Cephisodotus
historical figure · 7 works · 9 mentions · 16 anchored passages
Cephisodotus of Boeotia · Cephisodotus of Ceramicus · the general · your commander
spoken of as
2 expressionsCephisodotus of Boeotia1 mention
Against Lacritus (Greek)
Phormio of Peiraeus, Cephisodotus of Boeotia, Heliodorus of Pitthus.
Cephisodotus of Ceramicus1 mention
Against Leptines (Greek)
Next, I have this much to say to Cephisodotus.
in the texts
Hellenica
Athenian general elected alongside Menander and Tydeus before the battle of Aegospotami.
they were also making their preparations for battle, and had chosen three generals in addition to the former number,—Menander, Tydeus, and Cephisodotus.
For these reasons the Athenian people voted to make peace, and in the first place sent ambassadors to Thebes to invite the Thebans to go with them to Lacedaemon to treat for peace if they so desired;
But Cephisodotus came forward and said:
Against Ctesiphon
A general associated with a naval expedition to the Hellespont and an impeachment trial.
or the story of the generalship of Cephisodotus, and the naval expedition to the Hellespont, when Demosthenes as one of the trierarchs carried the general on his ship, and shared his table, his sacrifices, and his libations and how after he had been thus honored because the general was an old friend of his father’s, he did not hesitate, when the general was impeached, and was on trial for his life …
Against Aristocrates
Athenian commander and recipient of Charidemus' letter, later punished over a convention.
To prove the truth of my narrative, you are, of course, my witnesses in regard to the fate of the commander;
and he could draw supplies from the friendly countries of upper Phrygia, Lydia, and Paphlagonia, while for Charidemus nothing remained but to stand a siege.
or rather, not to you but to Cephisodotus, for, being conscious of his transgressions, he was very much of the opinion that the beguilement of Athens was a task beyond his own powers.
Against Lacritus
Boeotian witness to the loan agreement.
Phormio of Peiraeus, Cephisodotus of Boeotia, Heliodorus of Pitthus.
Theodotus, privileged alien, Charinus, son of Epichares, of Leuconium, Phormio, son of Ctephisophon, of Peiraeus, Cephisodotus of Boeotia and Heliodorus of Pitthus depose that they were present when Androcles lent to Artemo three thousand drachmae in silver, and that they know they deposited the agreement with Archenomides of Anagyrus.
Against Leptines
Appointed defender of Leptines' law, praised for oratory but criticized for his cause.
Next, I have this much to say to Cephisodotus.
Leodamas of Acharnae, Aristophon of Hazenia, Cephisodotus of Ceramicus, and Dinias of Herchia.
On the Trierarchic Crown
The sole advocate named as having spoken for the speaker.
If the decree, men of the senate, ordered that the crown should be given to the man having the largest number of advocates, it would have been senseless for me to claim it, for Cephisodotus alone has spoken on my behalf, while a host of pleaders has spoken for my opponents.
On the Estate of Dicaeogenes
Nephew of Dicaeogenes (II.), son of Theopompus and the fourth daughter of Menexenus (I.); orphaned and despoiled by his guardian Dicaeogenes (III.), and present in court as the speech is delivered.
and robbed the mother of Cephisodotus and Cephisodotus himself of all they possessed.
), he sent the latter's nephew Cephisodotus with his own brother Harmodius to Corinth as a body servant;
For of these persons he was at the same time the guardian and legal representative and the legal adversary;