Isaeus, On The Estate of Ciron, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 3

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[3] Now you must not imagine that my real opponent in this case is the man who has brought the suit claiming the estate; no, it is Diocles of Phlya , surnamed Orestes.¹ He it is who has suborned our opponent to cause us trouble by trying to deprive us of the fortune which our grandfather left us at his death and exposing us to these dangers, in order that he may not have to give back any of it, if you listen to him and are misled by his words.

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

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

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[3] τὴν μὲν οὖν κρίσιν οὐ δεῖ μοι νομίζειν εἶναι ταύτην πρὸς τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην, ἀλλὰ πρὸς Διοκλέα τὸν Φλυέα, τὸν Ὀρέστην ἐπικαλούμενον· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ τοῦτον παρασκευάσας πράγμαθʼ ἡμῖν παρέχειν, ἀποστερῶν τὰ χρήματα ἃ Κίρων ὁ πάππος ἀποθνῄσκων κατέλιπεν, ἡμῖν δὲ τούτους τοὺς κινδύνους ἐπάγων, ἵνα μηδὲν ἀποδιδῷ τούτων, ἐὰν ὑμεῖς ἐξαπατηθῆτε πεισθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν τούτου λόγων.

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1. An Orestes, son of Timocrates, is said to have been a notorious footpad; hence the name is applied to any violent character. Cf. Aristoph. Ach. 1166 .

Isaeus On The Estate of Ciron 3

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