The speeches of Isaeus in causes concerning the law of succession to property at Athens . o a trial in a profecution, which I meditate : inthe mean time, I fupplicate and adjure you, permit him notto triumph over me, by itripping me of the fortune whichmy grandfather left ; but, as far as each of you is able, giveme afliftance. Sufficient evidence has been laid before you; we ios ON THE ESTATE we have read our depofitions, have opened to you what theirilaves would infallibly have confeiTed, and have produced thelaws themfelves ; by all which we have proved, that we arethe ions of Cirons legiti
The speeches of Isaeus in causes concerning the law of succession to property at Athens . o a trial in a profecution, which I meditate : inthe mean time, I fupplicate and adjure you, permit him notto triumph over me, by itripping me of the fortune whichmy grandfather left ; but, as far as each of you is able, giveme afliftance. Sufficient evidence has been laid before you; we ios ON THE ESTATE we have read our depofitions, have opened to you what theirilaves would infallibly have confeiTed, and have produced thelaws themfelves ; by all which we have proved, that we arethe ions of Cirons legitimate daughter, and confequently thathis eftate comes not to them, but to us, as his lineal defen-dants : calling therefore to your remembrance the oaths, bywhich you are bound to decide impartially, and the laws,which have been adduced, pronounce your fentence agreeablyto juftice. I fee no occafion for a longer argument, as I be-lieve you perfectly comprehend the whole cafe: let the of-ficer, however, read this remaining depolition, that Diodeswas taken in adultery, deposition. SPEECH. OFASTYPHILUS. 103 SPEECH THE EIGHTH. On the Eltate of Astyphilus. THE ARGUMENT. THE mother of the defendant in this caufe had a fon named ASTYPHI-LUS, by her firft husband Euthycrates, whofe nephew Cleon, after thedeath of Aftyphilus, produced a will, by which Cleons fon was appointedto inherit the fortune of the deceafed. The client of Ifteus contends thatthe will of his half-brother was forged. SPEECH i-o4 ON ? II ? ? S ? ? ? ? SPEECH THE EIGHTH. .The Son of Theophraftus again ft Cleon. ?x - ASTYPHILUS, for whofe ertate we contend in thiscaufe, and who was my half-brother, judges, by theiame mother, died at Mitylene, whither he had failed withthe army ; and that he never adopted a fon, nor ever alienedhis eftate, or difpoled of it by will, fo that no man but my-felf has a right to his pofTeihons, I ihall endeavour to prove,agreeably to the oath which I have previoufly taken. ThisCleon, my antag
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