Isaeus, On the Estate of Nicostratus, ed. Edward Seymour Forster, 13

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[13] ἔτι δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες, καὶ τῶν διατιθεμένων οἱ πολλοὶ οὐδὲ λέγουσι τοῖς παραγιγνομένοις ὅ τι διατίθενται, ἀλλʼ αὐτοῦ μόνου, τοῦ καταλιπεῖν διαθήκας, μάρτυρας παρίστανται, τοῦ δὲ συμβαίνοντός ἐστι καὶ γραμματεῖον ἀλλαγῆναι καὶ τἀναντία ταῖς τοῦ τεθνεῶτος διαθήκαις μεταγραφῆναι· οὐδὲν γὰρ μᾶλλον οἱ μάρτυρες εἴσονται, εἰ ἐφʼ αἷς ἐκλήθησαν διαθήκαις, αὗται ἀποφαίνονται.¹

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

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Περὶ τοῦ Νικοστράτου κλήρου (ἐπίλογος) (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 Nicostratus Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 13 focus

[13] Further, gentlemen, most of those who make wills do not even mention to those who are present the purport of their will, but only invite them to attest the fact that they have made a will, and it is within the range of possibility that a will has been substituted or alterations made in a sense directly opposed to the wishes of the deceased; for the witnesses will have no more knowledge than anyone else whether the will produced is that which they were summoned to attest.

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On the Estate of Nicostratus

1. ἀποφαίνονταιDobree: -οιντο.

Isaeus On the Estate of Nicostratus 13

ed. Edward Seymour Forster

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