Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 216
; ten or twelve drachms for each man; and six for each womanwithout sons; mothers with sons that paid being free from the tax. Some-times exemption from taxation (oW&sca) was conferred upon individuals as areward for meritorious services. Demetrius found, by his census, 10,000 of theclass of… … 180 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. to the latter ; it was also applied reciprocally to persons who were mutually pledged,by former acquaintance, or in any other way, to treat each other with hospitality. If a metic neglected to pay the imposed tax, he was liable to be sold for a slave.Diogenes Laertius was…
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