Thank you for your insights. As for Aeschines’ speech against Timarchus, Aeschines tries to bring Timarchus to account about why he blames the city, and its laws and regulations by saying to him “You will see, then, that Timarchus cannot blame the city for any part of this prosecution, nor can he blame the laws, nor you, nor me, but only himself.” Through Aeschines’ verbal attack over Timarchus, we can question why Aeschines defended the city and its rules and laws against Aeschines’ claims. Were Aeschines’ claims fake or false? Through the attic oratory, we can understand why and how the attic orators performed their jobs, and most probably, they performed it on behalf of some sort of wealthy and notable people, for example, one
Thank you for your insights. As for Aeschines’ speech against Timarchus, Aeschines tries to bring Timarchus to account about why he blames the city, and its laws and regulations by saying to him “You will see, then, that Timarchus cannot blame the city for any part of this prosecution, nor can he blame the laws, nor you, nor me, but only himself.” Through Aeschines’ verbal attack over Timarchus, we can question why Aeschines defended the city and its rules and laws against Aeschines’ claims. Were Aeschines’ claims fake or false? Through the attic oratory, we can understand why and how the attic orators performed their jobs, and most probably, they performed it on behalf of some sort of wealthy and notable people, for example, one