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but now that they are dead, even if we win our case, we shall always hear the stigma of having had our rights disputed, thanks to this accursed Orestes,Cf. Isaeus 8.3 and note. who, taken in adultery and having suffered the treatment which befits such evil-doers,Cf. Aristoph. Cl. 1083; and Suidas, s.v. ῥαφανίς. has not even so abandoned the practice, as those who know the facts can testify. You know now the character of this fellow, and you will learn about it in still greater detail, when our suit against him comes on.Probably an allusion to the indictment for ὕβρις mentioned in Isaeus 8.41; see p. 449 for the evidence of the speech composed by Isaeus for delivery in this suit.
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But do not, I beg and implore you, allow me to be insulted and robbed in the matter of this money which my grandfather left, but help me as far as each of you is able. Ample proof is before you from depositions, evidence given under torture, and the laws themselves that we are the children of a legitimate daughter of Ciron and that we have a better right than our opponents to inherit our grandfather's property as his lineal descendants.
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Remember, therefore, the oaths under which you sit in judgement, the arguments which we have presented, and the laws, and give your verdict as justice demands.
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I do not know of anything which I ought to add; for I think that nothing which I have said has escaped your attention. Now take the only remaining deposition, proving that Diocles was taken in adultery, and read it to the court.
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