Isaeus, On the Estate of Astyphilus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 33

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[33] There is little likelihood, however, gentlemen, of your paying any attention to his claim of kinship; for no one, after passing by adoption into another family, has ever inherited from the family out of which he was adopted, unless he re-entered it in the proper legal manner.¹ These men,² however, well knowing that Astyphilus never adopted Cleon's son, though he has often presented himself, have never given him any share in the victims. Please take this deposition also.

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

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

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Περὶ τοῦ Ἀστυφίλου κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 33 focus

[33] ὑμᾶς δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες, οὐκ εἰκός ἐστι τῷ τοὔτου γένει προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν· οὐδεὶς γὰρ πώποτε ἐκποίητος γενόμενος ἐκληρονόμησε τοῦ οἴκου ὅθεν ἐξεποιήθη, ἐὰν μὴ ἐπανέλθῃ κατὰ τὸν νόμον.... οὗτοι μέντοι ἀκριβῶς εἰδότες ὅτι οὐκ ἐποιήσατο Ἀστύφιλος τὸν Κλέωνος ὑόν, πολλάκις ἐληλυθότι αὐτῷ οὐδεπώποτε κεκρεανομήκασι. λαβέ μοι καὶ ταύτην τὴν μαρτυρίαν.

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On the Estate of Astyphilus

1. There is obviously a lacuna in the text at this point, which must have contained a reference to the devices whereby Cleon attempted to obtain the recognition of his son by the member of Astyphilus's ward.

2. i.e., the fellow-wardsmen of Astyphilus.

Isaeus On the Estate of Astyphilus 33

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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