Athenian assembly
quoted 13 times by 7 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Athenian Assembly the group
Most often reported — someone's speech given in report. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
3 quoted · 10 reported
9 neutral 4 refutedin the voice of Demosthenes 5 , Aeschines 3 , Callias of Chalcis 1 , Eubulus 1 , Marshal 1 , Meidias 1 , Theramenes 1
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in the voice of Demosthenes
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Against Ctesiphon Aeschines 4 neutral 4 citations · 7 passages
Aeschines reports Demosthenes' speech and procedural questioning.
and the people left the assembly with substantially this supposition, that peace would be made (that, however, it was better not to discuss an alliance, because of our summons to the Greeks), and that the peace would be shared by all the Greeks.
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in the voice of Aeschines
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On the False Embassy Demosthenes 4 refuted 4 citations
Demosthenes reports what Aeschines said in his own report.
Aeschines, on the other hand, gave away and sold Amphipolis, a city which the King of Persia and all Greece recognized as yours, speaking in support of the resolution moved by Philocrates.
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in the voice of Demosthenes
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Against Aristogeiton I Demosthenes 1 neutral 1 citation
The Assembly’s act of designating the speaker is presented as a prior communicative mandate.
When I saw you in the Assembly indicating and proposing me as the accuser of Aristogeiton, I was troubled, and I call Heaven to witness that I did not relish the task.
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in the voice of Meidias
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Against Meidias Demosthenes 1 neutral 1 citation
The speech directly represents Meidias' Assembly boasting.
we are the capitalists —if that is all it means, then I confess that Meidias has shown himself the most distinguished citizen of Athens;
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in the voice of Marshal
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On the Crown Demosthenes 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
The procedural question is directly reported and central to the crisis scene.
The marshal repeated his question again and again, but still no one rose to speak, although all the commanders were there, and all the orators, and although the country with her civic voice was calling for the man who should speak for her salvation;
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in the voice of Demosthenes
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Second Philippic Demosthenes 1 neutral 1 citation
The orator recalls his own earlier speech opposing surrender of strategic positions.
It would indeed have been fair, men of Athens, to call upon those who conveyed to you Philip’s promises, on the strength of which you were induced to conclude the Peace.
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in the voice of Theramenes
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Hellenica Xenophon 1 neutral 1 citation
Theramenes's advocacy before the Assembly is reported as indirect speech that persuades the majority.
Theramenes acted as spokesman for the embassy, and urged that it was best to obey the Lacedaemonians and tear down the walls.
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