Lysias, On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 14

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[14] When he was of age, he had the chance of marrying another woman with a great fortune; but he took my mother without a portion, merely because she was a daughter of Xenophon,¹ son of Euripides, a man not only known for his private virtues but also deemed worthy by you of holding high command, so I am told.

On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[14] ἐκεῖνος γὰρ ὅτʼ ἦν ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ, παρὸν μετὰ πολλῶν χρημάτων γῆμαι ἄλλην, τὴν ἐμὴν μητέρα ἔλαβεν οὐδὲν ἐπιφερομένην, ὅτι δὲ Ξενοφῶντος ἦν θυγάτηρ τοῦ Εὐριπίδου ὑέος, ὃς οὐ μόνον ἰδίᾳ χρηστὸς ἐδόκει εἶναι, ἀλλὰ καὶ στρατηγεῖν αὐτὸν ἠξιώσατε, ὡς ἐγὼ ἀκούω.

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On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury

1. One of the Athenian generals to whom the Potidaeans surrendered in 430 B.C. He was killed in a fight with the Chalcidians in Thrace , 429 B.C. (cf. Thuc. 2.70, 79 ).

Lysias On the Property of Aristophanes: Against the Treasury 14

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