Isaeus, On the Estate of Dicaeogenes, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 26

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[26] For myself, gentlemen, I am not surprised that they repudiate their verbal agreements, for they are unwilling to execute the written conditions. We will furnish another proof of our veracity. Dicaeogenes (II.) gave his sister¹ in marriage to Protarchides of Potamos with a dowry of forty minae, but instead of paying the dowry to her in cash he made over to Protarchides the house which he possessed in the Cerameicus. Now this woman, the wife of Protarchides, has a right to just the same share of the estate as my mother.

On the Estate of Dicaeogenes. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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

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[26] ἐγὼ δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες, οὐ θαυμάζω ὅτι ἔξαρνοί εἰσι τὰ ὡμολογημένα· οὐδὲ γὰρ τὰ γραφέντα ἐθέλουσι ποιεῖν. ἡμεῖς δʼ ὡς λέγομεν¹ ἀληθῆ, καὶ ἄλλο τι τεκμήριον παρεξόμεθα. Πρωταρχίδῃ γὰρ τῷ Ποταμίῳ ἔδωκε Δικαιογένης τὴν ἀδελφὴν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐπὶ τετταράκοντα μναῖς, ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς προικὸς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτῷ τὴν ἐν Κεραμεικῷ παρέδωκε. ταύτῃ δὲ τῇ γυναικί, ἣν ὁ Πρωταρχίδης ἔχει, προσήκει τοῦ κλήρου μέρος ὅσον περ τῇ μητρὶ τῇ ἐμῇ.

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On the Estate of Dicaeogenes

1. If the manuscript reading is retained, the reference must be to the giving in marriage of one of his sisters by Dicaeogenes II., since a sister of Dicaeogenes III. would have no claim to a share in the estate. The sister in question must, therefore, be the widow or divorced wife of Democles ( Isaeus 5.5-9 τὴν Δημοκέος γενεμένην γυναῖκα).

Isaeus On the Estate of Dicaeogenes 26

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