Demosthenes, For Phormio, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), 5

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[5] He owed that amount, not because of poverty, but because of his thrift.¹ For the real property of Pasio was about twenty talents, but in addition to this he had more than fifty talents in money of his own lent² out at interest. Among these were eleven talents of the bank’s deposits, profitably invested.

For Phormio. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1936.

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A Friend Pleading for Phormio (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. IV: Private Orations, Vol 1. Murray, A. T., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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[5] οὐ γὰρ διʼ ἀπορίαν ταῦτʼ ὤφειλεν, ἀλλὰ διὰ φιλεργίαν. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἔγγειος ἦν οὐσία Πασίωνι μάλιστα ταλάντων εἴκοσιν, ἀργύριον δὲ πρὸς ταύτῃ δεδανεισμένον ἴδιον πλέον ἢ πεντήκοντα τάλαντα. ἐν οὖν τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις τούτοις ἀπὸ τῶν παρακαταθηκῶν τῶν τῆς τραπέζης ἕνδεκα τάλαντʼ ἐνεργὰ ἦν.

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For Phormio

1. The word naturally denotes industry, but the clause might possibly be rendered because he did not wish capital to lie idle; so Dareste. In Dem. 45.33 , Apollodorus implies that the debt was due to mismanagement on the part of Phormio.

2. As eleven talents of this money belonged to the bank, this phrase is open to question.

Demosthenes For Phormio 5

Augustus Taber Murray (Translator)

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