<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text xml:lang="eng"><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg010.perseus-eng2" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" xml:base="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg010.perseus-eng2" n="20"><p>That is why my father never brought a suit for the estate. Then came the Corinthian war,<note resp="Loeb" anchored="true"><date from="-0394" to="-0386">394</date>-386 B.C.</note> in which my father and I were obliged to serve, so that neither of us could have obtained justice. When peace was restored, I had unfortunate difficulties with the public treasury,<note resp="Loeb" anchored="true">Debtors to the public treasury were temporarily deprived of their rights as citizens and therefore could not engage in litigation.</note> so that it was not easy for me to contend with my opponents. Thus we have good reasons for our conduct in the matter. </p></div></div></body></text></TEI>