Αἰσχίνης
Aeschines, Aischines, Aiskhines
Translated by Malcolm Heath10 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Of Athens; son of the elementary teacher Atrometus and Leucothea1 the priestess. He himself was an actor, then a secretary, then an orator; he was a traitor, who betrayed Cersobleptes2 and the Phocians. He indicted Ctesiphon for violating the constitution when he proposed that Demosthenes be crowned;3 he lost the case, and went into exile in Rhodes, where he became a teacher.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰσχίνης, Ἀθηναῖος, Ἀτρομήτου γραμματοδιδασκάλου καὶ Λευκοθέας τῆς τελεστρίας, αὐτὸς ὑποκριτής, εἶτα γραμματεύς, εἶτα ῥήτωρ, προδότης, ὁ Κερσοβλέπτην καὶ Φωκέας προδούς. γραψάμενος δὲ παρανόμων Κτησιφῶντα, στεφανοῦν γράψαντα Δημοσθένην, ἡττήθη καὶ ἔφυγεν εἰς Ῥόδον καὶ ἐπαίδευσεν ἐκεῖ.
Betacode
*ai)sxi/nhs, *)aqhnai=os, *)atromh/tou grammatodidaska/lou kai\ *leukoqe/as th=s telestri/as, au)to\s u(pokrith/s, ei)=ta grammateu/s, ei)=ta r(h/twr, prodo/ths, o( *kersoble/pthn kai\ *fwke/as prodou/s. graya/menos de\ parano/mwn *kthsifw=nta, stefanou=n gra/yanta *dhmosqe/nhn, h(tth/qh kai\ e)/fugen ei)s *(ro/don kai\ e)pai/deusen e)kei=.
Notes (3)
- C4 BC. The same Aeschines as alphaiota 347, q.v.↩
- 1Glaukothea, rather: see alphaiota 347. ↩
- 2See kappa 1421. ↩
- 3cf. kappa 2524.
Linked from4 entries
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- αι346ΑἰσχίνηςAischines, AeschinesSon of Charinos, a sausage-maker. [He was] a Socratic philosopher. Some, though, say that he was the son of Lysanias. [He was] an Athenian, of [the deme] Sphettos. His dialogues [are entitled] Miltiades, Kallias,…
- αι347ΑἰσχίνηςAeschines, Aischines, AiskhinesOf Athens. Rhetor. Son of Atrometus and Glaucothea; he studied rhetoric with Alcidamas of Elea. Some have written that his parents were slaves. This man, when he was collaborating in some legal case and corrupted the…
- δ1232Διώκω σεI am pursuing you[Meaning] I am compelling/driving you. But [in the sense of] I accuse/prosecute [it is used] with a genitive. "For he who is prosecuting the decree." Also, "the following are the [parts] of the decrees he is…
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- Translated — Malcolm Heath