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İngilizce Yunanca

55 (To the clerk.) However, to prove that I am telling the truth in this, take the deposition of Deinias and read it; and call Deinias.

55 The Deposition

55 Deinias, son of Theomnestus, of Athmonon,Athmonon was a deme of the tribe Cecropis. deposes that he gave his daughter to Apollodorus to live with him as his wife according to the laws, and that he was never present when Apollodorus released Phormio from all claims, nor was ever aware that he had done so.

56 Deinias, men of the jury, is very like Stephanus, is he not?—Deinias, who on account of his relationship, refuses to testify against the defendant even to what is true, and on behalf of his daughter and his daughter’s children, and me, his son-in-law!We must assume that Deinias, when called upon, refused to swear to the deposition which was read (whether the deposition given in the text is authentic or not cannot be determined with certainty). He must, therefore, have taken the oath of disclaimer (ἐξωμοσία), although this is not stated in the text. Apollodorus asserts that Deinias took this course for fear that by swearing to the deposition he would work harm to his kinsman Stephanus. We must be content to confess our ignorance of his reasons. Not so Stephanus here. He did not hesitate to give false testimony against us; even respect for his own mother, if for no one else, did not keep him from bringing the extremest poverty upon those who through her were his relatives.