Isaeus, On the Estate of Dicaeogenes, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 47

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[47] In the first place, you preferred to possess our property rather than their glory, and wished to be called son of Dicaeogenes rather than of Harmodius,¹ despising the right of dining in the town hall and disdaining the seats of honor and the immunities granted to the descendants of those heroes.² Further, the great Aristogeiton and Harmodius were honored, not because of their birth but because of their bravery, of which you, Dicaeogenes, have no share.

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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[47] πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ εἵλου ἀντὶ τῆς ἐκείνων δόξης τὴν ἡμετέραν οὐσίαν κτήσασθαι, καὶ ἐβουλήθης μᾶλλον Δικαιογένους καλεῖσθαι ὑὸς ἢ Ἁρμοδίου, ὑπεριδὼν μὲν τὴν ἐν Πρυτανείῳ σίτησιν, καταφρονήσας δὲ προεδριῶν¹ καὶ ἀτελειῶν, ἃ τοῖς ἐξ ἐκείνων γεγονόσι δέδοται. ἔτι δὲ ὁ Ἀριστογείτων ἐκεῖνος καὶ Ἁρμόδιος οὐ διὰ τὸ γένος ἐτιμήθησαν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν ἀνδραγαθίαν, ἧς σοι οὐδὲν μέτεστιν, ὦ Δικαιόγενες.

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On the Estate of Dicaeogenes

1. i.e., was willing to be adopted into another family in order to inherit money.

2. The senior male representatives of the families of Harmodius andAristogeiton enjoyed the right to dine with the prytaneis in the town hall ( θόλος), seats of honor at public functions, and certain immunities from taxation.

Isaeus On the Estate of Dicaeogenes 47

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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