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§§ 52—4. Clear and explicit as the terms of the law are, they have been violated by taking the ship (from Thieves' harbour) to Chios at the instance of a Chian merchant who had lent them money on our goods in the Euxine. And those who break the law do indirectly injure the citizens generally. ὁ μὲν νόμος—οὕτω χαλεπὸς Or. 43 § 72 ὁ μὲν νόμος οὕτως ἰσχυρός. Uhle, i 112.] γεγραμμένον For this impersonal use of the passive participle, cf. 24 § 105 and 50 § 12 προειρημένον, Antiphon 3 β 7 ἀπειρημένον ... ...προστεταγμένον. Goodwin, Moods and Tenses, § 851. S.] τοῦ ναυκλήρου τοῦ Φ. § 36. περὶ τὸν ναύκληρον ‘With, and in custody of, the skipper.’ The word ἅπαντα is emphatic: he would have the whole cargo, and therefore the property of Androcles was included. Such a transaction appears to have been legal, provided the consent of the former lenders was obtained.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part I. F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D., and J. E. Sandys, Litt. D. 1898. Cambridge University Press.
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