Isaeus, On The Estate of Apollodorus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 34

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[34] On the other hand, he had had experience of me, having sufficiently tested me; he well knew what had been my behavior towards my father and mother, my care for my relatives and my capacity for managing my own affairs. He was well aware that in my official capacity as thesmothete¹ I have been neither unjust nor rapacious. It was then not in ignorance, but with full knowledge, that he was making me master of his property.

On The Estate of Apollodorus. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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

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Περὶ τοῦ Απολλοδώρου κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 34 focus

[34] ἐμοῦ δὲ πεῖραν εἰλήφει, δοκιμασίαν ἱκανὴν λαβών. εἴς τε γὰρ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα οἷος ἦν ἀκριβῶς ᾔδει, τῶν τʼ οἰκείων ἐπιμελῆ καὶ τἀμαυτοῦ πράττειν ἐπιστάμενον· ἐν ἀρχῇ τε, θεσμοθετήσας, ὡς ἐγενόμην οὐκ ἄδικος οὐδὲ πλεονέκτης, ἠπίστατο σαφῶς. ὥστʼ οὐκ ἀγνοῶν ἀλλὰ σαφῶς εἰδὼς ἐποίει με τῶν αὑτοῦ κύριον.

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On The Estate of Apollodorus

1. This title was given to six junior archons, who presided at the allotment of the magistrates and were responsible for revising the laws.

Isaeus On The Estate of Apollodorus 34

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