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“DepositionErasicles
deposes that he was pilot of the ship of which Hyblesius was owner, and that
to his knowledge Apollodorus1 was conveying in the ship four
hundred and fifty jars of Mendaean wine, and no more; and that Apollodorus
conveyed no other cargo in the ship to Pontus.Hippias, son of Athenippus, of Halicarnassus, deposes that he too sailed
in the ship of Hyblesius as supercargo of the vessel and that to his
knowledge Apollodorus of Phaselis was conveying in the ship from
Mendê to Pontus four hundred and fifty jars of Mendaean wine, and
no other cargo.In addition to these, written
affidavits2 were submitted by
Archiades, son of Mnesonidas,of Acharnae, Sostratus, son of Philip, of
Histiaea, Eumarichus, son of Euboeus, of Histiaea, Philtiades, son of
Ctesias, of Xypetê, and Dionysius, son of Democratides, of
Cholleidae.3”
1 Perhaps a bit of carelessness on the part of the writer of this spurious deposition. In Dem. 34.16 we are told that it was Artemo who was to sail with the cargo.
2 Affidavits, taken down in writing in the presence of witnesses appointed for the purpose, and verified by them under oath, were accepted as evidence when the individuals could not be present in person.
3 Acharnae was a deme of the tribe Oeneïs, Xypetê a deme of the tribe Cecropis, and Cholleidae a deme of the tribe Aegeis.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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