Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 17

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[17] Moreover the law dealing with wills is very similar to this.¹ It allows a man to bequeath his property as he wishes unless he is affected by old age, illness or insanity, and provided he is not influenced by a woman or imprisoned or otherwise coerced. But if even our own personal property cannot be administered according to an unjust will, surely Athenogenes who is disposing of my property through his agreement cannot enforce such terms.

Against Athenogenes. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Against Athenogenes (English) (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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[17] ἔτι δὲ καὶ ὁ περὶ τῶν ¹ διαθηκῶν ν όμος παραπλήσιος τούτοις ἐστίν· κελεύε ι γὰρ ἐξεῖναι² τὰ ἑαυτοῦ διατίθεσθα ι ὅπως ἄν³ τις βούληται πλὴν ἢ γήρως ἕνε κεν ἢ νόσου ἢ μανιῶν ἢ γυ ναικὶ πειθόμ ενον ἢ ὑπὸ δεσμοῦ ἢ ὑ πὸ ἀνάγκης κ αταληφθ έντα. ὅπου δὲ οὐδὲ περὶ τῶν αὑτοῦ ἰδίων αἱ μὴ δίκαιαι⁴ διαθῆκαι κύριαί εἰσιν, πῶς Ἀθηνογένει γε κα τὰ τῶν⁵ ἐμῶν συνθεμένῳ τοιαῦτα δεῖ κύρια εἶναι;

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Against Athenogenes

1. This law is quoted in Dem. 46.14 . Compare Isaeus 6.10 ; Aristot. Ath. Pol. 35 . As Colin points out, the comparison between συνθῆκαι (an agreement and διαθήλκη a will) seems closer in Greek than in English.

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