and further, that the loser should pay a penalty of one-sixth of the sum at stake. The
 purpose of the penalty was this—that persons who had the effrontery to rake up old grudges
 should not only be convicted of perjury but also, not awaiting the vengeance of the gods,
 should suffer immediate punishment. I thought, therefore, that it was absurd if, under the
 existing laws, I was to permit my calumniator to risk only thirty drachmas, while I myself
 am contesting a suit in which my whole property is at stake. I intend to prove that Callimachus not only is bringing a suit in violation of the terms
 of the Amnesty agreement, but that he is also guilty of falsehood in his charges, and
 furthermore, that we have already resorted to arbitration in the matter at issue. But I
 wish to relate the facts to you from the beginning; for if you learn that he has suffered
 no wrong at my hands, I think that you will be more inclined to defend the Amnesty and be
 more incensed with him.