---
name: Isaeus the Orator
name_greek: Ἰσαῖος ὁ ῥήτωρ
eul_aid: fge
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/isaeus-the-orator-fge"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
works_count: 13
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Isaeus the Orator

*Ἰσαῖος ὁ ῥήτωρ*

**eul_aid:** `fge` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/isaeus-the-orator-fge)

Isaeus was a 4th century BCE Athenian speechwriter. Thirteen orations on inheritance and property. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Inheritance Disputes](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-inheritance-disputes-fge-am) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κληρονομικῶν Ἀμφισβητήσεων* · `fge-am`
- [In Defense of Euphiletus](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-defense-euphiletus-fge-af) — *Υπὲρ Εὐφιλήτου* · `fge-af`
- [On the Holy Clergy](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-holy-clergy-fge-al) — *Περὶ τοῦ Ἁγνίου κλήρου* · `fge-al`
- [On the Lot of Apollodorus](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-lot-apollodorus-fge-ad) — *Περὶ τοῦ Απολλοδώρου κλήρου* · `fge-ad`
- [On the Lot of Astyphilus](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-astyphilus-lot-fge-ag) — *Περὶ τοῦ Ἀστυφίλου κλήρου* · `fge-ag`
- [On the Lot of Chiron](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-chiron-fge-aj) — *Περὶ τοῦ Κίρωνος κλήρου* · `fge-aj`
- [On the Lot of Cleonymus](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-cleonymus-fge-ah) — *Περὶ τοῦ Κλεωνύμου κλήρου* · `fge-ah`
- [On the Lot of Dicaeogenes](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-lot-dicaeogenes-fge-ae) — *Περὶ τοῦ Δικαιογένους κλήρου* · `fge-ae`
- [On the Lot of Menecles](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-lot-menecles-fge-ai) — *Περὶ τοῦ Μενεκλέους κλήρου* · `fge-ai`
- [On the Lot of Nicostratus, Epilogue](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-nicostratus-lot-fge-ab) — *Περὶ τοῦ Νικοστράτου κλήρου* · `fge-ab`
- [On the Lot of the Covetous](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-lot-covetous-fge-ac) — *Περὶ τοῦ Φιλοκτήμονος κλήρου* · `fge-ac`
- [On the Pyrrhus' Lot](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-pyrrhus-lot-fge-ak) — *Περὶ τοῦ Πύρρου κλήρου* · `fge-ak`
- [To Xenaenetus-the Lot of Aristarchus](https://eulogikon.org/works/isaeus-xenaenetus-aristarchus-fge-aa) — *Πρὸς Ξεναίνετον περὶ τοῦ Ἀριστάρχου κλήρου* · `fge-aa`

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