Isaeus

12 works in the library, 12 with an English translation.

Greek orator, born at Chalcis. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Lived: 5th–4th c. BC
Kinds of writing: Oratory (12)
Dialect: Attic
Analysed: 38,281 words

The 12 works

The works here with a translation and the most familiar vocabulary: the fewest rare words to look up. That is vocabulary only; grammar, dialect and ideas may still be demanding.

On The Estate of AristarchusΠρὸς Ξεναίνετον περὶ τοῦ Ἀριστάρχου κλήρουStart hereEnglish83% common wordsAbout
On The Estate of CleonymusΠερὶ τοῦ Κλεωνύμου κλήρουStart hereEnglish82% common wordsAbout
On the Estate of MeneclesΠερὶ τοῦ Μενεκλέους κλήρουStart hereEnglish82% common wordsAbout
On The Estate Of PyrrhusΠερὶ τοῦ Πύρρου κλήρουEnglish77% common wordsAbout
On the Estate of NicostratusΠερὶ τοῦ Νικοστράτου κλήρου (ἐπίλογος)EnglishAbout
On the Estate of DicaeogenesΠερὶ τοῦ Δικαιογένους κλήρουEnglish77% common wordsAbout
On the Estate of PhiloctemonΠερὶ τοῦ Φιλοκτήμονος κλήρουEnglish76% common wordsAbout
On The Estate of ApollodorusΠερὶ τοῦ Απολλοδώρου κλήρουEnglish80% common wordsAbout
On The Estate of CironΠερὶ τοῦ Κίρωνος κλήρουEnglish80% common wordsAbout
On the Estate of AstyphilusΠερὶ τοῦ Ἀστυφίλου κλήρουEnglish78% common wordsAbout
On the Estate of HagniasΠερὶ τοῦ Ἁγνίου κλήρουEnglish82% common wordsAbout
On Behalf of EuphiletusΥπὲρ ΕὐφιλήτουEnglishAbout

In The Painted Stoa

Entries that quote or point to Isaeus's Greek.

SlaveryGreek cities had slaves, and classical Athens, the city that invented democracy, had a great many.Women's livesAlmost everything we read about Greek women was written by men.

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