Thrasylochus
historical figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Thrasylochus of Anagyrus · his brother · the deceased · the testator
in the texts
Against Aphobus II
A man used by the guardians as their agent in tendering an exchange of estates (antidosis) against the speaker to obstruct his lawsuit.
In this matter Thrasylochus of Anagyrus was their tool.
Against Meidias
Brother of Meidias who formally issued the trierarchy challenge against Demosthenes.
—when my suit was due to come on in three or four days, Meidias and his brother suddenly burst into my house and challenged me to take over their trierarchy.
And first they forced the doors of the apartments, assuming that these became their property by the terms of the challenge;
Apollodorus Against Polycles
A creditor of Apollodorus and also a trierarch whose ship is later associated with Callippus.
As for the trireme of Thrasylochus of Anagyrus, on board which he was himself sailing, he induced Thrasylochus to let his trierarchy to Callippus, that Callippus, being in full control of the ship, might carry Callistratus about, as he pleased.
For they wanted to redeem the farm for me by paying Archeneüs and Thrasylochus thirty minae.
However, I mortgaged my farm to Thrasylochus and Archeneüs, and having borrowed thirty minae from them and distributed the money among the crew, I put to sea, that no part of the people’s orders might fail to be carried out, as far as it depended on me.
Aegineticus
The wealthy Siphnian testator whose will, adopting the speaker as his son and heir, is being contested in this Aeginetan lawsuit.
I was of opinion, citizens of Aegina, that Thrasylochus had arranged his affairs so prudently that no one should ever come before a court to bring a suit in opposition to the will which he left.
But the truth is, she is so far from repenting of her misconduct towards Thrasylochus in his life-time, that now too that he is dead she is trying to annul his will and to leave the home without heirs.
Finally, when Thrasylochus was striken with the wasting disease and suffered a long illness—his brother Sopolis had previously died and his mother and sister had not arrived —seeing him so completely destitute of companionship I nursed him with such unremitting care and devotion that he thought he could never repay me with a gratitude adequate to my services;