First, therefore, I will give you details about the property, and after that state the principles on which I think fit to administer the children's affairs.This part of the speech is lost.

Stratocles and I had a patrimony sufficient to supply our needs but not large enough to defray the cost of public services. An indication of this is that each of us received a dowry of only 20 minae with his wife, and so small a dowry would not be given to a husband with a large fortune.