addressing.[117]

In the matter Sthenius was incorruptible, and not even the Praetor
could carry them away without his aid. Cicero, who is very warm in
praise of Sthenius, declares that "here at last Verres had found one
town, the only one in the world, from which he was unable to carry
away something of the public property by force, or stealth, or open
command, or favor."[118]

The governor was so disgusted with this that he abandoned Sthenius,
leaving the house which he had plundered of everything, and betook
himself to that of one Agathinus, who had a beautiful daughter,
Callidama, who, with her husband, Dorotheus, lived with her father
They were enemies of Sthenius, and we are given to understand that
Verres ingratiated himself with them partly for the sake of Callidama,
who seems very quickly to have been given up to him,[119] and partly
that he might instigate them to bring actions against Sthenius. This
is done with great success; so that Sthenius is forced to run away,
and betake himself, winter as it was, across the seas to Rome. It
has already been told that when he was at Rome an action was brought
against him by Verres for having run away when he was under judgment,
in which Cicero defended him, and in which he was acquitted. In the
teeth of his acquittal, Verres persecuted the man by every form of law
which came to his hands as Praetor, but always in opposition to the
law. There is an audacity about the man's proceedings, in his open
contempt of the laws which it was his special duty to carry out,
making us feel how confident he was that he could carry everything
before him in Rome by means of his money. By robbery and concealing
his robberies, by selling his judgments in such a way that he should
maintain some reticence by ordinary precaution, he might have made