Euthynus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the defendant
in the texts
Against Meidias
Wrestler cited as an example of violent retaliation producing fatal consequences.
But all, or at least many, know what Euthynus, the once famous wrestler, a youngster, did to Sophilus the prize-fighter.
Against Euthynus
The defendant, cousin of Nicias, accused of fraudulently withholding one talent of the three-talent deposit entrusted to him.
he is the cousin of Nicias and has greater ability in speech and action, and although he has little money, he has many friends.
Euthynus restored two talents, but denied that he had received the third.
When the charge was made, the oligarchy was in power, in which the situation of the two men was as follows: