Lysias, On The Property Of Eraton: Against the Treasury, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 7

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[7] This is easily concluded from the valuation which has been attached to the schedule of the property. For they have valued the whole at more than a talent, whereas to one of the properties for which I am suing I attached five minae, and to the other¹ a thousand drachmae: ² if they are worth more than those amounts, the surplus after they have been sold by auction will go to the State.

On The Property Of Eraton: Against the Treasury. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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On The Property Of Eraton (English) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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[7] ῥᾴδιον δὲ γνῶναι ἐκ τοῦ τιμήματος τοῦ ἐπιγεγραμμένου τοῖς χρήμασιν. ἅπαντα μὲν γὰρ πλείονος ἢ ταλάντου τετίμηνται, ὧν δʼ ἐγὼ ἀμφισβητῶ τῷ μὲν πέντε μνᾶς τῷ δὲ χιλίας δραχμὰς ἐπεγραψάμην· καὶ εἰ πλείονος ἄξιά ἐστιν ἢ τοσούτου, ἀποκηρυχθέντων τὸ περιττὸν ἡ πόλις λήψεται.

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On The Property Of Eraton: Against the Treasury

1. One at Sphettus and one at Cicynna.

2. A talent was 6000 drachmae, and a mina 100 drachmae. He asks for a value of 15 minae—one eight of the two talents originally lent to Eraton.

Lysias On The Property Of Eraton: Against the Treasury 7

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