Athenogenes
historical figure · 1 work · 1 mentions · 8 anchored passages
in the texts
Against Athenogenes
The defendant, a perfume-shop owner and former speechwriter who sold the speaker a slave, Midas, and his sons while concealing enormous hidden debts attached to the shop.
For my part, gentlemen of the jury, I beg you most earnestly to show me mercy.
If a man has been vicious in his private life and given up hope of his city’s safety;
I consented to this and Athenogenes, the defendant, replied that I had Antigone to thank for what had passed.