράφοντο;
Why then did they not register?
διʼ ὅ τι συνῆσαν καὶ διελέγοντο· συνῆσάν τε γάρ μοι οὐκ ἀξιοῦντες φονέα εἶναι, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεγράφοντο τούτου αὐτοῦ ἕνεκα, οὐχ ἡγούμενοί με ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν παῖδα οὐδʼ ἔνοχον εἶναι τοῦ φόνου, οὐδὲ προσήκειν μοι τούτου τοῦ πράγματος οὐδέν.
For the very same reason that they were with me and conversed with me; for they were with me because they did not think I was a murderer, and they did not register for this very reason, not believing that I killed the boy, nor that I was guilty of the murder, nor that any part of this matter belonged to me.
§47καίτοι πῶς ἂν ἄνθρωποι σχετλιώτεροι ἢ ἀνομώτεροι γένοιντο;
And yet, how could men become more outrageous or more lawless?
οἵτινες ἅπερ αὐτοὶ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς οὐκ ἔπεισαν, ταῦθʼ ὑμᾶς ἀξιοῦσι πεῖσαι, καὶ ἃ αὐτοὶ ἔργῳ ἀπεδίκασαν, ταῦθʼ ὑμᾶς κελεύουσι καταδικάσαι·
Who, what they themselves did not convince themselves of, these things they expect to convince you of, and what they themselves by their actions acquitted, these things they command you to condemn.
καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι ἄνθρωποι τοῖς ἔργοις τοὺς λόγους ἐξελέγχουσιν, οὗτοι δὲ τοῖς λόγοις ζητοῦσι τὰ ἔργα ἄπιστα καταστῆσαι.
And while other men refute words by deeds, these men seek to make deeds untrustworthy by words.
§48καίτοι εἰ μηδὲν ἄλλο μήτε εἶπον μήτε ἀπέφηνα μήτε μάρτυρας παρεσχόμην, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἀπέδειξα, τούτους ὅπου μὲν χρήματα λαμβάνοιεν ἐπʼ ἐμοί, αἰτιωμένους καὶ προαγορεύοντας, ὅπου δὲ μὴ εἴη ὁ δώσων, συνόντας καὶ διαλεγομένους, ἱκανὰ ἦν καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἀκούσαντας ἀποψηφίσασθαι καὶ τούτους νομίζειν ἐπιορκοτάτους καὶ ἀνοσιωτάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων.
And yet, even if I said and declared nothing else, nor provided witnesses, but only proved these things to you, that where they could receive money against me, they accused and made proclamations, but where there was no one to give it, they were with me and conversed with me, even these things alone would have been sufficient for you, upon hearing them, to acquit me, and to consider these men the most perjured and unholy of all mankind.
§49οὗτοι γὰρ ποίαν δίκην οὐ δικάσαιντʼ ἂν ἢ ποῖον δικαστήριον οὐκ ἐξαπατήσειαν ἢ τίνας ὅρκους οὐκ ἂν τολμήσειαν παραβαίνειν;
For what kind of lawsuit would these men not bring, or what court would they not deceive, or what oaths would they not dare to violate?
οἵτινες καὶ νῦν τριάκοντα μνᾶς ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ λαβόντες παρὰ τῶν ποριστῶν καὶ τῶν πωλητῶν καὶ τῶν πρακτόρων καὶ τῶν ὑπογραμματέων οἳ τούτοις ὑπεγραμμάτευον, ἐξελάσαντές με ἐκ τοῦ βουλευτηρίου, ὅρκους τοιούτους διωμόσαντο, ὅτι πρυτανεύων πυθόμενος αὐτοὺς δεινὰ καὶ σχέτλια ἐργάζεσθαι εἰσῆγον εἰς τὴν βουλήν, καὶ ἐδίδαξα ὡς χρὴ ζητοῦντας ἐπεξελθεῖν τῷ πράγματι.
Who even now, having received thirty minae against me from the financial officers, the sellers, the collectors, and the underscribes who served under them, after driving me out of the Senate House, swore such solemn oaths; because, when I was serving as prytanis and learned that they were doing terrible and outrageous things, I brought them before the Senate and taught how we must investigate and prosecute the matter.
§50καὶ νῦν δίκην διδόασιν ὧν ἠδικήκασιν αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ μεσεγγυησάμενοι καὶ παρʼ οἷς ἐτέθη τὰ χρήματα, καὶ τὰ πραχθέντα φανερὰ γεγένηται, ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἂν οὗτοι βούλωνται ἀρνεῖσθαι ῥᾳδίως οἷοί τʼ ἔσονται· οὕτως αὐτοῖς πέπρακται τὰ πράγματα.
And now they are paying the penalty for the wrongs they committed, both themselves and those who acted as guarantors and with whom the money was deposited, and the deeds have become manifest, so that not even if they wish to deny it will they easily be able to do so; so have their affairs been managed.
§51ποῖον οὖν δικαστήριον οὐκ ἂν ἔλθοιεν ἐξαπατήσοντες, ἢ τίνας ὅρκους οὐκ ἂν τολμήσαιεν παραβαίνειν οὗτοι οἱ ἀνοσιώτατοι;
What court, then, would they not go to in order to deceive, or what oaths would they not dare to violate, these most unholy men?
οἵτινες καὶ ὑμᾶς εἰδότες εὐσεβεστάτους τῶν Ἑλλήνων δικαστὰς καὶ δικαιοτάτους καὶ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἥκουσιν ἐξαπατήσοντες εἰ δύναιντο, ὅρκους τοσούτους διομοσάμενοι.
Who, even knowing that you are the most pious and just judges of the Greeks, have come also before you to deceive if they could, having sworn so many solemn oaths.