1
It is surprising, gentlemen of the Council, that the fact of our reconcilement is so keenly disputed, and that, while he cannot deny his having restored the yoke of oxen, the slaves, amid all the goods on the estate that he received under the exchange,Apparently an exchange of property in the matter of a λειτουργία. See note on Lys. 3.20, and Lys. 4, Introd. he denies, in face of the settlement clearly made on every point, that we agreed to share the woman between us.
2
It is plain that he made the exchange because of her; and the only reason he can give—if he wishes to speak the truth—for having restored what he received is that our friends reconciled us on all these matters.
3
I could wish that he had not been omitted by lot from the judges at the Dionysia,The great dramatic festival, held about the end of March. Ten judges of the contests seem to have been appointed beforehand, but only some of these were chosen by lot for the actual recording of votes. so that you might have seen clearly that he had been reconciled to me, from his decision that my tribe was the winner. In fact he recorded it thus on his tablet, but he was omitted by lot.
