And after I had divided the property into these two shares, I gave Olympiodorus his choice to take whichever of the two shares he pleased; and he chose the color-grinders and the small house, while I took the weavers and the dwelling-house.

This is what each of us had. Now in the share of this fellow Olympiodorus there was a man, one of the color-grinders, whom Comon used to regard as most faithful to himself; the man’s name was Moschion. This slave had a pretty good knowledge of all Comon’s other affairs, and in particular knew where the money was which Comon kept in the house;