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Thebes (Greece) (search for this): letter 3
events and their adversaries gaining strength in every way. None the less for all that, this brave man continued to adhere to such measures as he thought were in the people's interest and subsequently he continued to perform his duty unfalteringly in word and deed, as was clear to see. As a consequence his surrender was straightway demanded,The surrender of Lycurgus, along with that of Demosthenes and others, was demanded after the fall of Thebes in 335 B.C. Alexander was persuaded by the Athenian orator Demades to relent. as all men are aware. Now I would have written this letter, as I said at the outset, for the sake of Lycurgus alone, but over and above that, believing it to be to your interest to know the criticisms being circulated among those who go abroad, I became all the more eager to dispatch the letter. I beg of those who for private reasons were at odds with Lycurg
Lamia (Greece) (search for this): letter 3
for services performed, and the more so because envy is a disease but the GracesA verbal play on xa/rites, “feelings of gratitude” or “Graces.” have been assigned a place among the gods. Furthermore, I am not going to omit the case of PytheasPytheas was a presumptuous politician of no formal education; he accused Demosthenes of receiving twenty talents from Harpalus; after Alexander's death he joined Antipater during the siege of Lamia, 322 B.C. either, who was a friend of the people down to his entrance into public life but after that was ready to do anything to injure you. For who does not know that this man, when, under the obligation to serve you, he was entering upon public life, was being hounded as a slave and was under indictment as an alien usurping the rights of a citizen and came near being sold by these men whose servant he now is and for whom he used to write
Delphi (Greece) (search for this): letter 3
k the interest of Harpocration, who cites this passage. and to be able to discharge a debt of five talents more easily than he could have produced five drachmas previously, and besides all this, with the permission of you, the people, not only participates in the government, which is a common reproach to all, but also performs on your behalf the ancestralThe point is that Pytheas himself lacked ancestors of note. sacrifices at Delphi? So, when it is possible for all to behold object-lessons of such a kind and on such a scale, from which everyone would conclude that it does not pay to espouse the cause of the people, I begin to fear that some day you may become destitute of men who will speak on your behalf, especially when of the friends of the people some are being taken away by man's natural destiny,That is, death by disease. by accident, and by the laps
Chaeronea (Greece) (search for this): letter 3
I am amazed if none of you thinks that it is a disgraceful thing for the people of Athens, who are supposed to be superior to all men in understanding and culture and have also maintained here for the unfortunate a common refuge in all ages, to show themselves less considerate than Philip, who, although naturally subject to no correction, nursed as he was, in licence, still thought that at the moment of his greatest good fortuneThe battle of Chaeronea, 338 B.C.; the Greeks magnified its importance. Their liberty was lost by degrees, not suddenly. he ought to be seen acting with the greatest humanity and did not venture to cast into chains the men who had faced him in the battle line, against whom he had staked his all, nor demand to know, “Whose sons are they and what are their names?”An Athenian citizen was identified by three items: his own name, his father's name, and
Athens (Greece) (search for this): letter 3
partment of the governmentLycurgus managed the finances of Athens efficiently for twelve years （338-326）, for onaid in his behalf; for be well assured, men of Athens, that, as things now are, the city is acquiring to scrutiny,There was a board of thirty men at Athens who acted as accountants and auditors. Ten of it is a reproach common to all citizens, men of Athens, and a misfortune of the State as a whole, that ated with Demosthenes in admitting Harpalus to Athens with his illicit treasure. His exile was brief or shame! You should ponder these facts, men of Athens, and not treat loyal men with disdain nor be perng this business?” It is knowing how to feel shame, men of Athens, it is faring in a way unworthy of my public services in yy were unable to pay the original amount.It was the law at Athens that the amount of a debt owed to the State should be doub<
324 BC (search for this): letter 3
f the people will not be reconciled even with dead men, but will persist in maintaining their enmity against the children, and if the people, in whose cause every friend of democracy labours, shall remember their gratitude only so long as they can use a man in the flesh and thereafter shall feel no concern, then nothing will be more miserable than to choose the post of champion of the people. If MoeroclesMoerocles was archon in 324 B.C. His surrender had been demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C., which indicates his importance. replies that this view is too subtle for his understanding, and that, to prevent them from running away, he put them in chains upon his own responsibility, demand of him why in the world he did not see the justice of this proceeding when Taureas, Pataecus, Aristogeiton and himself,Nothing specific is known about these imprisonments, but it need not be assume
322 BC (search for this): letter 3
ervices performed, and the more so because envy is a disease but the GracesA verbal play on xa/rites, “feelings of gratitude” or “Graces.” have been assigned a place among the gods. Furthermore, I am not going to omit the case of PytheasPytheas was a presumptuous politician of no formal education; he accused Demosthenes of receiving twenty talents from Harpalus; after Alexander's death he joined Antipater during the siege of Lamia, 322 B.C. either, who was a friend of the people down to his entrance into public life but after that was ready to do anything to injure you. For who does not know that this man, when, under the obligation to serve you, he was entering upon public life, was being hounded as a slave and was under indictment as an alien usurping the rights of a citizen and came near being sold by these men whose servant he now is and for whom he used to write the sp
338 BC (search for this): letter 3
I am amazed if none of you thinks that it is a disgraceful thing for the people of Athens, who are supposed to be superior to all men in understanding and culture and have also maintained here for the unfortunate a common refuge in all ages, to show themselves less considerate than Philip, who, although naturally subject to no correction, nursed as he was, in licence, still thought that at the moment of his greatest good fortuneThe battle of Chaeronea, 338 B.C.; the Greeks magnified its importance. Their liberty was lost by degrees, not suddenly. he ought to be seen acting with the greatest humanity and did not venture to cast into chains the men who had faced him in the battle line, against whom he had staked his all, nor demand to know, “Whose sons are they and what are their names?”An Athenian citizen was identified by three items: his own name, his father's name, and his deme
335 BC (search for this): letter 3
of Demosthenes and others, was demanded after the fall of Thebes in 335 B.C. Alexander was persuaded by the Athenian orator Demades to relenMoerocles was archon in 324 B.C. His surrender had been demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C., which indicates his importance. replies that this view is too su held important commands. The surrender of Diotimus was demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C. Chares held important commands between 367 and 335 B.C. Menestheus was give335 B.C. Menestheus was given command of one hundred galleys in 335 B.C., 17. 20. Eudoxus seems to be otherwise unknown. and also Euthydicus, Ephialtes and Lycurgus,Di335 B.C., 17. 20. Eudoxus seems to be otherwise unknown. and also Euthydicus, Ephialtes and Lycurgus,Din. 1.33 names Euthydicus as one whom Demosthenes claimed as a friend. Ephialtes was one of the ten whose surrender was demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C. He died in 334 while fighting on the side of the Persians against the Macedonians. For Lycurgus see above sect. 2 note. and other
403 BC (search for this): letter 3
others, however, whom you recompensed for their fathers' good services I would gladly see you reminded; for instance, the descendants of Aristeides, Thrasybulus, Archinus and many others.At times the Athenian Assembly bestowed extravagant gifts upon the children of famous men, as may be learned from Plut. Arist. 27. At other times it acted heartlessly, if we may believe Dem. 19.280 ff. Archinus was one of the restorers of democracy in 403 B.C., but the greater share of the credit went to Thrasybulus. Not by way of censure have I cited these examples, for so far am I from censuring as to declare it my belief that such repayments are in the highest degree in the interest of the State, because you challenge all men by such conduct to be champions of the people, when they observe that, even if during their own lives envy shall stand in the way of their receiving merited honors, yet
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