59. The guardians in their assessment returns stated the property of the
young Demosthenes at 15 tal., xpds wrevrexa:dexaraddvrovs olkovs: 28, 11, i.e,
in the first assessment-class: 27,7. The total property was to the maxi-
mum Eisphora in the ratio of five to one: 27, 7; 28, 4; 29,59. Dem. 27,9:
Show per Tolvuy xal éx robrwy (4.e., from the Symmory schedule in which the
maximum Eisphora was set down as 8 tal.) éorl 1d rAHO0s rijs ovclas. wevre-
xaldexa radyrwy yap rpla rddavra tlunua: raurny jtlouw eladépew ryy elapopdy
means that for an estate worth 15 talents the Eisphora was assessed on 8
talents. “ The guardians considered 8 talents to be the proper Eisphora
for my estate.” Though 14 tal. would increase to more than three times
that sum in 10 yrs. (Dem. 27, 59), still a maximum Eisphora of } the entire
estate for the first class seems a monstrous amount to our ideas ; but it may


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