Isaeus, On The Estate of Ciron, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 44

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[44] but now that they are dead, even if we win our case, we shall always hear the stigma of having had our rights disputed, thanks to this accursed Orestes,¹ who, taken in adultery and having suffered the treatment which befits such evil-doers,² has not even so abandoned the practice, as those who know the facts can testify. You know now the character of this fellow, and you will learn about it in still greater detail, when our suit against him comes on.³

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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[44] ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἐκεῖνοι τετελευτήκασι, κἂν νῦν νικήσωμεν, ὄνειδος ἕξομεν, διότι ἠμφισβητήθημεν, διὰ τὸν Ὀρέστην τοῦτον τὸν κακῶς ἀπολούμενον, ὃς μοιχὸς ληφθεὶς καὶ παθὼν ὅ τι προσήκει τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα ποιοῦντας οὐδʼ ὣς ἀπαλλάττεται τοῦ πράγματος, ὡς οἱ συνειδότες καταμαρτυροῦσι. τοῦτον μὲν οὖν, οἷός ἐστι, καὶ νῦν ἀκούετε καὶ αὖθις ἀκριβέστερον πεύσεσθε, ὅταν κατʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν δίκην ἡμεῖς εἰσίωμεν·

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On The Estate of Ciron

1. Cf. Isaeus 8.3 and note.

2. Cf. Aristoph. Cl. 1083 ; and Suidas, s.v. ῥαφανίς.

3. Probably an allusion to the indictment for ὕβρις mentioned in Isaeus 8.41 ; see p. 449 for the evidence of the speech composed by Isaeus for delivery in this suit.

Isaeus On The Estate of Ciron 44

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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