Against Athenogenes (26-27)

I am not a seller of perfume[*] and I do not practise any other trade. I simply farm the property which my father gave me, and I was landed in the purchase by these people. Which is more probable, Athenogenes, that I set my heart on your trade in which I was not proficient, or that you and your mistress had designs on my money? Personally, I think that you are indicated. Therefore, gentlemen of the jury, you could fairly excuse me for being cheated by ⋯ and for having had the misfortune to fall in with a man like this, but to Athenogenes ⋯

all to be mine and the profits of the fraud to be his ⋯ that I took Midas ⋯ whom he says he was reluctant to let go. But for the boy whom, we are told, he originally offered me for nothing, he has now been paid a far higher price than he is worth; and yet in the end the boy will not be my property but will be freed on the strength of your verdict.[*]