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Demosthenes, Orations, 18.208


nanBut no; you cannot, men of Athens, you cannot have done wrongly when you accepted the risks of war for the redemption and the liberties of mankind; I swear it by our forefathers who bore the brunt of warfare at Marathon, who stood in array of battle at Plataea, who fought in the sea-fights of Salamis and Artemisium, and by all the brave men who repose in our public sepulchres, buried there by a country that accounted them all to be alike worthy of the same honor —all, I say, Aeschines, not the successful and the victorious alone. So justice bids: for by all the duty of brave men was accomplished: their fortune was such as Heaven severally allotted to them.


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

7 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 15.607 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

15.607. /And he was raging like Ares, wielder of the spear, or as when consuming fire rageth among the mountains in the thickets of a deep wood; and foam came forth about his mouth, and his two eyes blazed beneath his dreadful brows, and round about his temples terribly shook the helm of Hector as he fought;
2. Aristophanes, Knights, 702 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

702. ἀπολῶ σε νὴ τὴν προεδρίαν τὴν ἐκ Πύλου.
3. Aeschines, Letters, 1.81, 2.13, 3.172, 3.181-3.187, 3.228 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

4. Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, 76, 140 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

5. Longinus, On The Sublime, 9.11-9.15, 12.4-12.5, 16.2 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

6. Aeschines, Or., 3.181-3.187

7. Demosthenes, Orations, 4.49, 6.31, 9.54, 13.21, 18.204-18.207, 18.261, 18.294, 19.129-19.130, 19.171, 19.285, 20.21, 21.58, 21.109, 21.139, 21.198, 21.207, 29.57, 50.13, 52.9, 52.14



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschines of sphettus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 326
alcibiades Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
alignment strategies Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
all the gods (and goddesses),invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 239
alopeke deme,athens Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
alopeke deme Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
ammon,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
amphion and zethus,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
apollo,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
apollodorus (son of pasion) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 349
artemisium,battle of,oaths invoking heroes,of Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125, 326
athena,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
athenian democracy Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
audience de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610
cabbages as oath witnesses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
cadmilus as oath witness Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
callicles (gorgias) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
castor and pollux (twin gods),oaths,invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
characterization de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 611
common knowledge Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
cyrene Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
demeter,informal oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
demosthenes de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610, 611
dionysus,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
divine inspiration/enthusiasm de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610
dogs as oath witnesses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
emotions,ecstasy de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610
epithets,significance of divine Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 349
ethos (ἦθος) de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 611
exemplum/exempla Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
hector de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 611
hera,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
heroes as oath witnesses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 326
historical knowledge in classical athens Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
hyllus,oath with,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
hystaspas,iambus,oaths in Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
imaginary objections in oratory Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 349
informal oaths,in law-court speeches Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
informal oaths,in satyr-drama Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
informal oaths,language of Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
intertextuality,allusion de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610
intertextuality,of the narratee/reader de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 611
isaeus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 239
lamachus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125
lawcourts,athenian Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
longinus de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610, 611
lycurgus (lykourgos) of athens Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
marathon,battle of,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125, 326
mithras,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
multiple sanctifying features Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 349
non-divine witnesses to oaths Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
ober,josiah Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
old comedy Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 349
oratory,attic Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
parthenopaeus (seven against thebes) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125
pathos (πάθος) de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610, 611
philip of macedon Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 239
plants as oath witnesses,plataea,oath invoking heroes of Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125, 326
plants as oath witnesses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
plato Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 611
polyneices Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125
poppy leaves as oath witnesses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
poseidon,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
punches as oath witnesses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
pylos Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
relevance) Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 218
sausage-seller (knights) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
self-curses,divine Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
sidestepped,twin gods (castor and pollux) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
silenus (cyclops),oaths sworn by Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
socrates,death of Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 326
socrates,of alopeke deme Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
socrates Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
spears within oath rituals Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125
sublime de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 610, 611
thebes,zethus and amphion Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
thebes Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125
theodorus of cyrene Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
twin gods (castor and pollux) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
volunteered oaths,war-dead as oath witnesses' Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 125
zethus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
zeus,oaths invoking,frequency Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 349
zeus,oaths invoking,in law-court speeches Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 239
zeus,oaths invoking,informal Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319
zeus,oaths invoking,with other gods Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 319