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Aeschines, Letters, 2.34


nanNow when I had said this and more beside, at last came Demosthenes' turn to speak. All were intent, expecting to hear a masterpiece of eloquence. For, as we learned afterwards, his extravagant boasting had been reported to Philip and his court. So when all were thus prepared to listen, this creature mouthed forth a proem—an obscure sort of thing and as dead as fright could make it; and getting on a little way into the subject he suddenly stopped speaking and stood helpless; finally he collapsed completely.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

6 results
1. Aristophanes, Knights, 168 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

168. ἐγώ; σὺ μέντοι: κοὐδέπω γε πάνθ' ὁρᾷς.
2. Aristophanes, Peace, 1290 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1290. ἐγώ; σὺ μέντοι νὴ Δί'. υἱὸς Λαμάχου.
3. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 3.42.3 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

3.42.3. What is still more intolerable is to accuse a speaker of making a display in order to be paid for it. If ignorance only were imputed, an unsuccessful speaker might retire with a reputation for honesty, if not for wisdom; while the charge of dishonesty makes him suspected, if successful, and thought, if defeated, not only a fool but a rogue.
4. Aeschines, Letters, 2.20, 3.182, 3.228 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

5. Theon Aelius, Exercises, 5 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

6. Aeschines, Or., 2.20, 2.34, 3.182



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschines Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
antipater Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
antiphon,anti-rhetoric Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
antiphon,apollodorus Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
aristophanes Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
aristotle,on physiognomic deceit Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
athens,as surveillance culture Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
attic oratory Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
deception,and physiognomics Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
deception,association with rhetoric Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
deception,staged detections of Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
democracy,athenian,and noble lies,and its oratory Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
demosthenes,and physiognomics Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
demosthenes,representation of deceit Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
demosthenes,works,against stephanus Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
demosthenes Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
demosthenes vii Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
dinarchus of corinth (orator) Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
hiatus Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
honorific crowns Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
kunst,karl v Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
philocrates Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
physiognomics Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
rhetoric,of anti-rhetoric Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
rhetorical theory' Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344
schema (semblance) Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
sophrosune Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
surveillance culture Hesk (2000), Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens, 225
wilamowitz-moellendorff,ulrich von Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 344