Macartatus
historical figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Macartatus here · Macartatus of Prospalta · defendant Macartatus · he · his mother's brother · son of Theopompus · the defendant
spoken of as
1 expressionMacartatus of Prospalta1 mention
Against Macartatus (Greek)
For he was adopted into the family of Macartatus of Prospalta, who was his mother’s brother, and he possesses that estate also.
in the texts
Against Macartatus
Defendant in the suit, son of Theopompus and descendant of Stratius, accused of wrongfully holding Hagnias' estate.
But to Macartatus here, the son of Theopompus, there has been no issue which is both in the family of Hagnias and in that of Stratius.
At the present time the contest and the trial to adjudge the estate of Hagnias are between this son of Eubulides and the defendant Macartatus, the son of Theopompus;
But when the fellow-clansmen of the defendant Macartatus had passed this vote, this boy, as the son of Eubulides, cited the defendant Macartatus for an adjudication of claims for the estate of Hagnias, and had a day appointed by the archon for the hearing, inscribing his brother’s name as his guardian;
On the Estate of Hagnias
Brother of Theopompus's wife who sold his land to outfit a trireme, sailed to Crete, and died in the ensuing war, after which Theopompus's son was adopted into his family.
You know that Macartatus sold his land and bought a trireme which he manned and sailed away in it to Crete.
The estate at Prospalta was left and passed to their sister, who is my wife, and I was persuaded by her to allow one of our two sons to be adopted into the family of Macartatus.