Lysias discursos contra eratosthenes biography

Oration by Lysias (403 BC)

"Against Eratosthenes" is a speech by Lysias, one of the ten Attic orators.

It will be shown how, thanks to four underexplored testimonia, the framework in which we should place these fragments appears to be wider than just Lysias'.

The orations of Lysias and Isocratestranslated from the Greek: with some account of their lives; and a discourse on the history, manners, and character of the.

[Lysias: Against Eratosthenes, One of the Thirty Tyrants].

Il suffit d'évoquer les dialogues platoniciens pour saisir que le philosophe préfère donner la parole à Socrate et à ses disciples, plutôt que de rédiger des.

Lysias VI (Contra Andocidem).

In the speech, Lysias accuses Eratosthenes, a member of the Thirty Tyrants who ruled Athens following the Peloponnesian War, of the murder of his brother, Polemarchus (around 403 BCE).

Overview

Lysias's career as a speech writer, or logographer, was interrupted by the occupation of the Thirty Tyrants, an oligarchicjunta placed in power by the Spartans following their victory against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in 404 BCE.

Lysias, along with a small group of fellow metics, including his brother, Polemarchus, were arrested by the pro-Spartan regime on charges of general hostility and resistance to the Thirty Tyrants. According to Lysias, the group was arrested on trumped up charges just so the Thirty Tyrants could have a reason to confiscate their substantial wealth and property.

The subsequent execution of Polemarchus is one of the su