Isaeus, On the Estate of Hagnias, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 10

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[10] But we—that is to say, Stratius, Stratocles, and myself—since the estate had now become adjudicable to the next-of-kin,¹ all prepared to bring a suit. However, before the hearing of the case, Stratius and Stratocles both died; and thus I am the only surviving relative on the father's side, being the son of a cousin and the only person to whom, according to the law, the estate could pass, all the other relatives having died who possessed the same degree of kinship as myself.

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

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

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[10] ἡμεῖς δέ, ἐγὼ καὶ Στρατίος καὶ Στρατοκλῆς, ἐπειδὴ τοῖς ἐγγύτατα γένους ἐγεγένητο ἐπίδικος ὁ κλῆρος, παρεσκευαζόμεθα¹ ἅπαντες λαγχάνειν· πρὶν δὲ γενέσθαι τὰς λήξεις τῶν δικῶν ἡμῖν τελευτᾷ μὲν ὁ Στρατίος, τελευτᾷ δʼ ὁ Στρατοκλῆς, λείπομαι δʼ ἐγὼ μόνος τῶν² πρὸς πατρὸς ὢν ἀνεψιοῦ παῖς, ᾧ μόνῳ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ἐγίγνετο ἡ κληρονομία, πάντων ἤδη τῶν ἄλλων ἐκλελοιπότων, οἳ ταὐτὸν ἐμοὶ³ τῇ συγγενείᾳ προσήκοντες ἐτύγχανον.

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On the Estate of Hagnias

1. The will having been set aside, the next-of-kin would have to prove his title to the intestate estate.

Isaeus On the Estate of Hagnias 10

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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