The Speaker (unnamed plaintiff)
“unnamed plaintiff”
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 12 anchored passages
I · the plaintiff · the speaker · a sharer in this loan · an orphan · the adoptive son · we
in the texts
Against Dionysodorus
Unnamed first-person narrator and plaintiff, an overseas trader who supplied part of the loan capital to Dionysodorus and Parmeniscus though the written contract named Pamphilus as lender; he narrates the case and prosecutes it before the jury.
I am a sharer in this loan, men of the jury.
but I, although not mentioned, was a sharer in the loan.
but I desire also to have one of my friends speak in my behalf.
Against Onetor II
The unnamed orphan plaintiff, former ward of Aphobus, who brings this speech to recover property Onetor's false dowry claims have kept from him.
Aye, Onetor;
With what end in view, Onetor, did you fix your pillars on the house for the two thousand extra drachmae, when you were demanding eighty minae, if the land was really worth more, instead of securing the two thousand drachmae also by a mortgage on the land?
When, however, the trial against him had been decided, and he saw what your attitude was toward those who were too brazen in their wrongdoings, he came to his senses, and concluded that I should appear to be suffering outrageous treatment, if, after being robbed of such large sums, I should be unable to recover anything whatever from Aphobus, who had my property in his possession, but it should be …
Aegineticus
The anonymous narrator of the speech, a Siphnian who was adopted by Thrasylochus, married his sister, and now defends the will against the female claimant.
For if the matter had not been brought before a tribunal you would not have known of my devotion to the deceased, which led to my being made his heir;
And I am astonished that those who are acting in her behalf think this action is reputable, just because, if they fail to win, they will need to pay no penalty.
All the Siphnians would bear witness, however, that my ancestors were foremost of the citizens there in birth, in wealth, in reputation, and in general standing.