Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Manslaughter, Attic Greek, Murder
24 Apr 2014
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The five things: title alien, date, lysias was a speechwriter in athens. He was not an athenian citizen, but a metic, or resident: we have a collection of speeches by lysias, in which this speech is the first one. It is also known by its subject, on the murder of. Greek of classical athens: the five things, author lysias, title lysias 1, on the murder of eratosthenes , date between 403 and 380 bce, location athens, language attic greek. Lysias 1 on the murder of eratosthenes. Euphiletos stands accused of the murder of eratosthenes, his wife"s lover. According to athenian law, if a husband caught his wife"s lover in the act of adultery, he could either kill him or demand financial compensation. The latter had become the more common type of settlement at athens. Eratosthenes with his wife and killed him in front of witnesses.
