Book 1
14.1
Wrong acts are greater in proportion to the injustice from which they spring. For this reason the most trifling are sometimes the greatest, as in the charge brought by Callistratus1.7.13. Callistratus and Melanopus were rival orators. Nothing is known of this particular charge. against Melanopus that he had fraudulently kept back three consecrated half-obols from the temple-buildersThe magistrates who superintended the building and repairing operations.; whereas, in the case of just actions, it is quite the contrary. The reason is that the greater potentially inheres in the less; for he who has stolen three consecrated half-obols will commit any wrong whatever. Wrong acts are judged greater sometimes in this way, sometimes by the extent of the injury done.
14.2
A wrong act is greater when there is no adequate punishment for it, but all are insufficient; when there is no remedy, because it is difficult if not impossible to repair it;Understanding ἰᾶσθαι. Or to punish adequately, supplying οὗ μὴ ἴση τιμωρία. and when the person injured cannot obtain legal satisfaction, since it is irremediable; for justice and punishment are kinds of remedies.
