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Against Timarchus - by Daniel Lavery - The Chatner

https://www.thechatner.com/p/against-timarchus
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Date added
Aug. 15, 2021, 1:40 p.m.
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When Aeschines, one of the ten Attic orators and member of the peace embassy dispatched to Philip of Macedon, was accused by Demosthenes and Timarchus of intriguing against Athens on behalf of the same, his defense before the Assembly was swift and straightforward: “Timarchus can’t accuse anyone of betraying Athens, because I heard he’s a fucking skank.”