Aristogeiton (orator)

Aristogeiton (Ancient Greek: Aριστογείτων; lived 4th century BC) was an Athenian orator and adversary of Demosthenes and Dinarchus. His father, Scydimus, died in prison, as he was a debtor of the state and unable to pay: his son, Aristogeiton, who inherited the debt, was likewise imprisoned for some time. He is called a demagogue and a sycophant, and his eloquence is described as of a coarse and vehement character. [Hermogenes of Tarsus, "De Formis Oratoriis", i; Photius, "Bibliotheca", cod. 268; Plutarch, "Parallel Lives", "Phocion", [http://www.attalus.org/old/phocion1.html#10 10] ; Quintilian, "Institutio oratoria", [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Quintilian/Institutio_Oratoria/12D*.html#10 xii. 10] ] His impudence drew upon him the surname of "the dog." He was often accused by Demosthenes and others, and defended himself in a number of orations which are lost. Among the extant speeches of Demosthenes there are two against Aristogeiton, and among those of Dinarchus there is one. the "Suda" ["Suda", [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?search_method=QUERY&login=guest&enlogin=guest&page_num=1&user_list=LIST&searchstr=alpha%2C+3912&field=adlerhw_gr&num_per_page=25&db=REAL "Aristogeiton (1)"] , [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?search_method=QUERY&login=guest&enlogin=guest&page_num=1&user_list=LIST&searchstr=alpha%2C+3912&field=adlerhw_gr&num_per_page=25&db=REAL "Aristogeiton (2)"] ] mentions seven orations of Aristogeiton, [Photius, [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_10bibliotheca.htm cod. 265] ; Harpocration, "Lexicon of the Ten Orators", s.v. "Autokleides"] and an eighth against Phryne is mentioned by Athenaeus. [Athenaeus, "Deipnosophistae", [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?type=turn&entity=Literature000801890132&q1=phryne&pview=hide xiii. 60] ] Aristogeiton died in prison. [Plutarch, "Moralia", "Sayings of kings and commanders" [http://www.attalus.org/old/sayings1.html#188 p. 188] ]

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*Dinarchus, " [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Din.+2+1 Against Aristogiton (Perseus Project)] "
*Demosthenes, " [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Dem.+25+1 Against Aristogeiton 1 (Perseus Project)] "
*Demosthenes, " [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Dem.+26+1 Against Aristogeiton 2 (Perseus Project)] "