Dionysodorus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 10 anchored passages
the defendant · this fellow · this man
in the texts
Against Dionysodorus
The defendant in the suit, a shipowner who together with his partner Parmeniscus borrowed three thousand drachmae from the speaker and Pamphilus on the security of his ship, then diverted the vessel to Rhodes and Egypt in breach of the loan agreement and has withheld repayment for two years.
This Dionysodorus, men of Athens, and his partner Parmeniscus came to us last year in the month Metageitnion, and said that they desired to borrow money on their ship on the terms that she should sail to Egypt and from Egypt to Rhodes or Athens, and they agreed to pay the interest for the voyage to either one of these ports.
In accordance with this agreement, men of the jury, Dionysodorus here and his partner Parmeniscus, when they had got the money from us, despatched their ship from Athens to Egypt.
Dionysodorus, however, claims that he is doing no wrong because of this very fact, since he is not bound to pay the interest in its entirety inasmuch as the ship did not complete her voyage to Peiraeus.
Memorabilia
A visiting teacher who advertises that he teaches generalship at Athens; an aspiring general is sent to study under him.
He once heard that Dionysodorus had arrived at Athens, and gave out that he was going to teach generalship.
Then pray go back and ask him. If he knows and has a conscience, he will be ashamed to send you home ill-taught, after taking your money.