Isaeus, On the Estate of Dicaeogenes, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 37

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[37] Yet, gentlemen, his large fortune was not bequeathed to him by his father but given to him by your verdict; so that, even if he were not an Athenian citizen, he was in duty bound for this reason alone to do the city good service. Though so many extraordinary contributions for the cost of the war and the safety of the city have been made by all the citizens, Dicaeogenes (III.) has never contributed anything, except that after the capture of Lechaeum,¹ at the request of another citizen, he promised in the public assembly a subscription of 300 drachmas, a smaller sum than Cleonymus the Cretan.²

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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Περὶ τοῦ Δικαιογένους κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 37 focus

[37] καίτοι, ὦ ἄνδρες, οὐχ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ τὴν πολλὴν οὐσίαν κατέλιπεν, ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς ἔδοτε τῇ ψήφῳ· ὥστε εἰ καὶ μὴ πολίτης ἦν, διά γε τοῦτο δίκαιος ἦν τὴν πόλιν εὖ ποιεῖν. εἰσφορῶν τοίνυν τοσούτων γεγενημένων πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις εἰς τὸν πόλεμον καὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν τῆς πόλεως Δικαιογένης οὐκ ἔστιν ἥντινα εἰσενήνοχε· πλὴν ὅτε Λέχαιον¹ ἑάλω, κληθεὶς ὑπὸ ἑτέρου ἐπέδωκεν ἐν τῷ δήμῳ τριακοσίας δραχμάς, ἔλαττον ἢ Κλεώνυμος ὁ Κρής·

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On the Estate of Dicaeogenes

1. One of the harbors of Corinth which was captured by the Spartans in 392 B.C.

2. i.e., one who was not even an Athenian citizen.

Isaeus On the Estate of Dicaeogenes 37

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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