Isaeus, On The Estate of Aristarchus, ed. Edward Seymour Forster, 23

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[23] ταῦτα δὲ οὐ τούτων ὄντα ἀλλʼ ἡμέτερα φαίνεται. ὥστε ἂν ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καταφεύγῃ καὶ μάρτυρας παρέχηται ὡς διέθετο ἐκεῖνος, ἐπιδεικνύναι κελεύετε καὶ ὡς¹ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ. τοῦτο γὰρ δίκαιόν ἐστι. δεινότατα γὰρ 〈ἂν〉² πάντων γένοιτο, εἰ Κυρωνίδης μὲν καὶ οὗτοι, ὄντες ἐξ ἐκείνου, μὴ μόνον τὸν Ξεναινέτου οἶκον πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων ἕξουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τόνδε προσλήψονται, ἐγὼ δὲ τῆς μητρὸς οὔσης κυρίας καὶ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν Κυρωνίδῃ γεγενημένος εἰ μηδὲ τὸν τῆς μητρὸς κλῆρον λήψομαι, καὶ ταῦτα μηδὲ ἐχόντων τούτων ἐπενεγκεῖν παρʼ ὅτου ποτʼ εἰλήφασι.

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).) — 23 focus

[23] and so, if he takes refuge in this argument and produces witnesses to testify that Aristarchus (I.) made a will, you must order him to prove also that what he devised was his own. This is only just, for it would be a most terrible state of affairs if Cyronides and my opponents, his children, are not only to possess the fortune of Xenaenetus (I.) of the value of more than four talents, but are also to receive this estate, while I, though my mother was the rightful owner and I am descended from the same ancestors as Cyronides, am not to receive even my mother's estate, especially as these men cannot indicate the person through whom it has been transmitted to them.

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On The Estate of Aristarchus

1. καὶ ὡςSauppe: δικαίως.

2. ἂνadd. Bekker.

Isaeus On The Estate of Aristarchus 23

ed. Edward Seymour Forster

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