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καὶ ἐὰν—μητρί ‘If a son is born of an heiress, two years after he has attained his puberty he shall enter into possession of the estate, and he shall pay alimony to his mother.’ Kennedy. Harpocr. επιδιετὲς ἡβῆσαι: Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Στεφάνου. At the end of his article he quotes Hyperides (frag. 223) ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐνεγράφην ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ νόμος ἀπέδωκε τὴν κομιδὴν τῶν καταλειφθέντων τῇ μητρὶ, ὃς κελεύει κυρίους εἶναι τῆς ἐπικλήρου καὶ τῆς οὐσίας ἁπάσης τοὺς παῖδας, ἐπειδὰν ἐπιδιετὲς ἡβῶσιν. Cf. Isaeus frag. 90, id. Or. 10 § 12 and Or. 8 § 31. See A. Schaefer, Dem. III 2, 19—39, esp. p. 25, Eintritt der Mündigkeit nach Attischen Rechte, where ἐπιδιετὲς ἡβῆσαι is explained to include the 17th and 18th year, and the ‘coming of age’ is placed at the age of 18. Aristotle, Const. of Athens, 42 § 1 ἐγγράφονται δ᾽ εἰς τοὺς δημότας ὀκτωκαίδεκα ἔτη γεγονότες. Cf. Hermann-Blümner, Privatalt § 35, p. 322, and Thalheim Rechtsalt. p. 10 and p. 13. On ἐπίκληρος see note on Or. 45 § 75. (Cf. Lortzing, Apoll. p. 85 and A. Schaefer u. s. p. 176.) στρατευόμενος κ.τ.λ. And therefore of full age; referring back to παῖδας ἡβήσαντας.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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