Leochares
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 9 anchored passages
the defendant · this youth
in the texts
Against Leochares
Defendant in the inheritance dispute, son of Leostratus, presented by the speaker as falsely claiming to be a son of Archiades by adoption.
Nay more, Leochares has in the affidavit sworn to facts actually older than himself.
so how can you claim that this status is rightfully established according to the statute?
After this, Leostratus here himself returned to the house of his fathers, leaving a son in the adoptive house;
On the Estate of Dicaeogenes
Surety who guaranteed Dicaeogenes (III.)'s promise to restore two-thirds of the estate to the sisters' heirs; previously convicted of perjury for protesting the sisters' original claim, and now the defendant sued for repudiating his suretyship.
) does not perform his agreement, we are bringing an action against Leochares, his surety, in accordance with our affidavit.
When we were on the point of making our affidavit, Leochares here put in a protestation that the estate was not adjudicable to us.
Is it not extraordinary, gentlemen, that Leochares should ask you to absolve him where Diopeithes his brother-in-law condemned him?