Isaeus · the atlas

The library of Isaeus

Across all 12 works of Isaeus’s in the library, the harvest finds 49 named sources — 49 citations in all. The library holds 2 of them; the rest are the corpus’s wanted list. In the other direction, 2 works in the library quote Isaeus back — 2 citations.

most drawn on On Behalf of Euphiletus · On the Estate of Cleonymus

arrangedthe library cited by

39 authority 7 neutral 2 refuted 1 endorsed Of the 49 citations Isaeus makes, 2 argue against the text cited.

the sources most drawn on

2 of 49

On Behalf of Euphiletus Isaeus 1 endorsed 1 citation

On Behalf of Euphiletus

1 citation

The following passage, in which the orator seeks to confirm the evidence, is composed, in my opinion, with consummate skill, but the reader must decide for himself whether my judgement of it is correct.

on behalf of euphiletus · critical citation and endorsement of the source speech ¶
On the Estate of Cleonymus Isaeus 1 neutral 1 citation

On the Estate of Menecles

1 citation

The speech, which is in defence of a will, is the counterpart of that delivered “On the Estate of Cleonymus,” which upholds the rights of kindred.

on the estate of menecles · identifies the companion work by comparison ¶

named once

47 sources · 12 works

Each of these stands at a single passage, named once and not held by the library. The work that names it carries the anchor.

On The Estate of Cleonymus: Athenian law of next-of-kin succession (intestate inheritance law) · Athenian legal procedure for depositing and annulling wills with the magistrate
On the Estate of Menecles: Law on the disposal of property and adoption by childless men
On The Estate Of Pyrrhus: Athenian law on adjudication of inheritances and the five-year limitation · Athenian law on adoption and provision for legitimate daughters · Athenian law on dowry contracts and restitution · Athenian law on heiresses and next-of-kin marriage · Athenian law on public denunciation for maltreatment of an heiress
On the Estate of Nicostratus: law on the validity of wills (soundness-of-mind requirement) · laws of kinship and testamentary succession (next-of-kin inheritance law) · the dikastic oath sworn by jurors
On the Estate of Dicaeogenes: the affidavit sworn by the plaintiffs · the deposition of witnesses to the surrender and suretyship · the elder will of Dicaeogenes (II.), produced by Proxenus · the inventory of the estate of Dicaeogenes (II.) · the later will produced by Dicaeogenes (III.), naming him sole heir · the posted list of war-subscription defaulters
On the Estate of Philoctemon: Decree of the Council Concerning Alce · Euctemon's Deposited Memorandum on the Introduction of Alce's Son · Law Concerning Piety and the Sacred Rites of the Goddesses · Law Excluding Bastards from Kinship and Inheritance (since the archonship of Eucleides) · Law on Equal Inheritance Shares for Legitimate Sons · Law on Inheritance Shares of Children Born After Adoption · Law on Wills and Adoption in Default of Male Issue · Law on the Return of Adopted Sons to Their Natal Family · The Will of Philoctemon
On The Estate of Apollodorus: Athenian law of intestate succession (inheritance clauses) · Customary rule of the phratries and wards on introducing sons · Law entrusting the archon with preventing extinction of families
On The Estate of Ciron: Athenian custom/law regarding examination of slaves under torture (basanos) as proof · Law giving precedence to descendants of males over descendants of females in succession · Law on the epikleros: marriage and succession of a daughter left after her father's death intestate · Law on the neglect (kakosis) of parents and grandparents · Law/civic rule concerning citizenship tied to the archonship of Eucleides · The jurors' oath (dikastic oath)
On the Estate of Astyphilus: Athenian law of adoption and reversion of inheritance for a son given out in adoption · Athenian law permitting a man to bequeath his property to whomever he wishes · The inheritance laws enacted by the Athenian people
On The Estate of Aristarchus: Athenian law on heiresses · Athenian law on minors' and women's contracts · Athenian law on testamentary adoption
On the Estate of Hagnias: The Law on Adjudication Procedure for Co-Claimants (Single Voting-Urn Rule) · The Law on Private Suits and Public Indictments Concerning Orphans' Property · The Law on Retrial Following Conviction for Perjury · The Law on the Rights of Next-of-Kin (Law of Intestate Succession) · Witness Testimony and Depositions on Property and Pending Suits
On Behalf of Euphiletus: Athenian law on the revision of the citizen-rolls (deme registration and appeal law)

cited by

2 citations · from 2 works

2 works in the library quote Isaeus — 2 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.

through On the Estate of Cleonymus 1 citation · On Behalf of Euphiletus 1 citation

The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of Isaeus is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

On Behalf of Euphiletus Isaeus 1 endorsed 1 citation

on behalf of euphiletus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus explicitly cites and evaluates Isaeus's speech as a skillfully composed example, framing the excerpted text that follows.

The following passage, in which the orator seeks to confirm the evidence, is composed, in my opinion, with consummate skill, but the reader must decide for himself whether my judgement of it is correct.

on behalf of euphiletus ¶
On the Estate of Menecles Isaeus 1 neutral 1 citation

on the estate of menecles

The prefatory summary explicitly names another forensic speech and characterizes its subject and stance in order to situate the present case relative to it.

The speech, which is in defence of a will, is the counterpart of that delivered “On the Estate of Cleonymus,” which upholds the rights of kindred.

on the estate of menecles ¶