Isaeus, On The Estate Of Pyrrhus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 8

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[8] But I desire first to ask some questions. He has deposed that he married his sister to a man who possessed a fortune of three talents; what dowry does he allege that he gave with her? Next, did this wedded wife leave her husband during his lifetime or quit his house after his death?¹ And from whom did the defendant recover his sister's dowry after the death of him to whom he has deposed that he gave her in marriage?

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).) — 8 focus

[8] ἐπιθυμῶ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν [περὶ αὐτοῦ τούτου] πυθέσθαι, ἥν τινά ποτε προῖκά φησιν ἐπιδοὺς ἐκδοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ὁ μεμαρτυρηκὼς τῷ τὸν τριτάλαντον οἶκον κεκτημένῳ, εἶτα πότερον ἡ ἐγγυητὴ γυνὴ ἀπέλιπε τὸν ἄνδρα ζῶντα ἢ τελευτήσαντος τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρʼ ὅτου ἐκομίσατο τὴν τῆς ἀδελφῆς προῖκα οὗτος, ἐπειδὴ τετελευτηκὼς ἦν ᾧ μεμαρτύρηκεν οὗτος αὐτὴν ἐγγυῆσαι,

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On The Estate Of Pyrrhus

1. A widow might either remain in her late husband's house, if there were no children, or return to the house of her legal representative ( κύριος), and, through him, obtain the return of her dowry or the payment of interest upon it for her maintenance.

Isaeus On The Estate Of Pyrrhus 8

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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