Isaeus, On the Estate of Menecles, ed. Edward Seymour Forster, 39

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[39] καίτοι εἴ γε μὴ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ἐγεγένητο ἡ ποίησις, μηδὲ κληρονόμος ἦν ἐγὼ τῶν¹ Μενεκλέους ὑπʼ αὐτῶν τούτων δεδοκιμασμένος, τί ἔδει αὐτοὺς ὀμνύναι ἐμοὶ ἢ παρʼ ἐμοῦ λαμβάνειν ὅρκους; οὐδὲν² δήπου. οὐκοῦν ὁπότε ἐποίησαν ταῦτα, φαίνονται αὐτοὶ οὗτοι ἐμοὶ μαρτυροῦντες ὅτι κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ἐποιήθην³ [ἡ ποίησις] καὶ δικαίως εἰμὶ κληρονόμος τῶν Μενεκλέους.

On the Estate of Menecles. Isaeus. ed. Edward Seymour Forster. Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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Περὶ τοῦ Μενεκλέους κλήρου (Greek) (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).)

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On the Estate of Menecles Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 39 focus

[39] Yet if the adoption had not been carried out in proper legal form and I had not been recognized as heir to Menecles' property by my opponents themselves, what need was there for them to swear to me and to receive an oath from me? Surely none. By so acting then they themselves clearly bear witness that I was legally adopted and am the rightful heir of Menecles.

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On the Estate of Menecles

1. τῶνedd.: τοῦ.

2. οὐδὲνTyrwhitt: οὐδὲ ἓν.

3. ἐποιήθηνCobet: -η.

Isaeus On the Estate of Menecles 39

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