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monies on loan are barren,1 this man shall pay as interest one obol on each drachma for every month2 of arrears; and actions for these cases shall take place before the tribal courts. And now that we have made mention of craftsmen in general, it is right to allude in passing to those whose craft is military security, that is to say, military commanders and all experts in such matters. As to the former craftsmen, so to these men, as craftsmen of another sort,—whenever any of them, either voluntarily or under orders,
1 i.e. bear no interest. Cp. Plat. Laws c; Plat. Rep. a; Aristot. Pol. 1258b 5 ff.
2 As a drachma = 6 obols, the interest would amount to 200 p.c. per annum.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 10 & 11 translated by R.G. Bury. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967 & 1968.
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