In the first place, he is the son of a wealthy and wise father, Anthemion, who acquired his wealth, not by accident or gift, like Ismenias the Theban (who has recently made himself as rich as Polycrates), but by his own skill and industry, and who is a well-conditioned, modest man, not insolent, or overbearing, or annoying;
Anito hau, hasteko, Antemion aberats eta jakintsuaren semea baita, aberats bihurtu zena, baina ez ausaz edo norbaitek emanda-oraintxe Polikratesen dirutzak jaso dituen Ismenias tebastarra bezala-, baizik eta bere jakinduriaz eta arduraz lortuta;