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§ 1 (Dem. 1).

§ 2 (Dem. 2).

§ 3 (Dem. 3).

§ 4 (Dem. 4).

§ 5 (Dem. 5).

§ 6 (Dem. 6).

§ 7 (Dem. 7).

§ 8 (Dem. 8).

§ 9 (Dem. 9).

§ 10 (Dem. 10).

§ 11 (Dem. 11).

§ 12 (Dem. 13).

§ 13 (Dem. 14).

§ 14 (Dem. 15).

§ 15 (Dem. 16).

§ 16 (Dem. 17).

§ 17 (Dem. 18).

§ 18 (Dem. 19).

§ 19 (Dem. 20).

§ 20 (Dem. 21).

§ 21 (Dem. 23).

§ 22 (Dem. 22).

§ 23 (Dem. 24).

§ 24 (Dem. 25 & 26).

§ 25 (Dem. 59).

§ 26 (Dem. 58).

§ 27 (Dem. 57).

§ 28 (Dem. 27).

§ 29 (Dem. 28).

§ 30 (Dem. 29).

§ 31 (Dem. 30).

§ 32 (Dem. 31).

§ 33 (Dem. 54).

§ 34 (Dem. 39).

§ 35 (Dem. 40).

§ 36 (Dem. 36).

§ 37 (Dem. 45).

§ 38 (Dem. 46).

§ 39 (Dem. 32).

§ 40 (Dem. 37).

§ 41 (Dem. 38).

§ 42 (Dem. 35).

§ 43 (Dem. 34).

§ 44 (Dem. 33).

§ 45 (Dem. 55).

§ 46 (Dem. 52).

§ 47 (Dem. 51).

§ 48 (Dem. 50).

§ 49 (Dem. 49).

§ 50 (Dem. 53).

§ 51 (Dem. 42).

§ 52 (Dem. 41).

§ 53 (Dem. 48).

→ § 54 (Dem. 56).

§ 55 (Dem. 47).

§ 56 (Dem. 43).

§ 57 (Dem. 44).

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Libanius, Hypotheses to the Orations of Demosthenes 

Craig Gibson, trans., edition of April 30, 2003

page 55 of 58

· § 54 (Dem. 56) ·

Plot on a Map
Egypt.
Rhodes.
Athens.

(1) Dareius and Pamphilus loaned Dionysodorus three thousand drachmae for him to sail to Egypt and from there back to Athens again. They took the ship as security, and it was mutually agreed that they would also get back whatever interest was due them when Dionysodorus returned to Athens. (2) Dionysodorus sailed up from Egypt, came to port at Rhodes, and there unloaded his cargo, either (according to him) because the ship was wrecked and rotten, or (according to Dareius) because he found out that grain was cheap at Athens; for Dareius claims that the ship is seaworthy and even now is able to sail. (3) So those who made the loan are accusing Dionysodorus of breaking the contract, since he did not present the security (that is, the ship) where it could easily be seen, and they are demanding back from him the interest that they had agreed upon. However, he does not want to pay the whole amount back, but only an amount proportional to the part of the voyage that he actually sailed.

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When using this article as a resource, cite it thus:

Craig Gibson, trans., “Libanius, Hypotheses to the Orations of Demosthenes,” in C.W. Blackwell, ed., Dēmos: Classical Athenian Democracy (A. Mahoney and R. Scaife, edd., The Stoa: a consortium for electronic publication in the humanities [www.stoa.org]) edition of April 30, 2003. Contact: cwb@stoa.org.

© April 30, 2003, Craig Gibson, trans.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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