Isocrates, Trapeziticus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 42

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[42] Pasion himself, moreover—in effect, at least—I will present as corroborating these statements. An information had been laid by a certain party against a trading-ship, upon which I had lent a large sum of money, as belonging to a man of Delos.¹ When I disputed this claim and demanded that the ship put to sea, those who make a business of blackmail so influenced the Council that at first I almost was put to death without a trial; finally, however, they were persuaded to accept bondsmen from me.

Trapeziticus. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Τραπεζιτικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 42 focus

[42] αὐτὸν τοίνυν Πασίωνʼ ἔργῳ παρέξομαι τούτοις συμμαρτυροῦντα. ὁλκάδα γάρ, ἐφʼ ᾗ πολλὰ χρήματʼ ἦν ἐγὼ δεδωκώς, ἔφηνέ τις ὡς οὖσαν ἀνδρὸς Δηλίου. ἀμφισβητοῦντος δʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ καθέλκειν ἀξιοῦντος οὕτω τὴν βουλὴν διέθεσαν οἱ βουλόμενοι συκοφαντεῖν, ὥστε τὸ μὲν πρῶτον παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθον ἄκριτος ἀποθανεῖν, τελευτῶντες δʼ ἐπείσθησαν ἐγγυητὰς παρʼ ἐμοῦ δέξασθαι.

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Trapeziticus

1. The speaker had lent money on the cargo of the merchant-man which apparently was denounced as being contraband for some reason.

Isocrates Trapeziticus 42

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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