Isaeus, On The Estate Of Pyrrhus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 3

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[3] When our mother, the sister of Pyrrhus, claimed¹ the estate, the legal representative of the woman who was suing for the estate had the audacity to put in a protestation² that the estate was not adjudicable to our mother, because Pyrrhus, to whom it originally belonged, had a legitimate daughter. We denounced his protestation and brought before you the man who had the audacity to make it;

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).) — 3 focus

[3] ἀμφισβητούσης δὲ τῆς μητρὸς τῆς ἡμετέρας, ἀδελφῆς δὲ τοῦ Πύρρου, ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰληχυίας τοῦ κλήρου γυναικὸς ἐτόλμησε διαμαρτυρῆσαι μὴ ἐπίδικον τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ μητρὶ τὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ κλῆρον εἶναι, ὡς οὔσης γνησίας θυγατρὸς Πύρρῳ, οὗ ἦν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὁ κλῆρος. ἐπισκηψάμενοι¹ δὲ ἡμεῖς, καὶ εἰς ὑμᾶς εἰσαγαγόντες τὸν διαμαρτυρῆσαι τολμήσαντα [κατὰ] ταῦτα,

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On The Estate Of Pyrrhus

1. She claimed as sister of Pyrrhus, not as mother of Endius, in which capacity she had no title.

2. For the meaning of διαμαρτυρία (protestation) see Isaeus 2 , Introduction.

Isaeus On The Estate Of Pyrrhus 3

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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