Against Timocrates

Against Timocrates

Against Timocrates was a speech given by Demosthenes in which he attacked a law introduced by Timocrates. Demosthenes claimed that this law would deprive Athens of a great deal of money.

External links

* [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0074%3Aspeech%3D24| Text of the speech at the Perseus Digital Library]


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