[36] Upon his saying this, I answered that the reason I had taken no equipment from the docks was because,
You, said I,
have brought the stores into bad repute. However, if you like, take this equipment of mine; if not, provide equipment for yourself. As for the sailors and marines and rowers, if you say that they have been corrupted by me, take over the ship, and get sailors and marines and rowers for yourself, who will sail with you without pay. But take over the ship, for it is not my place to serve any longer; the term of my trierarchy has expired, and I have served four months beyond it.
Apollodorus Against Polycles. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.
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