πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος

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İngilizce Yunanca

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.

37 When I said this to him, he answered that his colleague in the trierarchy had not come to the ship. So, said he, I will not take over the ship alone.

37 To prove that I am telling you the truth in this, that in the market-place he made the answer mentioned above, that he cared nothing for what I was saying, and that in the house where Timomachus lodged he declared that he would not take over the ship alone—the clerk shall read you the depositions bearing on these facts.

37 The Depositions