Οὐσία φανερὰ καὶ ἀφανής
property visible and invisible
Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Lysias in the [speech] For Pherenikos says: "for if Androkleides left [sc. at his death] fields or other visible property, it would have been possible for anyone who wanted to say: I tell no lie: it was given to me."1 Concerning silver and gold and invisible property [it is] clear that whoever appears to have them is he to whom they have been given.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐσία φανερὰ καὶ ἀφανής· Λυσίας ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ Φερενίκου λέγει· εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἀγροὺς κατέλιπεν Ἀνδροκλείδης ἢ ἄλλην φανερὰν οὐσίαν, ἐξῆν ἂν εἰπεῖν τῷ βουλομένῳ, ὅτι οὐδὲν μὲν ψεύδεται, αὑτῷ δὲ δέδοται· περὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου καὶ ἀφανοῦς οὐσίας δῆλον ὅτι ὅς τις ἔχων αὐτὰ φαίνεται, τούτῳ δέδωκεν.
Betacode
*ou)si/a fanera\ kai\ a)fanh/s: *lusi/as e)n tw=| u(pe\r *fereni/kou le/gei: ei) me\n ga\r a)grou\s kate/lipen *)androklei/dhs h)\ a)/llhn fanera\n ou)si/an, e)ch=n a)\n ei)pei=n tw=| boulome/nw|, o(/ti ou)de\n me\n yeu/detai, au(tw=| de\ de/dotai: peri\ a)rguri/ou kai\ xrusi/ou kai\ a)fanou=s ou)si/as dh=lon o(/ti o(/s tis e)/xwn au)ta\ fai/netai, tou/tw| de/dwken.
Notes (1)
- cf. alpha 4552.
- 1Lysias fr. 234 Sauppe, now 287 Carey OCT. ↩
References
E.E. Cohen, Athenian Economy and Society (Princeton 1992) 191-4, with bibliography
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