Thrasyllus, with these books as his capital, practised the art of divination. He became
 an itinerant soothsayer, lived in many cities, and was intimate with several women, some
 of whom had children whom he never even recognized as legitimate, and, in particular,
 during this period he lived with the mother of the complainant. When he had acquired a large fortune and yearned for his fatherland, he left this woman
 and the others as well, and debarking at Siphnos married a sister of my father. Thrasyllus
 himself was indeed the leading citizen in wealth, but he knew that our family was likewise
 pre-eminent in lineage and in general standing; and he cherished so warmly my father's affection for him that at the death of his wife,
 who was without children, he remarried, taking as wife my father's cousin, as he did not
 wish to dissolve the affinity with us. But after he had lived with her for only a short
 time, he suffered the same bereavement as his former wife. After this he married a woman of Seriphos, belonging to a family of greater consequence
 than might be expected of a native of their island. The
 insignificance of Seriphos was proverbial; cf. Plat. Rep.
 329e . Of this marriage were born Sopolis, Thrasylochus, and a daughter,
 who is my wife. These were the only legitimate children left by Thrasyllus and he made
 these his heirs when he died. Thrasylochus and I, having inherited from our fathers a friendship the intimacy of which
 I have recently mentioned, made the bond still closer. For during our childhood we were
 fonder of each other than of our brothers, and we would perform no sacrifice, make no
 pilgrimage, and celebrate no festival except in one another's company; and when we reached
 manhood we never opposed one another in any action undertaken, for we not only shared our
 private concerns but also held similar sentiments regarding public affairs, and we had the
 same intimates and guest-friends.