Glossary of Important Names, Terms, and Phrases

• Author: Roger S. Fisher
• Pages: 333-339

Glossary

of

Important

Names,

Terms,

and

Phrases

AESCHINES

(C.

397-322

B.C.):

An

Athenian

orator

and

politician

in



volved

in

several

politically

motivated

lawsuits

with

his

rival

Demos



thenes.

Three

of

his

speeches

are

extant.

AGORA:

The

public

and

economic

heart

of

ancient

Athens

(see

Map

2

in

Appendix

A)

.

The

Agora

was

the

site

of

all

the

major

political

and

judicial

buildings

in

central

Athens.

The

Agora,

like

the

Theatre

of

Dionysus,

was

adjacent

to

the

Acropolis.

ANDOCIDES

(C.

440-390

B.C.):

An

Athenian

orator

who

spent

many

years

in

exile

and

was

involved

in

several

politically

motivated

lawsuits.

He

lived

during

the

same

turbulent

period

that

led

to

the

prosecution

and

execution

of

Socrates.

Four

of

his

speeches

are

extant.

ANTIPHON

(C.

480-411

B.C.):

An

Athenian

orator

and

politician

and

a

contemporary

of

Sophocles.

He

wrote

law-court

speeches

for

litigants

and

also

wrote

sample

four-part

speeches

(tetralogies)

for

hypothetical

lawsuits

in

which

he

provided

opening

and

closing

arguments

for

both

the

prosecution

and

the

defence.

Like

Socrates,

he

was

put

on

trial,

con



victed,

and

executed

for

political

reasons.

Six

of

his

speeches

are

extant.

AREOPAGUS:

The

name

of

a

hill

in

Athens

(the

“

hill

of

Ares

”

)

near

the

Acropolis

and

overlooking

the

Agora

(see

Map

2

in

Appendix

A),

and

the

name

of

the

court

that

met

there

and

heard

cases

of

homicide,

wounding,

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