Isaeus, On The Estate of Aristarchus, ed. Edward Seymour Forster, 2

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[2] ἠνάγκασμαι μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες, διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι δίκην παρʼ αὐτῶν λαβεῖν, τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν ἐν¹ τῇ ἀνακρίσει Ἀριστάρχου εἶναι ἀδελφὴν προσγράψασθαι· οὐ μὴν διὰ τοῦτο ὑμῖν ἡ διάγνωσις² ἧττον περὶ αὐτῶν εὐκρινὴς γενήσεται, [ἀλλʼ] ἐκ τῶν νόμων σκοποῦσιν εἰ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ δέδωκε τούτῳ Ἀρίσταρχος ἢ τὰ μηδὲν προσήκοντα. ἔστι δὲ δίκαιον τοῦτο, ὦ ἄνδρες· ὁ γὰρ νόμος κελεύει τὰ μὲν ἑαυτοῦ διαθέσθαι ὅτῳ ἂν ἐθέλῃ, τῶν δὲ ἀλλοτρίων οὐδένα κύριον πεποίηκε.

On The Estate of Aristarchus. Isaeus. ed. Edward Seymour Forster. Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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Πρὸς Ξεναίνετον περὶ τοῦ Ἀριστάρχου κλήρου (Greek) (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).)

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On The Estate of Aristarchus Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 2 focus

[2] I was obliged, it is true, owing to the impossibility of obtaining justice against my opponents, to add to my petition at the preliminary inquiry that my mother was sister of Aristarchus (II.).¹ This will not, however, make your decision any the less easy, if you ask yourselves the question in the light of the laws whether the estate which Aristarchus (II.) has bequeathed to my opponent was his own or whether it was property to which he had no right. This question is a perfectly legal one; for the law ordains that a man can dispose of what is his own to anyone he likes, but it has never given anyone power over the possessions of another.

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On The Estate of Aristarchus

1. ἐνDobree: πρὸς.

2. ἡ διάγνωσιςScheibe: ἥδε ἡ γνῶσις.

Isaeus On The Estate of Aristarchus 2

ed. Edward Seymour Forster

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