Trapeziticus (33)

So then, the fact that we made the agreement, not as Pasion will try to explain, but as I have related to you, I think has been sufficiently established. And it should not occasion surprise, men of the jury, that he falsified the memorandum, not only for the reason that there have been numerous frauds of such nature, but because some of Pasion’s friends have been guilty of conduct far worse. For instance, is there anyone who is ignorant that Pythodorus, called “the shop-keeper,”[*] whose words and acts are all in Pasion’s interest, last year opened the voting-urns[*] and removed the ballots naming the judges which had been cast by the Council?