Logographers

Info about law court speeches on Greek side of unit.  Legitimacy trial, Euphiletus trial and Poisoning trial included.

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    • Isaeus
      • Legitimacy
        • Apohasis
          • 'surely you cannot believe'
            • Show how women should behave
        • Phatry
          • convince jury - trusted then, why not now?
      • Inheritance
        • Speaker need to prove nan is a citizen to get it
          • Peracles' Law - Strict
    • Lysias
      • Gathered witnesses to catch wife cheating
      • Asks for laws of city to be read out
        • Respect for law = good citizen?
      • The laws of the city killed him
      • Euphiletus killed Erathosthenes
      • Presented as naïve - but wife downstairs?!
    • Problems
      • Written for profit
        • In favour of client
      • Appeal to majority
    • Antiphon
      • Son accused stepmother of killing father
      • Philoneus (friend of dad) going to remove concubine
        • Dies first as given more 'potion' during libations to Zeus
      • Stepmom makes a friend of 'con' and convinces her to give a 'love potion'
      • No Witnesses, or law being read out = boring!!!!!!!!!

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