A Friend Pleading for Phormio (55-56)

I think, then, men of Athens, that nothing could be more to the purpose than to bring forward witnesses to these facts. For if one is continually making baseless charges, what can one expect him to do now? In truth, men of Athens, I think that whatever serves as an index of Phormio’s character, and of his uprightness and his generosity, I may rightly bring before you as something quite to the purpose. For one who is dishonest in all matters might perhaps have wronged the plaintiff among others; but a man who has never wronged anybody in anything, but, on the contrary, has voluntarily done good to many, how could he reasonably be thought to have wronged Apollodorus alone of all men?

When you have heard these depositions, you will know the character of either.

The Depositions

Now read those which bear upon the baseness of Apollodorus.

The Depositions

Is this fellow of like stamp? Consider. Read on.

The Depositions

Now read all the services which Phormio has rendered to the state.

Depositions