Isaeus, On The Estate Of Pyrrhus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 2

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[2] My brother having died last year, Phile, ignoring the existence of the last tenant, came forward, claiming to be the legitimate daughter of our uncle, and Xenocles of Coprus,¹ as her legal representative, demanded to be given possession of the estate of Pyrrhus, who had died more than twenty years before, having fixed the value of the estate at three talents.

On The Estate Of Pyrrhus. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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On The Estate Of Pyrrhus (English) (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).)

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Περὶ τοῦ Πύρρου κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 2 focus

[2] τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ πέρυσιν, ὑπερβᾶσα τὸν τελευταῖον κληρονόμον, γνησία θυγάτηρ τοῦ ἡμετέρου θείου ἥκει φάσκουσα εἶναι Φίλη, καὶ κύριος Ξενοκλῆς Κόπρειος¹ τοῦ Πύρρου κλήρου λαχεῖν τὴν λῆξιν ἠξίωσεν, ὃς τετελεύτηκε² πλείω ἢ εἴκοσιν ἔτη, τρία τάλαντα τίμημα τῷ κλήρῳ ἐπιγραψάμενος.

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On The Estate Of Pyrrhus

1. A deme belonging to the tribe of Hippothontis. A scholiast on Aristoph. Kn. 899 , states that it was an island off Attica .

Isaeus On The Estate Of Pyrrhus 2

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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