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Lysias

c. 445–c. 380 BC · Speechwriter

A rich resident foreigner whose brother was killed and whose fortune was seized by the Thirty Tyrants. Ruined, he wrote speeches for others to deliver in court, in a style so plain and natural that it became the model of Attic prose.

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On the Murder of Eratosthenes · Ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἐρατοσθένους φόνου ἀπολογία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Funeral Oration · Ἐπιτάφιος τοῖς Κορινθίων βοηθοῖς
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Simon · Πρὸς Σίμωνα ἀπολογία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On a Wound by Premeditation · Περὶ τραύματος ἐκ προνοίας, ὑπὲρ οὗ καὶ πρὸς ὃν ἄδηλον
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
For Callias · Ὑπὲρ Καλλίου ἱεροσυλίας ἀπολογία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Andocides · Κατ᾽ Ἀνδοκίδου ἀσεβείας
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On the Olive Stump · Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Accusation of Calumny · Κατηγορία πρὸς τοὺς συνουσιαστὰς κακολογιῶν
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
For the Soldier · Ὑπὲρ τοῦ στρατιωτοῦ
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Theomnestus I · Κατὰ θεομνήστου, Α
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Theomnestus II · Κατὰ θεομν́ηστου, Β
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Eratosthenes · Κατὰ Ερατοσθένους τοῦ γενομένου τῶν τριάκοντα, ὃν αὐτὸς εἶπε Λυσίας
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Agoratus · Κατὰ Ἀγοράτου ἐνδείξεως
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Alcibiades I · Κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου λιποταξίου
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Alcibiades II · Κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου ἀστρατείας
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
In Defence of Mantitheus · Ἐν βουλῇ Μαντιθέῳ δοκιμαζομένῳ ἀπολογία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On the Property of Eraton · Περὶ τῶν Ἐράτωνος χρημάτων: πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On the Confiscation of the Property of the Brother of Nicias · Περὶ τῆς δημεύσεως τῶν τοῦ Νικίου ἀδέλφου ἐπίλογος
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On the Property of Aristophanes · Ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἀριστοφάνους χρημάτων, πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
For Polystratus · Ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Defence against a Charge of Taking Bribes · Ἀπολογία δωροδοκίας ἀπαράσημος
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- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against the Corn-Dealers · Κατὰ τῶν σιτοπωλῶν
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- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Pancleon · Κατὰ Παγκλέωνος ὅτι οὐκ ἦν Πλαταιεύς
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On the Refusal of a Pension · Πρὸς τὴν εἰσαγγελίαν περὶ τοῦ μὴ δίδοσθαι τῷ ἀδυνάτῳ ἀργύριον
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Defence against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy · Δήμου καταλύσεως ἀπολογία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
On the Scrutiny of Evandros · Περὶ τῆς Εὐάνδρου δοκιμασίας
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Epicrates and His Fellow-Envoys · Κατὰ Ἐπικράτους καὶ τῶν συμπρεσβευτῶν ἐπίλογος ὡς Θεόδωρος
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Ergocles · Κατὰ Ἐργοκλέους ἐπίλογος
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Philocrates · Κατὰ Φιλοκράτους ἐπίλογος
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- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Nicomachus · Κατὰ Νικομάχου γραμματέως εὐθυνῶν κατηγορία
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Philon · Κατὰ Φίλωνος δοκιμασίας
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- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against Diogeiton · Κατὰ Διογείτονος
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- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Olympic Oration · Ολυμπιακός
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- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb
Against the Subversion of the Ancestral Constitution · Περὶ τοῦ μὴ καταλῦσαι τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν Αθήνησι
Lysias
- Ancient Greek + EnglishW. R. M. Lamb