At that time, men of the jury, I thought that Pasion was giving me all this advice
 because of goodwill toward me; but when I had arranged matters with the representatives of
 Satyrus, I perceived that he had designs on my property. For when I wished to recover my
 money and sail to Byzantium, Pasion thought a most favorable opportunity had come his way;
 for the sum of money on deposit with him was large and of sufficient value to warrant a
 shameless act, and I, in the presence of many listeners, had denied that I possessed
 anything, and everybody had seen that money was being demanded of me and that I was
 acknowledging that I was indebted to others also. Besides this, men of the jury, he was of opinion that if I attempted to remain here, I
 should be handed over by Athens to Satyrus, and if I should go anywhere else, he would be
 indifferent to my complaints, and if I should sail to the Pontus, I should be put to death
 along with my father; it was on the strength of these calculations that Pasion decided to
 defraud me of my money. And although to me he pretended that for the moment he was short
 of funds and would not be able to repay me, yet when I, wishing to ascertain exactly the
 truth, sent Philomelus and Menexenus to him to demand my property, he denied to them that
 he had anything belonging to me. Thus beset on every side by misfortunes so dire, what, think you, was my state of mind?
 If I kept silent I should be defrauded of my money by Pasion here; if I should make this
 complaint, I was none the more likely to recover it and I should bring myself and my
 father into the greatest disrepute with Satyrus. The wisest course, therefore, as I
 thought, was to keep silent.