Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 98

θορυβησάντων δὲ τῶν δικαστῶν ὡς δίκαια λέγοντος αὐτοῦ, παραλαβὼν τοὺς λόγους ὁ νεανίας τῷ αὐτῷ ἐπιχειρήματι, μηδὲν μεταθείς, ἐχρῆτο ῾ἐάν τε ʼ γὰρ ῾νικήσωʼ φησὶν ῾ἐάν τε νικηθῶ, οὐκ ὀφείλω τὸν μισθὸν ἀποδοῦναι Κόρακι, νική- σας μὲν ὅτι ἐνίκησα, λειφθεὶς δὲ κατὰ τὸν τῆς συμφωνίας λόγον ὑπεσχόμην γὰρ ἀποδώσειν τὸν μισθὸν ἐὰν τὴν πρώτην νικήσω δίκην, λειφθεὶς δὲ οὐκ ἀποδώσω.’

When the judges applauded Corax as speaking justly, the young man took up the argument and, changing nothing, used the same reasoning. “Whether I win,” he said, “or am defeated, I do not owe Corax the fee. If I win, because I have won; if I lose, under the terms of the agreement, for I promised to pay the fee if I won my first lawsuit, but if I lose I shall not pay it.”

Les juges faisant grand bruit parce que Corax semblait parler justement, le jeune homme reprit ses paroles et employa exactement le même argument: «Que je gagne ou que je sois vaincu, dit-il, je ne dois pas verser les honoraires à Corax. Si je gagne, parce que j’ai gagné; si je perds, selon les termes de l’accord, car j’ai promis de les verser si je gagnais mon premier procès, mais, vaincu, je ne les verserai pas.»