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Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61

Dionysodorus here does neither the one nor the other, but has come to such a pitch of audacity, that although he borrowed from us three thousand drachmae upon his ship on the condition that it should sail back to Athens, and although we ought to have got back our money in the harvest-season of last year, he took his ship to Rhodes and there unladed his cargo and sold it in defiance of the contract and of your lawsAthenian dealers were allowed to ship grain only to Athens, not to foreign ports; cf. Dem. 56.10 infra.; and from Rhodes again he despatched his ship to Egypt, and from thence back to Rhodes, and to us who lent our money at Athens he has up to this day neither paid back our money nor produced to us our security.

pitch of audacity, that although he borrowed from us three thousand drachmae upon his ship on the condition that it should sail back to Athens, and although we ought to have got back our money in the harvest-season of last year, he took his ship to Rhodes and t cargo and sold it in defiance of the contract and of your lawsAthenian dealers were allowed to ship grain only to Athens, not to foreign ports; cf. Dem. 56.10 infra.; and from Rhodes again he despatched his ship to 56.10 infra.; and from Rhodes again he despatched his ship to Egypt, and from thence back to Rhodes, and to us who lent our money at Athens he has up to this day neither paid back our money nor produced to us our security.

Nay, for two years now he has been using our money for his profit, keeping the loan and the trade and the ship that was mortgaged to us, and notwithstanding this he has come into your court, intending plainly to get us fined with the sixth part of the damages,For this fine, the e)pwbeli/a, imposed upon the plaintiff, he failed to obtain a fifth of the votes, see note on p. 50 of vol. 1. and to put us in prison,Properly the “lodging.” The same euphemism occurs in Dem. 32.29. besides robbing us of our money. We therefore, men of Athens, beg and implore you one and all to come to our aid, if you find that we are being wronged. But first I want to explain to you how the loan was contracted; for thus it will be easiest for you also to follow the ca

This Dionysodorus, men of Athens, and his partner Parmeniscus came to us last year in the month Metageitnion,The month Metageitnion corresponds to the latter half of August and the prior half of September. and said that they desired to borrow money on their ship on the terms that she should sail to Egypt and from Egypt to Rhodes or Athens, and they agreed to pay the interest for the voyage to either one of these ports.

, and his partner Parmeniscus came to us last year in the month Metageitnion,The month Metageitnion corresponds to the latter half of August and the prior half of September. and said that they desired to borrow money on their ship on the terms that she should sail to Egypt and from Egypt to Rhodes or Athens, and they agreed to pay the interest for the voyage to either one of these ports. , and his partner Parmeniscus came to us last year in the month Metageitnion,The month Metageitnion corresponds to the latter half of August and the prior half of September. and said that they desired to borrow money on their ship on the terms that she should sail to Egypt and from Egypt to Rhodes or Athens, and they agreed to pay the interest for the voyage to either one of these ports.

This Dionysodorus, men of Athens, and his partner Parmeniscus came to us last year in the month Metageitnion,The month Metageitnion corresponds to the latter half of August and the prior half of September. and said that they desired to borrow money on their ship on the terms that she should sail to Egypt and from Egypt to Rhodes or Athens, and they agreed to pay thes, and his partner Parmeniscus came to us last year in the month Metageitnion,The month Metageitnion corresponds to the latter half of August and the prior half of September. and said that they desired to borrow money on their ship on the terms that she should sail to Egypt and from Egypt to Rhodes or Athens, and they agreed to pay the interest for the voyage to either one of these ports.

We answered, men of the jury, that we would not lend money for a voyage to any other port than Athens, and so they agreed to return here, and with this understanding they borrowed from us three thousand drachmae on the security of their ship for the voyage out and home; and they entered into a written agreement to these terms. In the contract Pamphilus here was named the lender; but I, although not mentioned, was a sharer in the loan.And first the clerk shall read to you the agreement. Agreement

In accordance with this agreement, men of the jury, Dionysodorus here and his partner Parmeniscus, when they had got the money from us, despatched their ship from Athens to Egypt. Parmeniscus sailed in charge of the ship; Dionysodorus remained at Athens. All these men, I would have you know, men of the jury, were underlings and confederates of Cleomenes, the former ruler of Egypt,After his conquest of Egypt in 331 B.C. Alexander had made Cleomenes collector of revenues for that province. who from the time he received the government did no small harm to your state, or rather to the rest of the Greeks as well, by buying up grain for resale and fixing its price, and in this he had these men as his confederates.

ionysodorus here and his partner Parmeniscus, when they had got the money from us, despatched their ship from Athens to Egypt. Parmeniscus sailed in charge of the ship; Dionysodorus remained at Athens. All these men, I would have you know, men of the jury, were underlings and confederates of Cleomenes, the former ruler of Egypt,After his conquest of Egypt in 331 B.C. Alexander had made Cleomenes collector of revenues for that province. who from the time he received the government did no small harm to your staEgypt in 331 B.C. Alexander had made Cleomenes collector of revenues for that province. who from the time he received the government did no small harm to your state, or rather to the rest of the Greeks as well, by buying up grain for resale and fixing its price, and in this he had these men as his confederates.

In accordance with this agreement, men of the jury, Dionysodorus here and his partner Parmeniscus, when they had got the money from us, despatched their ship from Athens to Egypt. Parmeniscus sailed in charge of the ship; Dionysodorus remained at Athens. All these men, I would have you know, men of the jury, were underlings and confederates of Cleomenes, the former ruler of Egypt,After Athens. All these men, I would have you know, men of the jury, were underlings and confederates of Cleomenes, the former ruler of Egypt,After his conquest of Egypt in 331 B.C. Alexander had made Cleomenes collector of revenues for that province. who from the time he received the government did no small harm to your state, or rather to the rest of the Greeks as well, by buying up grain for resale and fixing its price, and in this he had these men as his confederates.