Isaeus, On The Estate Of Pyrrhus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 39

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Do you think that Nicodemus is so disinterested in money matters, that, if the fact which he alleges were true, he would not have provided for his own interests with scrupulous care? By heaven, I am sure he would have done so; for even those who give their womenkind to others as mistresses make stipulations in advance as to the benefits which such women are to enjoy. And was Nicodemus, when, according to his own account, he was going to give his sister in marriage, content with simply securing the requirements of a legal marriage¹—a man who shows himself only too anxious to be dishonest for a paltry sum which he hopes to receive for speaking in court?²

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).) — 39 focus

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δοκεῖ ἂν ὑμῖν οὕτως ὀλιγώρως ἔχειν χρημάτων Νικόδημος, ὥστε, εἰ ἦν ἀληθὲς τὸ πρᾶγμα, οὐκ ἂν σφόδρα διακριβώσασθαι περὶ τῶν ἑαυτῷ συμφερόντων; ναὶ μὰ Δία, ὡς ἔγωγʼ οἶμαι, ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ παλλακίᾳ¹ διδόντες τὰς ἑαυτῶν πάντες πρότερον διομολογοῦνται περὶ τῶν δοθησομένων ταῖς παλλακαῖς· Νικόδημος δὲ ἐγγυᾶν μέλλων, 〈ὥς〉² φησι, τὴν ἀδελφὴν τὴν αὑτοῦ μόνον τὸ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ἐγγυῆσαι διεπράξατο; ὃς ἐπʼ ὀλίγῳ ἀργυρίῳ, οὗ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγει πρὸς ὑμᾶς, σφόδρα βούλεται πονηρὸς εἶναι;

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1. i.e., without insisting on stipulations regarding a dowry which might eventually benefit him.

2. i.e., as a reward for his false evidence.

Isaeus On The Estate Of Pyrrhus 39

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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