The sources of Against Demosthenes
Where Against Demosthenes names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 3 citations across 1 chapter, drawn from 3 named sources; 1 of those sources stand in the library.
3 authority
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1 of 1 source-
Demosthenes 1 citation
The speaker treats Demosthenes' own decree as binding authority: because Demosthenes himself proposed referring the case to the Areopagus, its resulting report against him is presented as self-imposed and therefore decisive.
You denied having done so and drew up a challenge, which you laid before the people in the form of a decree entrusting the matter on which you were accused to the council of the Areopagus.
against demosthenes · the specific decree the speaker relies on to bind Demosthenes to the Areopagus's findings ¶
named once
2 sourcesEach stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.
- against demosthenes 2 sources
- the Areopagus's report on the Harpalus money · the law prescribing a tenfold fine for bribery
the marks
- authority
- relied on as a source of legitimacy
- neutral
- identified or reported
- refuted
- argued against
- extended
- developed or continued
- endorsed
- agreed with
- roman
- the cited text is in the library and opens in the reader
- italic
- named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
- ¶
- the passage in this text that does the citing
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