Athenas rumor implet, mater sedula iuris peritos consulit; nemo expedit quo pacto ni possideant quod fuerit datum, fructumve capiant; deinde quae tulerint nihil quanam ratione conferant pecuniam.
Athens was filled with gossip about this. The mother went about diligently consulting men learned in the law. No one succeeded in explaining how the heirs could avoid possessing what might be given them, or reaping the benefit of it; nor, moreover, could anyone explain how heirs who retained nothing were to bestow money.
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