Isaeus, On the Estate of Dicaeogenes, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 6

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[6] Dicaeogenes, having sailed out as commander of the Paralus,¹ was killed in action at Cnidus .² He died without issue, and Proxenus, the father of Dicaeogenes (III.) here, produced a will, in reliance on which our fathers³ distributed his estate. Under the will Dicaeogenes (III.) here was to be recognized as the adopted son of Dicaeogenes (II.), the son of Menexenus (I.) and our uncle, and heir to a third of his estate of the remainder an equal share was adjudicated to each of the daughters of Menexenus (I.). Of these facts I will produce before you as witnesses those who were present on that occasion.

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).) — 6 focus

[6] καὶ ὁ μὲν Δικαιογένης, τριήραρχος ἐκπλεύσας τῆς Παράλου, ἐτελεύτησε μαχόμενος ἐν Κνίδῳ· ἀποθανόντος δʼ αὐτοῦ ἄπαιδος διαθήκην ἀπέφηνε Πρόξενος ὁ Δικαιογένους 〈τουδὶ〉¹ πατήρ, ᾗ πιστεύσαντες οἱ ἡμέτεροι πατέρες ἐνείμαντο τὸν κλῆρον. καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ τρίτῳ μέρει τοῦ κλήρου Δικαιογένης ὅδε τῷ Μενεξένου Δικαιογένει, ἡμετέρῳ δὲ θείῳ, ὑὸς ἐγίγνετο ποιητός· τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν ἑκάστη τὸ μέρος ἐπεδικάσατο τῶν Μενεξένου θυγατέρων. ὧν ἐγὼ τοὺς τότε παρόντας ὑμῖν μάρτυρας παρέξομαι.

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1. The Paralus, which in time of peace was one of the two sacred vessels used for the conveyance of religious missions, ambassadors, etc., was used in war as the flagship of the commander of a squadron.

2. The engagement at Cnidus probably refers to the battle near Syme in 411 B.C. (see Thuc. 8.42 ).

3. Menexenus III., the speaker, is pleading on behalf of himself and his cousins Menexenus II. and Cephisodotus, whose fathers had married two of the sisters of Dicaeogenes II.

Isaeus On the Estate of Dicaeogenes 6

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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