Philonides
historical figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
Philonides of Melite
spoken of as
1 expressionPhilonides of Melite2 mentions
Against Aphobus I (Greek) · Against Aphobus III (Greek)
but he subsequently married the daughter of Philonides of Melite But if there had been four talents in the house and in her custody, as he alleges, don’t you imagine he would have raced to get possession both of her and of them.
in the texts
Against Aphobus I
An Athenian whose daughter Aphobus married instead of the speaker's mother, despite having taken her dowry.
but he subsequently married the daughter of Philonides of Melite But if there had been four talents in the house and in her custody, as he alleges, don’t you imagine he would have raced to get possession both of her and of them.
Against Aphobus III
Father of the woman Aphobus married after failing to marry Demosthenes's mother, cited as evidence of Aphobus's avarice.
but he subsequently married the daughter of Philonides of Melite, from motives of avarice, in order that, in addition to what he had received from us, he might get from him other eighty minae.
On the Estate of Menecles
The witness who testified that Menecles' estate could not be adjudicated because he had left an adopted son; he is being prosecuted for perjury by Menecles' brothers, and the speaker is defending him.
So I married the daughter of Philonides.
I beg you all therefore, gentlemen, and beseech and entreat you to pity me and to acquit the witness here.
When his brothers claimed his estate, a certain Philonides attested that the estate was not adjudicable, because Menecles had left a son.
Antidosis
A later associate of Isocrates named in the defense.
and following them were Onetor, Anticles, Philonides, Philomelus, and Charmantides.