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

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Depositions

Thus the contrary has been done of that which the law has prescribed; for according to the law no male or female bastard has any right, based on kinship, to participate in the cults or property of a family since the archonship of Eucleides¹; yet Androcles and Antidorus consider themselves entitled to rob the legitimate daughters of Euctemon and their issue, and to possess the property both of Euctemon and of Philoctemon.

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

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

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Περὶ τοῦ Φιλοκτήμονος κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 47 focus

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〈Μαρτυρίαι〉

τοὐναντίον τοίνυν συμβέβηκεν ἢ ὡς ὁ νόμος γέγραπται· ἐκεῖ μὲν γὰρ ἐστι νόθῳ μηδὲ νόθῃ 〈μὴ〉¹ εἶναι ἀγχιστείαν μήθʼ ἱερῶν μήθʼ ὁσίων ἀπʼ Εὐκλείδου ἄρχοντος, Ἀνδροκλῆς² δὲ καὶ Ἀντίδωρος οἴονται δεῖν, ἀφελόμενοι τὰς Εὐκτήμονος θυγατέρας τὰς γνησίας καὶ τοὺς ἐκ τούτων γεγονότας, τόν τε Εὐκτήμονος οἶκον καὶ τὸν Φιλοκτήμονος ἔχειν.

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On the Estate of Philoctemon

1. 403-402 B.C.

Isaeus On the Estate of Philoctemon 47

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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