Isaeus, On the Estate of Hagnias, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 50

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[50] for my having allowed my son to be adopted made no difference, for indeed I performed public services¹ no less than before, but was among those who paid war contributions and carried out all the duties imposed by the state. My opponent, however, in representing me as a wealthy but unprofitable citizen is using these terms to calumniate me.

As the strongest argument of all, I will sum the matter up in a single proposal, which, I am sure, will appear to you to be just. I am willing to bring my whole estate into hotchpotch with that of the child, and let us each take half of the aggregate amount, whether it be large or small, so that neither party may have more than is fitting; but my opponent will never consent to this.²

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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[50] ὁμοίως γὰρ καὶ [μὴ] εἰσποιήσαντος τοῦτό γʼ ὑπῆρχεν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐλῃτούργουν διὰ τοῦτό γʼ ἧττον οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν εἰσφερόντων ἦν καὶ τῶν τὰ προσταττόμενα ὑμῖν ἅπαντα ποιούντων. ὁ δὲ ὡς περὶ ἀχρήστου μὲν πλουσίου δὲ ἐπὶ διαβολῇ ποιεῖται τούτους τοὺς λόγους.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἓν κεφάλαιον ἐρῶ πάντων μέγιστον, ὃ καὶ ὑμῖν οἶδʼ ὅτι δόξει δίκαιον. κοινώσασθαι γὰρ ἐθέλω τὴν οὐσίαν τὴν ἐμὴν τῇ τοῦ παιδός, καὶ εἴτε πολλὰ εἴτʼ ὀλίγα ἐστίν, ἐν κοινῷ γενομένης λάβωμεν τὰ ἡμίσεα ἑκάτερος, ἵνα μηδὲν πλέον ἔχῃ ἅτερος τοῦ ἑτέρου τοῦ προσήκοντος· ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐθελήσει.

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On the Estate of Hagnias

1. Theopompus has already stated that his fortune did not render him liable to perform any λειτουργία (e.g., the τριηραχία or χωρηγία): he is, therefore, here using the term in the wider sense of the duties of a citizen (e.g., the payment of the war-tax and service in the army).

2. The rest of the speech is lacking.

Isaeus On the Estate of Hagnias 50

Edward Seymour Forster (Translator)

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