Enemies
group · 6 works · 9 mentions · 12 anchored passages
enemies · enemy · armed men · conspirators · foes · open enemies · opposition · rivals
in the texts
Memorabilia
Opposing forces in the possible Athenian war.
Or do you count the life and death struggle with their enemies, upon which, it may be, the Athenians will enter, but a small thing?
That too is just.
And what if he deceives the enemy when at war?
Hiero
Opponents, foes, conspirators, and hostile subjects whose existence undermines the despot's apparent power.
But all despots move everywhere as in an enemy’s country;
true, the weaker are conscious of danger while they are outside the walls;
But the joys that fall to the citizens of states at war are not experienced by despots.
Against Androtion
Opponents of Athens whose defeat grounds the city's inherited glory.
To dedicate those buildings they did not tithe themselves, nor fulfil the imprecations of their enemies by doubling the income-tax, nor was their policy ever guided by such advisers as you.
Against Lacritus
Hostile parties to whom payments might justify a deduction.
and, if the goods are brought safe to Athens, the borrowers are to pay to the lenders the money due in accordance with the agreement within twenty days after they shall have arrived at Athens, without deduction save for such jettison as the passengers shall have made by common agreement, or for money paid to enemies;
To Nicocles
Enemies are civic opponents whose attacks on faults can contribute to ordinary people's moral correction.
furthermore, freedom of speech and the privilege which is openly granted to friends to rebuke and to enemies to attack each other’s faults;
Economics
Enemies are a group whose status as possessions or wealth depends on whether a person can derive profit from them.
Do not some men possess enemies?
No, not unseen, but open and undisguised, surely!
Shall we include their enemies in their possessions?