Athenian citizens and jurors
group · 3 works · 3 mentions · 7 anchored passages
you · citizens · fellow-citizens · jurors · jury · men of Athens · multitude · the multitude · the people
in the texts
On the Crown
The Athenian audience addressed as participants in policy, law, and verdict.
You, men of Athens;
Here is another point, men of Athens.
Men of Athens, you were not allowed to hear me then;
Antidosis
The Athenian audience and jury whose opinions, votes, and civic habits determine the case and the standing of education.
“You observe,” I would say to him, “the nature of the multitude, how susceptible they are to flattery;
For you are to determine by your votes, not my fate only, but that of a way of life to which many of our youths are devoting their minds.
For if you please the people in Athens, no matter what you do they will not judge your conduct by the facts but will construe it in a light favorable to you;
Memorabilia
The many whose election does not by itself make someone a true ruler.
Kings and rulers, he said, are not those who hold the sceptre, nor those who are chosen by the multitude, nor those on whom the lot falls, nor those who owe their power to force or deception;