Isaeus, On the Estate of Astyphilus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 5

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Witnesses

That Cleon did not bury Astyphilus, even he himself would not deny, and evidence of the fact has been given you. On my return home I found my opponents in enjoyment of the property of the deceased; [I, therefore, sought out Cleon, who informed me that]¹ his son had been adopted by Astyphilus, and that the latter had left a will to this effect in the keeping of Hierocles of Iphistiadae.² On hearing this from him I proceeded to the house of Hierocles, knowing full well that he was on terms of the closest possible intimacy with Cleon,

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).) — 5 focus

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Μάρτυρες

ὅτι μὲν οὐκ ἔθαψε Κλέων Ἀστύφιλον, οὐδʼ 〈ἂν〉¹ αὐτὸς ἔξαρνος γένοιτο μεμαρτύρηταί τε ὑμῖν· ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἐπεδήμησα ἐγὼ καὶ ᾐσθόμην καρπουμένους τούτους τὰ ἐκείνου, ὁ [δὲ] ὑὸς αὐτοῦ ποιηθείη ὑπὸ Ἀστυφίλου, καὶ τούτων διαθήκας καταλίποι παρὰ Ἱεροκλεῖ Ἰφιστιάδῃ. ἀκούσας δʼ ἐγὼ λέγοντος αὐτοῦ ταῦτα ἐπορευόμην παρὰ τὸν Ἱεροκλέα, εὖ μὲν εἰδὼς ὅτι ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα ἐπιτήδειος εἴη Κλέωνι,

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On the Estate of Astyphilus

1. There is a lacuna in the text at this point. “Post τὰ ἐκείνου est lacuna. [ Adii Cleonem, qui dixit] suum filium ab Astyphilo adoptatum esse” (Dobree, Adversaria, 1. p. 305).

2. A deme of the tribe Acamantis, situated on the left bank of the Cephissus.

Isaeus On the Estate of Astyphilus 5

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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