[40] Χρέων άποκόπη and γῆς ἀναδασμός [41] The abortive attempt of Agis III. of Sparta only led to his own ruin. [42] _Centesimæ usuræ_ [43] The phrase of “sound mind and deliberate intention” (Νοῶν καἰ φρονῶν) points to what is told repeatedly in the speeches of Isæus; on questions of disputed inheritances, even if a will were proved genuine and fully attested, it could be set aside if proof were given of undue influence, such as lunacy, the effects of a philtre, or the cozening of women, even the testator’s wife. The cases he argues might occur to-day, and be discussed in like manner. [44] In the _Transactions_ of the Academy of Turin, 1826. [45] It happened May 28, 585 B.C. [46] So Tennyson in a poem of his boyhood. [47] _De Finibus_, lib. iii., sub. fin. [48] 2 Cor. vi., 9, 10. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of What Have the Greeks Done for Modern Civilisation?, by John Pentland Mahaffy