§276ut facete orationem ad servitutem contulit.
Tyndarus: (Aside) How cleverly he has turned his speech to the subject of slavery!
§277Quo de genere natust illic Philocrates?
Hegio: From what family is that Philocrates born?
§277bPolyplusio:
Philocrates: The Polyplusian.
§278quod genus illi est unum pollens atque honoratissumum.
Which family is single-handedly powerful and most highly honored there.
§279Quid ipsus hic? quo honore est illic?
Hegio: What about he himself? In what honor is he there?
§279bSummo, atque ab summis viris.
Philocrates: In the highest, and by the highest men.
§281quid divitiae, suntne opimae?
Hegio: What about his wealth? Is it abundant?
§281bVnde excoquat sebum senex.
Philocrates: Such that the old man might melt fat out of it.
§282Quid pater, vivitne?
Hegio: What of his father, is he alive?
Philocrates: We left him alive when we departed from there; whether he is alive now or not, Orcus of course must know.
§284Salva res est, philosophatur quoque iam, non mendax modo est.
Tyndarus: (Aside) The matter is safe; now he even plays the philosopher, not just the liar.
§285Quid erat ei nomen?
Hegio: What was his name?
§285bThensaurochrysonicochrysides.
Philocrates: Thensaurochrysonicochrysides.
§286Videlicet propter divitias inditum id nomen quasi est.
Hegio: Clearly that name was given, as it were, on account of his wealth.
§287Immo edepol propter avaritiam ipsius atque audaciam.
Philocrates: Nay, by Pollux, on account of his avarice and audacity.
§289Quid tu ais? tenaxne pater est eius?
Hegio: What do you say? Is his father stingy?
§289bImmo edepol pertinax; §290quin etiam ut magis nóscas: Genio suo ubi quando sacruficat, §291ad rem divinam quibus est opus, Samiis vasis utitur, §292ne ipse Genius surripiat: proinde aliis ut credat vide.
Philocrates: Nay, by Pollux, clinging to it; nay, even that you may know it the better: whenever he sacrifices to his own Genius, he uses Samian vessels for what is needed for the divine service, lest the Genius himself should filch them; see then how much he would trust others!
§293Sequere hac me igitur.
Hegio: Follow me then this way.
eadem ego ex hoc quae volo exquaesivero.
I will inquire of this man the same things I want.
§294Philocrates, hic fecit, hominem frugi ut facere oportuit.
Philocrates, this man has done what it behoved an honest servant to do.
§295nám ego ex hoc quo genere gnatus sis scio, hic fassust mihi; §296haec tu eadem si confiteri vis, tua ex re feceris: §297quae tamen scio scire me ex hoc.
for I know from him from what family you are born; he has confessed to me; if you are willing to confess these same things, you will have done for your own interest: which things nevertheless I know that I know from him.
§297bFecit officium hic suom, §298cum tibi est confessus verum, quamquam volui sedulo §299meam nobilitatem occultare et genus et divitias meas, §300Hegio; nunc quando patriam et libertatem perdidi, §301non ego istúnc me potius quam te metuere aequom censeo.
Tyndarus: He has done his duty, in confessing the truth to you, although I earnestly wished to conceal my nobility and my birth and my wealth, Hegio; now when I have lost my country and my freedom, I do not think it fair that he should fear me rather than that I should fear you.
§302vis hostilis cum istoc fecit meas opes aequabiles; §303memini, cum dicto haud audebat: facto nunc laedat licet.
The hostile force has made my power equal with his; I remember when he didn't dare do it by word: now he may hurt me by deed.
§304sed viden? fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet:
But do you see?
§305me, qui liber fueram, servom fecit, e summo infimum; §306qui imperare insueram, nunc alterius imperio obsequor.
Human fortune shapes and confines as it pleases: me, who had been free, it has made a slave, from the highest to the lowest; I who had been accustomed to command, now obey the command of another.
§307et quidem si, proinde ut ipse fui imperator familiae, §308habeam dominum, non verear ne iniuste aut graviter mi imperet.
And indeed if, just as I myself was the master of my household, I should have a master, I would not fear lest he should command me unjustly or harshly.
§309Hegio, hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, voluerim.
Hegio, I would wish you to be warned of this, unless perchance you yourself do not wish it.
§310Loquere audacter.
Hegio: Speak boldly.
§310bTam ego fui ante liber quam gnatus tuos, §311tam mihi quam illi libertatem hostilis eripuit manus, §312tam ille apud nos servit, quam ego nunc hic apud te servio.
Tyndarus: I was as free before as your son, the hostile hand snatched away freedom from me as much as from him, he serves among us as much as I serve now here with you.
§313est profecto deus, qui quae nos gerimus auditque et videt: §314is, uti tu me hic habueris, proinde illum illic curaverit; §315bene merenti bene profuerit, male merenti par erit.
There is indeed a god, who both hears and sees what we do: he, just as you treat me here, will care for him there accordingly; he will do good to the well-deserving, and will requite the ill-deserving in like manner.
§316quam tu filium tuom, tam páter me meus desiderat.
As much as you miss your son, so does my father miss me.
§317Memini ego istuc.
Hegio: I remember that.
sed faterin eadem quae hic fassust mihi?
But do you confess the same things which this man confessed to me?
Tyndarus: I confess that my father has the greatest wealth at home and that I am born of the highest family.
sed te optestor, Hegio, §320ne tuom animum avariorem faxint divitiae meae: §321ne patri, tam étsi sum unicus, decere videatur magis, §322me saturum servire apud te sumptu et vestitu tuo §323potius quam illi, ubi minime honestumst, mendicantem vivere.
But I entreat you, Hegio, lest my wealth should make your mind more covetous: lest to my father, although I am an only son, it should seem more fitting that I, well-fed, should serve with you at your expense and clothing rather than that I should live there as a beggar, where it is least honorable.
§325non ego ómnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existimo: §326scio ego, multos iam lucrum lutulentos homines reddidit; §327est etiam ubi profecto damnum praestet facere quam lucrum.
I do not think all gain is entirely useful to a man: I know that gain has already rendered many men filthy; there is even where indeed it is better to suffer loss than to make gain.
§328odi ego aurum: multa multis saepe suasit perperam.
I hate gold: it has often persuaded many to do wrong.
§329nunc hoc animum advorte, ut ea quae sentio pariter scias.
Now turn your mind to this, so that you may likewise know what I think.
§330filius meus illic apud vos servit captus Alide:
Hegio: My son is serving there among you, captured in Alis: