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I
καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος καὶ κοινῇ, ἔπειτα τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τῷ ὅρκῳ, ὃς κελεύει ὑμᾶς ὁμοίως ἀκούειν τῶν τε κατηγόρων καὶ τῶν ἀπολογουμένων καὶ
I...both individually and collectively, and furthermore by the law and the oath, which bids you to listen equally to both the accusers and those who make their defense, and...
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τῇ κατηγορίᾳ χρῆσθαι, οὕτω καὶ ἐμὲ ἐᾶτε ὃν τρόπον προῄρημαι καὶ ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι ἀπολογεῖσθαι.
II...to conduct the prosecution, so also allow me to make my defense in the manner that I have chosen and as best as I am able.
καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἀπαντάτω μοι μεταξὺ λέγοντι,
τί τοῦθʼ ἡμῖν λέγεις; μηδὲ προστίθετε τῇ κατηγορίᾳ παρʼ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν μηδέν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τῇ ἀπολογίᾳ
And let no one of you interrupt me while I am speaking, by saying: "Why do you tell us this?" Nor add anything of your own to the prosecution, but rather to the defense...
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III
οὐδὲ ὁ νόμος συγκατηγορεῖν μὲν τῷ βουλομένῳ κατὰ τῶν κρινομένων ἐξουσίαν δίδωσι, συναπολογεῖσθαι δὲ κωλύει.
III Nor does the law, while giving permission to anyone who wishes to join in accusing the defendants, prevent others from joining in the defense.
ἵνα δὲ μὴ πρὸ τοῦ πράγματος πολλοὺς λόγους ἀναλώσω, ἐπʼ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀπολογίαν πορεύσομαι, τοῖς μὲν θεοῖς εὐξάμενος βοηθῆσαί μοι καὶ σῶσαι ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος ἀγῶνος, ὑμᾶς δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐκεῖνο παραιτησάμενος, πρῶτον
But so that I may not waste many words before getting to the matter itself, I shall proceed to the defense itself, having prayed to the gods to help me and save me from the present trial, and having begged of you, gentlemen of the jury, this one thing, first of all...
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IIIa (IV)
ἢ νεωρίων προδοσίαν ἢ ἀρχείων ἐμπυρισμὸν ἢ κατάληψιν ἄκρας
IIIa (IV)...either the betrayal of the dockyards, or the burning of the public archives, or the seizure of the acropolis...
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IV (V)
ὁ Εὔφημος πρῶτον ἐπειδὴ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐκεῖνος ρος ὁ Φλυεύς, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἡ γυνὴ τον καὶ το ατο ἐκεῖνος κυοῦσαν τὴν γυναῖκα ἐξ αὑτοῦ καταλέλοιπεν, οὐ παρὰ τοὺς νόμους γενόμενον.
IV (V)...Euphemus first, when that [---] of Phlya died, from him [---] that the woman [---] he left his wife pregnant by him, which was not done contrary to the laws.
εἰ δʼ ὥςπερ Ἀρίστων ἐν τῇ εἰσαγγελίᾳ γράφει, οὕτως ὑπέλαβον τὰ περὶ τούτων εἶναι, οὐκ ἔδει δήπου αὐτοὺς κωλύειν τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω γένους ἐξάγειν τὸν Εὔφημον, ἀλλʼ ἐᾶν.
But if, as Ariston writes in his impeachment, they had supposed these matters to be so, they ought surely not to have prevented the next of kin from removing Euphemus, but should have allowed it.
νῦν δὲ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες ἔργῳ μεμαρτυρήκασιν αὐτοί, ὡς ψευδής ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία κατʼ ἐμοῦ.
As it is, by doing this, they themselves have testified by their deeds that the charge against me is false.
πρὸς δὲ τούτοις πῶς οὐκ ἄτοπον, εἰ μέν τι ἔπαθεν τὸ παιδίον ἢ γιγνόμενον ἢ καὶ ὕστερον, ταύταις ταῖς διαθήκαις ἰσχυρίζεσθαι ἂν αὐτούς, ἐν αἷς τὸν Εὔφημον ἐκώλυε παρέχοντα μαρτυρίας
In addition to this, how is it not absurd that, if anything had happened to the child either at birth or afterwards, they would rely on these testaments, in which [---] prevented Euphemus from providing testimonies...
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οὔτε γὰρ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χεῖρα δυνατὸν ἀρνήσασθαι.
IVa For it is not possible to deny one's own hand.
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IVb
νωθρεύεσθαι §1Ἀρίστωνος δὲ ἀνδράποδα εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις· καὶ ταῦτα αὐτὸς ὑμῖν ἐμαρτύρησεν ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαςτηρίου, ὅτʼ ἦν τούτῳ ὁ ἀγὼν πρὸς Ἀρχεστρατίδην.
IVb to behave sluggishly Ariston owned slaves in the works; and he himself testified this to you in court, when he had his trial against Archestratides.
§2τοιοῦτο γὰρ ἐστι τὸ Ἀρίστωνος τουτουὶ πρᾶγμα· οὗτος προσκαλεῖται μὲν περιὼν πάντας ἀνθρώπους, τῶν δʼ ὅσοι μὲν ἂν μὴ διδῶσιν αὐτῷ ἀργύριον, κρίνει καὶ κατηγορεῖ, ὁπόσοι δʼ ἂν ἐθέλωσιν ἀποτίνειν, ἀφίησιν, τὸ δʼ ἀργύριον Θεομνήστῳ δίδωσιν· ἐκεῖνος δὲ λαμβάνων ἀνδράποδα ἀγοράζει, καὶ παρέχει ὥσπερ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐπισιτισμόν, καὶ δίδωσι τούτῳ ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου τοῦ ἀνδραπόδου ὀβολὸν τῆς ἡμέρας, ὅπως ἂν ᾖ ἀθάνατος συκοφάντης.
For such is the business of this Ariston here: he goes about summoning all kinds of people, and of these, as many as do not give him money, he brings to trial and accuses, but as many as are willing to pay, he lets go, and he gives the money to Theomnestus; and the latter, receiving it, buys slaves and provides them with provisions, just like to pirates, and gives to Ariston an obol a day for each slave, so that he may be an immortal sycophant.
§3ἄξιον δʼ ἐστίν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, κἀκεῖθεν ἐξετάσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἀφʼ ὧν ἐν τῷ δήμῳ τὸ πρῶτον αὐτοὶ εὐθὺς ᾐτιάσαντο.
And it is worthwhile, gentlemen of the jury, to examine the matter also from that starting point, namely, from the charges which they themselves immediately brought forward first in the Assembly.
ἐμοὶ γὰρ οἱ οἰκεῖοι ἀπέστειλαν γράψαντες τήν τε εἰσαγγελίαν καὶ τὰς αἰτίας ἃς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ᾐτιάσαντό με, ὅτε τὴν εἰσαγγελίαν ἐδίδοσαν, ἐν αἷς ἦν γεγραμμένον ὅτι Λυκοῦργος λέγει, φάσκων τῶν οἰκείων ἀκηκοέναι, ὡς ἐγὼ παρακολουθῶν, ὅτε Χάριππος ἐγάμει τὴν γυναῖκα, παρεκελευόμην αὐτῇ ὅπως μὴ πλησιάσει Χαρίππῳ ἀλλὰ διαφυλάξει αὑτήν.
For my relatives sent to me in writing both the impeachment and the charges which they made against me in the Assembly when they presented the impeachment, in which it was written that Lycurgus says, claiming to have heard from his relatives, that I, being present when Charippus married the woman, urged her not to have relations with Charippus but to keep herself pure.
§4ἐγὼ δὲ ἃ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἐπιτηδείους καὶ πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ εὐθὺς ἥκων ἔλεγον, καὶ νῦν πρὸς ὑμᾶς λέγω, ὅτι, εἰ ἔστιν ταῦτα ἀληθῆ, ὁμολογῶ καὶ τἆλλα πάντα πεποιηκέναι τὰ ἐν τῇ εἰσαγγελίᾳ γεγραμμένα.
But what I said immediately upon my arrival, both to my close friends and to my own relatives, I now say to you as well: that if these things are true, I confess that I have done all the other things written in the impeachment.
ὅτι δὲ ψευδῆ ἐστιν, ῥᾴδιον οἶμαι εἶναι ἅπασιν ἰδεῖν.
But that they are false, I think is easy for everyone to see.
τίς γὰρ οὕτως ἐστὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἀλόγιστος, §5ὅςτις ἂν πιστεύσαι τούτοις τοῖς λόγοις;
For who in the city is so irrational, as to believe these stories?
ἀνάγκη γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πρῶτον μὲν ὀρεωκόμον καὶ προηγητὴν ἀκολουθεῖν τῷ ζεύγει, ὃ ἦγεν τὴν γυναῖκα, ἔπειτα δὲ παῖδας τοὺς προπέμποντας αὐτὴν ἀκολουθεῖν καὶ Διώξιππον· καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἠκολούθει διὰ τὸ χήραν ἐκδίδοσθαι αὐτήν.
For it is necessary, gentlemen of the jury, first that a muleteer and a guide should follow the carriage which conducted the woman, and then that the servants escorting her should follow, and Dioxippus; for indeed he was following because she was being given in marriage as a widow.