Isaeus, On the Estate of Philoctemon, ed. Edward Seymour Forster, 44

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[44] οἵτινες πρὸς μὲν τὸν ἄρχοντα ἀπέγραψαν αὐτοὺς ὡς ὄντας τὸν μὲν Φιλοκτήμονος τὸν δʼ Ἐργαμένους, νῦν δὲ διαμεμαρτυρήκασιν Εὐκτήμονος εἶναι. καίτοι οὐδʼ εἰ γνήσιοι ἦσαν, εἰσποίητοι δέ, ὡς οὗτοι ἔφασαν, οὐδʼ οὕτω προσήκει¹ αὐτοὺς Εὐκτήμονος εἶναι· ὁ γὰρ νόμος οὐκ ἐᾷ ἐπανιέναι, ἐὰν μὴ ὑὸν καταλίπῃ γνήσιον. ὥστε καὶ ἐξ ὧν αὐτοὶ ἔπραξαν ἀνάγκη τὴν μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ εἶναι.

On the Estate of Philoctemon. Isaeus. ed. Edward Seymour Forster. Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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

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On the Estate of Philoctemon Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 44 focus

[44] For, whereas they had inscribed the children before the archon, one as the son of Philoctemon and the other as the son of Ergamenes, they have now stated in their protestation that they are the sons of Euctemon. Yet if they were Euctemon's legitimate sons and had afterwards been adopted,¹ as our opponent states, even so they cannot be described as the sons of Euctemon: for the law does not allow the return of an adopted son to his original family, unless he leaves a legitimate son in the family which he quits. So that in the light of their own acts their evidence is necessarily untrue.

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On the Estate of Philoctemon

1. προσήκειscripsi: -ῆκεν.

Isaeus On the Estate of Philoctemon 44

ed. Edward Seymour Forster

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