ANTIPHON  , of Rhamnus in See also:

• ATTICA

Attica, the earliest of the " ten " See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic orators, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 480 B.C . He took an active See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• POLITICAL

political affairs at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, and, as a zealous supporter; of the oligarchical party, was largely responsible for the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Four See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred in 411 (see See also:

• THERAMENES (d. 4o3 B.c.)

THERAMENES) ; on the restoration of the See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy he was accused of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason and condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death . See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides (viii . 68) expresses a very high See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of him . Antiphon may be regarded as the founder of political See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory, but he never addressed the See also:

• PEOPLE

people himself except on the occasion of his trial . Fragments of his speech then delivered in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of his policy (called Hepi µergo-See also:

• RAO, SIR DINKAR (1819–1896)
• RAO, SIR T

rao-ecos) have been edited by J . See also:

• NICOLE, PIERRE (1625–1695)

Nicole (1907) from an See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• PAPYRUS

papyrus . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief business was that of a professional speech-writer (Xoyoypacbos), for those who See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt incompetent to conduct their own cases—as all disputants were obliged to do—without See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert assistance . Fifteen of Antiphon's speeches are extant: twelve are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere school exercises on fictitious cases, divided into tetralogies, each consisting of two speeches for See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution and defence—See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation, defence, reply, See also:

• COUNTER

counter-reply; three refer to actual legal processes . All See also:

• DEAL

deal with cases of See also:

• HOMICIDE (Lat. homicidium)

homicide (4ovtKai Siicat) . Antiphon is also said to have composed a Tixv17 or See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

Rhetoric . Edition, with commentary, by Maetzner (1838) ; See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text by See also:

• BLASS, FRIEDRICH (1843—1907)

Blass (1881); See also:

• JEBB, JOHN (1736–1786)
• JEBB, SIR RICHARD CLAVERHOTJSE (1841–1905)

Jebb, Attic Orators; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Vitae X .

Oratorum; See also:

• PHILOSTRATUS

Philostratus, Vit . Sophistarum, i . 15; See also:

• VAN

van Cleef, See also:

• INDEX

Index Antiphonteus, See also:

• ITHACA
• ITHACA ('IeaK77)

Ithaca, N . Y . (1895) ; see also RHETORIC .