speeches of Lysias

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Attic oratory classical Greek literature collection of speeches

The speeches of Lysias are a collection of classical Athenian forensic orations renowned for their clear, plain style and valuable insight into the legal and social life of democratic Athens.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Lysias’ speech Against Eratosthenes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Attic oratory ⓘ classical Greek literature ⓘ collection of speeches ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Athens ⓘ
creator	Lysias NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
genre	forensic oratory ⓘ judicial oratory ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Peloponnesian War Athens ⓘ restoration of democracy in Athens ⓘ rule of the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
includesWork	Against Diogeiton NERFINISHED ⓘ Against Eratosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Murder of Eratosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Olive Stump NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Property of Aristophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Refusal of a Pension NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Scrutiny of Evandros NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later rhetorical theory ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryTradition	Attic orators canon ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
providesInsightInto	Athenian everyday life ⓘ Athenian law courts ⓘ Athenian legal system ⓘ Athenian politics ⓘ social life of democratic Athens ⓘ
region	Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Athenian law courts ⓘ
studiedIn	ancient history ⓘ classics ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ
style	clear ⓘ concise ⓘ plain ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ late 5th century BCE ⓘ
tradition	Attic prose style ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedNumber	about 34 extant speeches ⓘ
usedFor	litigation ⓘ private lawsuits ⓘ public prosecutions ⓘ
usedIn	Athenian law courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
valuedFor	character portrayal ⓘ narrative clarity ⓘ simplicity of diction ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Lysias’ speech Against Eratosthenes