§19ἔτι δὲ καὶ συλλέγεσθαί φησιν ἀνθρώπους ὡς ἐμὲ πονηροὺς καὶ πολλούς, οἳ τὰ μὲν ἑαυτῶν ἀνηλώκασι, τοῖς δὲ τὰ σφέτερα σῴζειν βουλομένοις ἐπιβουλεύουσιν.
Furthermore, he also says that many wicked men gather at my place, who have squandered their own property and plot against those who wish to preserve their own.
ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐνθυμήθητε πάντες ὅτι ταῦτα λέγων οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ κατηγορεῖ μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ὅσοι τέχνας ἔχουσιν οὐδὲ τῶν ὡς ἐμὲ εἰσιόντων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν ὡς τοὺς ἄλλους δημιουργούς. §20ἕκαστος γὰρ ὑμῶν εἴθισται προσφοιτᾶν ὁ μὲν πρὸς μυροπώλιον, ὁ δὲ πρὸς κουρεῖον, ὁ δὲ πρὸς σκυτοτομεῖον, ὁ δʼ ὅποι ἂν τύχῃ, καὶ πλεῖστοι μὲν ὡς τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένους, ἐλάχιστοι δὲ ὡς τοὺς πλεῖστον ἀπέχοντας αὐτῆς·
But you should all consider that in saying these things, he accuses me no more than the others who have trades, and those who enter my place no more than those who enter the shops of other craftsmen. For each of you is accustomed to visit, one a perfume-shop, another a barber-shop, another a shoemaker's shop, and another wherever he happens to go, and most indeed go to those situated nearest the marketplace, and fewest to those furthest from it.
ὥστʼ εἴ τις ὑμῶν πονηρίαν καταγνώσεται τῶν ὡς ἐμὲ εἰσιόντων, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τῶν παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις διατριβόντων· εἰ δὲ κἀκείνων, ἁπάντων Ἀθηναίων· ἅπαντες γὰρ εἴθισθε προσφοιτᾶν καὶ διατρίβειν ἁμοῦ γέ που. §21ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι δεῖ λίαν με ἀκριβῶς ἀπολογούμενον πρὸς ἓν ἕκαστον ὑμῖν τῶν εἰρημένων ἐνοχλεῖν πλείω χρόνον.
So that if anyone of you condemns the wickedness of those who enter my place, it is clear that he must also condemn those who spend time in other shops; and if those, then all Athenians; for all of you are accustomed to visit and spend your time somewhere or other. But indeed, I do not know why I must trouble you for a longer time by defending myself too minutely against each of the things said.
εἰ γὰρ ὑπὲρ τῶν μεγίστων εἴρηκα, τί δεῖ περὶ τῶν φαύλων ὁμοίως τούτῳ σπουδάζειν;
For if I have spoken on the most important matters, why is there need to be eager about trivial things in the same manner as this man?
ἐγὼ δʼ ὑμῶν, ὦ βουλή, δέομαι πάντων τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχειν περὶ ἐμοῦ διάνοιαν, ἥνπερ καὶ πρότερον. §22μηδʼ οὗ μόνου μεταλαβεῖν ἔδωκεν ἡ μοι τῶν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι, τούτου διὰ τουτονὶ ἀποστερήσητέ με· μηδʼ ἃ πάλαι κοινῇ πάντες ἔδοτέ μοι, νῦν οὗτος εἷς ὢν πείσῃ πάλιν ὑμᾶς ἀφελέσθαι.
I beg of you all, council members, to hold the very same opinion about me as you did before. Do not deprive me because of this man of that which alone fortune has granted me to share among the things in our fatherland; nor let this man, being but one, now persuade you to take back what you all once gave to me in common.
ἐπειδὴ γὰρ, ὦ βουλή, τῶν μεγίστων ὁ δαίμων ἀπεστέρησεν ἡμᾶς, ἡ πόλις ἡμῖν ἐψηφίσατο τοῦτο τὸ ἀργύριον, ἡγουμένη κοινὰς εἶναι τὰς τύχας τοῖς ἅπασι καὶ τῶν κακῶν καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν. §23πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἂν δειλαιότατος εἴην, εἰ τῶν μὲν καλλίστων καὶ μεγίστων διὰ τὴν συμφορὰν ἀπεστερημένος εἴην, ἃ δʼ ἡ πόλις ἔδωκε προνοηθεῖσα τῶν οὕτως διακειμένων, διὰ τὸν κατήγορον ἀφαιρεθείην;
For since, council members, the divinity deprived us of the greatest things, the city voted this money to us, considering that fortunes, both of evils and of goods, are common to all. How then should I not be most wretched of all, if, while being deprived of the finest and greatest things because of my misfortune, I should be stripped because of the accuser of what the city gave out of forethought for those in such a condition?
μηδαμῶς, ὦ βουλή, ταύτῃ θῆσθε τὴν ψῆφον.
By no means, council members, cast your vote in this way.
διὰ τί γὰρ ἂν καὶ τύχοιμι τοιούτων ὑμῶν; §24πότερον ὅτι διʼ ἐμέ τις εἰς ἀγῶνα πώποτε καταστὰς ἀπώλεσε τὴν οὐσίαν;
For why indeed should I meet with such treatment from you? Is it because anyone, having ever entered into a trial because of me, lost his property?
ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἂν εἷς ἀποδείξειεν.
But not even a single person could prove this.
ἀλλʼ ὅτι πολυπράγμων εἰμὶ καὶ θρασὺς καὶ φιλαπεχθήμων; §25ἀλλʼ οὐ τοιαύταις ἀφορμαῖς τοῦ βίου πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα τυγχάνω χρώμενος.
Or is it because I am a busybody and bold and fond of hostility? But I do not happen to use such resources of life for such things.
ἀλλʼ ὅτι λίαν ὑβριστὴς καὶ βίαιος;
Or is it because I am too insolent and violent?
ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἂν αὐτὸς φήσειεν, εἰ μὴ βούλοιτο καὶ τοῦτο ψεύδεσθαι τοῖς ἄλλοις ὁμοίως.
But not even he himself would say so, unless he wished to lie in this also, just as in the other things.
ἀλλʼ ὅτι ἐπὶ τῶν τριάκοντα γενόμενος ἐν δυνάμει κακῶς ἐποίησα πολλοὺς τῶν πολιτῶν;
Or is it because, having come into power under the Thirty, I harmed many of the citizens?
ἀλλὰ μετὰ τοῦ ὑμετέρου πλήθους ἔφυγον εἰς Χαλκίδα, καὶ ἐξόν μοι μετʼ ἐκείνων ἀδεῶς πολιτεύεσθαι, μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἱλόμην κινδυνεύειν ἀπελθών. §26μὴ τοίνυν, ὦ βουλή, μηδὲν ἡμαρτηκὼς ὁμοίων ὑμῶν τύχοιμι τοῖς πολλὰ ἠδικηκόσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ψῆφον θέσθε περὶ ἐμοῦ ταῖς ἄλλαις βουλαῖς, ἀναμνησθέντες ὅτι οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λόγον αὐτῶν, οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω νῦν αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ περὶ ὀβολοῦ μόνον ποιοῦμαι τοὺς λόγους. §27καὶ οὕτως ὑμεῖς μὲν τὰ δίκαια γνώσεσθε πάντες, ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων ὑμῖν τυχὼν ἕξω τὴν χάριν, οὗτος δὲ τοῦ λοιποῦ μαθήσεται μὴ τοῖς ἀσθενεστέροις ἐπιβουλεύειν ἀλλὰ τῶν ὁμοίων αὐτῷ περιγίγνεσθαι.
But I fled with your multitude to Chalcis, and when it was permitted to me to live as a citizen without fear with them, I chose rather to share the danger by departing with you. Therefore, council members, having done no wrong, may I not meet with the same treatment from you as those who have committed many injustices, but cast the same vote concerning me as the other councils did, remembering that I neither managed the money of the city so as to give an account of it, nor having held any office do I now undergo a scrutiny of it, but make my speech solely concerning an obol. And in this way, you will all judge what is just, and I, having obtained this from you, will hold gratitude to you, and this man will learn for the future not to plot against those who are weaker, but to get the better of those who are like himself.