Xenophon and Lysias on the Arginousai Trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11733015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aggelos Kapellos (University of Ioannina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Erga-Logoi Rivista di storia letteratura diritto e culture dell antichità (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2280-9678 • E-ISSN: 2282-3212 |
| Publisher | Led Edizioni Universitarie (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.7358/erga-2019-002-kape |
| OpenAlex | W2995122841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
Lysias argues in XII 36 that if the Athenians condemned the Arginousai generals it would be right to condemn the Thirty. This argument implies that the generals were guilty and asserts that there was a strong conviction on the part of the Athenians that they should punish the generals. This is a clever rhetorical argument, which conformed to the Athenian ideology according to which the demos was blameless. However, Lysias avoids mentioning that the Athenians violated their law and tried the generals without a proper trial. This happens because the orator comments on the trial retrospectively. If he had to admit that the procedure was illegal, this would clearly have weakened his case; so he does not make this mistake
Argument (complex analysis · Conviction · Ideology · Linguistics · Mistake · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Medicine · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |