The sources of Against Ctesiphon

1. Demosthenes 3 authority · 7 refuted 10 citations · 39 passages

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   Aeschines explicitly presents Demosthenes' decree as witness against Demosthenes.

   Furthermore I will present to you Demosthenes himself as witness to the fact that at the time when Ctesiphon made his motion, Demosthenes was holding the office of Commissioner for the Repair of Walls, and so was handling public funds, imposing fines like the other magistrates, and privileged to preside in court.

2. Homer 2 authority 2 citations · 3 passages

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   Homer is explicitly invoked as authoritative poetic testimony.

   Homer has sung of his fame, and has said that of all the mailed chieftains

3. Ctesiphon's decree Ctesiphon 2 refuted 2 citations · 9 passages

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   The decree is the target of the prosecution and is cited in order to refute its legality and truth.

   but Ctesiphon, in the theater—not only overriding the laws but also changing the place;

4. Hesiod 1 authority 1 citation · 3 passages

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   Hesiod is invoked as a recognized moral authority for judging politicians.

   If you disregard the poet’s meter and examine only his thought, I think this will seem to you to be, not a poem of Hesiod, but an oracle directed against the politics of Demosthenes.

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against ctesiphon 38 sources

Aeschines' father's testimony about early restored democracy · Amphictyonic decree against Amphissa · Amphictyonic oath and curse · Aristeides' assessment of Greek tribute · Athenian laws on crowns, proclamations, and public accountability · Ctesiphon's crown decree for Demosthenes · Decree of the people of Oreus · Delphic oracle on Cirrha · Dionysiac law on theater proclamations · Enumeration of the Days · Epigram in honor of the band from Phyle · First Hermae inscription at the Stoa of the Hermae · Juror's oath · Jurors' oath · Law forbidding falsehoods in decrees of the people · Law governing ferrymen to Salamis · Law governing proclamations · Law on offices appointed by tribes, trittyes, and demes · Law on place of crown proclamation · Laws forbidding crowns before accountability · Laws on annual revision and removal of contradictory laws · Laws on public offices and audits · Letters of the king of the Persians · Old theater proclamation for orphans of war dead · Persian king's letter to the Athenians · Philocrates' first peace motion · Philocrates' resolution on oaths to Philip's ambassadors · Philocrates' second resolution for ten ambassadors · Reports of the people of the Paralus and ambassadors to Alexander · Resolution as to the Reward of the Band from Phyle · Resolution concerning seats of honor · Resolution of the Allies · Second Hermae inscription at the Stoa of the Hermae · Solon's law on cowardice and desertion · Solon's laws · Solon's laws on orderly public speaking · Third Hermae inscription at the Stoa of the Hermae · Warning against Arthmius of Zeleia