Isaeus On the Estate of Philoctemon 1

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)
Περὶ τοῦ Φιλοκτήμονος κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 1 focus

Notes on the current edition

On the Estate of Philoctemon

1. If the reading here is correct, Chaerestratus, who is still a young man at the date of this speech ( Isaeus 6.60 ) and therefore cannot have taken part in the famous Sicilian expedition of 415-413 B.C., must have sailed to Sicily on some occasion of which we have no historical record. The emendation Φανόστρατος adopted by most editors, is precluded by the words δεομένων τούτων, which can only refer to Phanostratus and Chaerestratus; although Phanostratus might have taken part in the Sicilian Expedition, Chaerestratus could not have been then alive and therefore would not have requested the speaker to accompany his father to Sicily .