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It is necessary that you should understand how large
a sum he claims to have paid. A hundred and twenty staters amount to three
thousand three hundred and sixty drachmae, and the interest at the land rate of
sixteen and two-thirds percent on thirty-three minae and sixty drachmae is five
hundred and sixty drachmae, and the total amount comes to so much.1
1 That is, of course, the sum of the two items, or three thousand nine hundred and twenty drachmae. The total is not mentioned here, as it is given in the lines immediately following. Note that the speaker inexactly speaks as if the whole sum （including the interest） had been paid to Lampis （according to Phormio's claim）. The argument is, however, valid, as the sum represents the cost to Phormio of paying off the loan.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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