Isaeus, On the Estate of Dicaeogenes, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 42

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[42] Furthermore, by dedicating on the Acropolis the first-fruits of their wealth, they have adorned the shrine with bronze and marble statues, numerous, indeed, to have been provided out of a private fortune. They themselves died fighting for their country; Dicaeogenes (I.), the son of Menexenus, the father of my grandfather Menexenus (I.), while acting as general when the battle took place at Eleusis ;¹ Menexenus (I.), his son, in command of the cavalry at Spartolus in the territory of Olynthus ;² Dicaeogenes (II.), the son of Menexenus (I.), while in command of the Paralus³ at Cnidus .

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

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[42] ἔτι δʼ ἐν ἀκροπόλει ἀπαρχὰς τῶν ὄντων ἀναθέντες πολλοῖς, ὡς ἀπὸ ἰδίας κτήσεως, ἀγάλμασι χαλκοῖς καὶ λιθίνοις κεκοσμήκασι τὸ ἱερόν. αὐτοὶ δʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος πολεμοῦντες ἀπέθανον, Δικαιογένης μὲν ὁ Μενεξένου τοῦ ἐμοῦ πάππου πατὴρ στρατηγῶν ὅτε ἡ ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι μάχη ἐγένετο, Μενέξενος δʼ ὁ ἐκείνου ὑὸς φυλαρχῶν τῆς Ὀλυνθίας¹ ἐν Σπαρτώλῳ, Δικαιογένης δὲ ὁ Μενεξένου τριηραρχῶν τῆς Παράλου ἐν Κνίδῳ.

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1. Nothing is known of any battle at Eleusis . Dobree reads Ἁλιεῦσι(cf. Thuc. 1.104 ).

2. In 429 B.C. (cf. Thuc. 2.79 ).

3. See Isaeus 5.6 and note.

Isaeus On the Estate of Dicaeogenes 42

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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