Literary Record Details

Author: AESCHINES Orat.

Opus: In Ctesiphontem
Reference: Aeschin.3.62

Period: Late Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: forensic
Object:
Gender: m
Context: office

Greek Text: ἐνταῦθ᾽ εἰσέρχεται βουλευτὴς Δημοσθένης, οὔτε λαχὼν οὔτ᾽ ἐπιλαχών, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ παρασκευῆς πριάμενος

English Text: Now Demosthenes came in as senator, not drawn by the lot either as a member of the senate or as a substitute, but through intrigue and bribery;