Passage 4.9.7
ἀνὴρ τῶν Μεσσηνίων---τὸ δὲ ὄνομα οὐ λέγουσιν---ἐρῶν ἔτυχε τοῦ Ἀριστοδήμου τῆς θυγατρός, τότε δὲ ἤδη ἔμελλε καὶ γυναῖκα ἄξεσθαι. οὗτος κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὲν ἐς ἀμφισβήτησιν Ἀριστοδήμῳ προῆλθεν, ἐκεῖνον μὲν ἐγγυήσαντά οἱ μηκέτι εἶναι κύριον τῆς παιδός, αὐτὸς δὲ ἐγγυησάμενος κυριώτερος ἐκείνου γίνεσθαι. δεύτερα δὲ ὡς τοῦτο οὐχ ἑώρα οἱ κατορθούμενον, ἐπʼ ἀναίσχυντον τρέπεται λόγον·
A man among the Messenians—whose name they do not mention—happened to be in love with the daughter of Aristodemus, who at that time was already betrothed and soon to marry. At first this man entered into a dispute with Aristodemus, declaring that Aristodemus, having already given the pledge, was no longer master over his daughter, while he himself, having received the pledge, now had greater authority than the father over her. But as he saw that he was not successful in this claim, he turned to disgraceful talk: