Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Leogoras

    historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages

    my father · my father's grandfather

    in the texts

    On the MysteriesClassical · Greek

    Andocides' father, denounced by Lydus and later defended by Andocides.

    First there was my father, and then my brother-in-law;
    on the mysteries
    whereupon my father furnished surieties and brought an action against Speusippus for making an illegal proposal.
    on the mysteries
    when prosecuting Speusippus for making an illegal proposal, one thing upon which my father insisted repeatedly was that he had never visited Pherecles at Themacus in his life;
    on the mysteries

    On His ReturnClassical · Greek

    Andocides' great-grandfather, said to have led a popular revolt against the tyrants and to have chosen exile with the democrats rather than betray them.

    I am not lying — no lie of this sort could deceive my older listeners — when I say that my father’s grandfather, Leogoras, led a revolt of the people against the tyrants, and in spite of the opportunity of coming to terms with them, marrying into their house, and ruling the people of Athens at their side, chose to share the exile of the democrats and suffer the hardships of banishment rather than …
    on his return

    CloudsClassical · Greek

    A wealthy historical Athenian known for keeping rare pheasants, invoked by Phidippides as a hypothetical bribe.

    I would not, by Bacchus, even if you were to give me the pheasants which Leogoras rears!
    clouds