Isaeus, On the Estate of Philoctemon, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 46

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[46] Further, mark the effrontery and impudence of the witness himself, who has claimed for himself Euctemon's daughter¹ as being an heiress and a fifth part² of Euctemon's estate as being adjudicable, while he has given evidence that Euctemon has a legitimate son. In doing so does he not clearly convict himself of having given false evidence? For obviously, if Euctemon had a legitimate son, his daughter could not be heiress or the estate adjudicable. To prove, then, that he made these claims, the clerk shall read you the depositions.

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

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[46] ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοῦ μάρτυρος αὐτοῦ σκέψασθε τὴν τόλμαν καὶ ἀναίδειαν, ὅστις εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου, καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κλήρου τοῦ Εὐκτήμονος πέμπτου μέρους ὡς ἐπιδίκου ὄντος, μεμαρτύρηκε δʼ Εὐκτήμονος ὑὸν εἶναι γνήσιον. καίτοι πῶς οὗτος οὐ σαφῶς ἐξελέγχει αὐτὸς αὑτὸν τὰ ψευδῆ μεμαρτυρηκότα; οὐ γὰρ δήπου γνησίου ὄντος ὑέος Εὐκτήμονι ἐπίκληρος ἂν ἦν ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ὁ κλῆρος ἐπίδικος. ὡς τοίνυν ἔλαχε ταύτας τὰς λήξεις, ἀναγνώσεται ὑμῖν τὰς μαρτυρίας.

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On the Estate of Philoctemon

1. Namely, the widow of Chaeres, cf. Isaeus 6.51 .

2. The words πέμπτου μέρους are certainly corrupt: there is no reason in law why a fifth part should have been claimed. No satisfactory emendation has been proposed.

Isaeus On the Estate of Philoctemon 46

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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