This trial, men of the jury, is an important one for me. For I have at stake, not only a
 large sum of money, but also my reputation—for I risk being thought to covet what justly
 belongs to another; and that is what gives me the greatest concern. For sufficient
 property will be left to me even if I am defrauded of this sum; but if I should be thought
 to be laying claim to so large a sum of money without just cause, I should have an evil
 reputation as long as I live. The plea that the litigant's
 reputation is at stake is commonplace in the forensic orations; cf. the speeches of
 Lysias. 
 The greatest difficulty of all, men of the jury, is that I have adversaries of the
 character of the defendants here. For contracts with the managers of banks are entered
 into without witnesses, and any who are wronged by them are obliged to bring suit against
 men who have many friends, handle much money, and have a reputation for honesty because of
 their profession. In spite of these considerations I think I shall make it clear to all
 that I have been defrauded of my money by Pasion. I shall relate the facts to you from the beginning as well as I can. My father, men of
 the jury, is Sopaeus; all who sail to the Pontus know that his relations with Satyrus Satyrus was king of Bosporus ( 407-393 B.C. ); cf. Lys. 16.4 . are so
 intimate that he is ruler of an extensive territory and has charge of that ruler's entire
 forces. Having heard reports both of this state and of the other lands where Greeks live, I
 desired to travel abroad. And so my father loaded two ships with grain, Athens imported great quantities of grain from the Pontus; cf.
 Dem. 20.31-35 . gave me money, and sent me off on a
 trading expedition and at the same time to see the world. Cf. Hdt. 1.29 where Solon leaves Athens “to see the world” (
 KATA\ QEWRI/AN ). Pythodorus, the
 Phoenician, introduced Pasion to me and I opened an account at his bank. Later on, as a result of slander which reached Satyrus to the effect that my father was
 plotting against the throne and that I was associating with the exiles, Satyrus arrested
 my father and sent orders to citizens of Pontus in residence here in Athens to take
 possession of my money and to bid me to return and, if I refused to obey, to demand of you
 my extradition.