The Oration of Aeschines Against Ctesiphon With Notes
The Oration of Aeschines Against Ctesiphon With Notes
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De Coron. , 83, 213). And, in general, it is plain that both upon this and the previous point, while the common law, and perhaps com- mon usage, were on the side of JEschines, special laws and usage were on the side of Ctesiphon. If there was no law and no usage in his favor, why was the proposition made in this form, when substantially the same ends might have been gained in a legal way ? For certainly the mere place of the proclamation of the crown was of no account, and even according to ^E...schines (31), if he had only added to the proposition to crown him, " when he has rendered up his accounts, " the decree would have been legal on that point. In short, one familiar with the history of Athens at this period, and with all the circumstances connected with the present trial, cannot help feeling, to say the least, that the decree of Ctesiphon was not so inconsistent with the laws and usages of the times, as to have provoked a prose- cution from any one but an imbittered enemy. And it is in this light that Demosthenes treats it in his reply (see 12-16, 121, e*flZ.
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