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[42] Furthermore, by dedicating on the Acropolis the first-fruits of their wealth, they have adorned the shrine with bronze and marble statues, numerous, indeed, to have been provided out of a private fortune. They themselves died fighting for their country; Dicaeogenes （I.）, the son of Menexenus, the father of my grandfather Menexenus （I.）, while acting as general when the battle took place at Eleusis;1 Menexenus （I.）, his son, in command of the cavalry at Spartolus in the territory of Olynthus;2 Dicaeogenes （II.）, the son of Menexenus （I.）, while in command of the Paralus3 at Cnidus.

1 Nothing is known of any battle at Eleusis. Dobree reads Ἁλιεῦσι（cf. Thuc. 1.104）.

2 In 429 B.C. （cf. Thuc. 2.79）.

3 See Isaeus 5.6 and note.

Isaeus. Isaeus with an English translation by Edward Seymour Forster, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.

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