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Lysias: Athenian Orator & His Enduring Speeches

 
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Lysias

Lysias (459?–380? B.C.), an Athenian orator. Those speeches of Lysias that are still in existence provide valuable material on the customs and politics of the age. His most notable surviving speech, Against Eratosthenes, is a denunciation of one of the tyrants who ruled Athens after its defeat by Sparta in 404.