Pamphilus father of Plangon
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Pamphilus · father of Plangon · father of this man's mother
in the texts
Against Boeotus I
The man whose daughter is identified as Boeotus's mother.
but, as it is, he brought suit against my father, and having got up a gang of blackmailers to support him—Mnesicles, whom you all probably know, and that Menecles who secured the conviction of Ninus, and others of the same sort—he went into court, alleging that he was my father’s son by the daughter of Pamphilus, and that he was being outrageously treated, and robbed of his civic rights.
Against Boeotus II
Father of Plangon whose confiscated estate and treasury debt are used against Boeotus's dowry claim.
In order, then, that you may not be deceived by him, I think it is better to speak to you briefly about this matter also.
and will allege that when the property of Pamphilus, who was the father of Plangon, was confiscated, my father took from out the council-chamber the surplus proceeds and he will thus try to show that his own mother brought a dowry of more than one hundred minae, while my mother (he will claim) brought my father no portion whatever.
To begin with, Pamphilus, the father of this man’s mother, died owing five talents to the public treasury, and so far from there being any surplus proceeds for his children after his property had been scheduled and confiscated, even his indebtedness has not been paid in full, but to this day Pamphilus stands inscribed as a debtor to the treasury.