On the Estate of Hagnias

But you all are my witnesses that my wife's brothers, Chaereleos and Macartatus, were not among those who supported public burdens but among those who possessed only slender fortunes. You know that Macartatus sold his land and bought a trireme which he manned and sailed away in it to Crete. The affair was no secret but even gave rise to a discussion in the Assembly,[*](See Introduction.) since it was feared that he might bring about a state of war instead of peace between us and the Lacedaemonians.