Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 232
ten or twelve drachms for each man ; and six for each vt-omanwithout sons; mothers with sons that paid being free from the tax. Some-times exemption from taxation (drtXfta) was conferred upon individuals as aleward for meritorious services. Demetrius found, by his census, 10,000 of theclass of… … 179 180 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 hable to be sold for a slave.Diogenes Laertius…
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