Epicrates
historical figure · 6 works · 6 mentions · 19 anchored passages
Epicrates of Pallene · I · the lad · the speaker
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In Defence of Euxenippus (Greek)
I refer to the case of Lysander, who reported that the mine of Epicrates of Pallene had been bored beyond the boundaries.
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On the Embassy
Son of Philodemus and brother of Philon, defended by Aeschines as well-bred and decent.
You try to bring into contempt the good breeding of Epicrates, Philon’s brother;
And I myself, gentlemen, have three children, one daughter and two sons, by the daughter of Philodemus, the sister of Philon and Epicrates;
But you dared to speak about my wife’s family also—so shameless you are and so inherently thankless, you that have neither affection nor respect for Philodemus, the father of Philon and Epicrates, the man by whose good offices you were enrolled among the men of your deme, as the elder Paeanians know.
Against Timocrates
Athenian proposer of the decree setting up a Legislative Committee for festival finance.
During the first presidency, namely, that of the Pandionid Tribe, and on the eleventh day of that presidency, it was moved by Epicrates that, in order that the sacrifices may be offered, that provision may be adequate, and that any lack of funds for the Panathenian Festival may be made good, the Presidents of the Pandionid Tribe do tomorrow set up a Legislative Committee, and that such Legislative …
On the False Embassy
Athenian democrat and former ambassador condemned to death despite earlier public service.
Such being the facts, will you, the descendants of these men, some of whom are still living, be content that Epicrates, the champion of democracy, the hero of the march from Peiraeus, should have been degraded and punished;
By the terms of this decree, men of Athens, you condemned to death the ambassadors named.
Passing by other instances, let me recall to your memory one or two men who have been punished by death after an embassy far less mischievous to the city.
The Erotic Essay
The young man to whom the essay is addressed and whom the essay sets out to praise for his beauty, self-discipline, courage in equestrian competition, and eloquence, and whom the speaker counsels to pursue philosophy in preparation for future public service.
Accordingly, I shall leave this topic and now endeavor to counsel you on the means of rendering your life still more worthy of esteem.
Accordingly, to avoid spoiling the essay for you or rehearsing my own opinions about these questions, I ask you to lend your attention, since you are immediately going to hear the essay itself, because Epicrates is also at hand, whom I wished to hear it.
Neither do I think that it will be in your power to live as chance decrees, but that the City will appoint you to be in charge of some department of her business, and in proportion as your natural gifts are the more conspicuous it will judge you worthy of greater responsibilities and will the sooner desire to make trial of you.
Against Athenogenes
The plaintiff and speaker of the oration, a farmer who bought the perfume-shop slave Midas and his sons from Athenogenes and was left liable for large hidden debts.
Why does Epicrates want to give himself extra trouble when he could take the boy and use?
For my part, gentlemen of the jury, I beg you most earnestly to show me mercy.
I consented to this and Athenogenes, the defendant, replied that I had Antigone to thank for what had passed.
In Defence of Euxenippus
An Athenian mine-owner whose mine, already worked for three years and shared by some of the wealthiest men in Athens, was accused by Lysander of exceeding its boundaries.
I refer to the case of Lysander, who reported that the mine of Epicrates of Pallene had been bored beyond the boundaries.