and me, who have been so zealous in serving the state, adjudged unworthy of obtaining
 even my just rights? And who would not reproach you, if, cajoled by the words of
 Callimachus, you should find me of such baseness, you who, when you judged us on the
 strength of our deeds, crowned us for our bravery at a time when it was not so easy as it
 is now to win that honor? It has come to pass that our appeal is the opposite of that which other litigants
 generally make; for everybody else reminds the recipients of the benefactions they have
 received, whereas we ask you, the donors, to bear your gifts in mind, that they may serve
 you as corroboration of all I have said and of our principles of conduct.