Dinarchus Against Demosthenes 38

ed. J. O. Burtt

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Against Demosthenes. Dinarchus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Current edition Perseus

Against Demosthenes (English) (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

Editions (1)
Κατὰ Δημοσθένους Perseus (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 38 focus

Notes on the current edition

Against Demosthenes

1. Cephalus assisted in the overthrow of the Thirty in 403 B.C. His reputation as an orator is acknowledged by Demosthenes ( Dem. 18.219 ). Cf. Din. 1.76 . Of the other three men little is known. Thrason is mentioned as a Theban proxenus by Aeschines ( Aeschin. 3.139 ); Eleus is perhaps the trierarch (c. 323) whose name appears in an inscription (I.G. 2.812, b. 14); Phormisius is a mere name. Cf. Aristot. Const. Ath. 34.3 .
2. In 382 B.C. Thebes was betrayed to Sparta and many leading men were exiled. These took refuge at Athens , with whose help in 378 they soon overthrew the new government and ejected the Spartan garrison from the city ( Dio. Sic. 15.25 ).