Against Polycles

πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος

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Author(s):

• Canonically Attributed To: Demosthenes
• Has Probable Author: Apollodorus

Type: Forensic Accusatory Speech

Speaker(s):

• Apollodorus

Accusatory speech written for Apollodorus against Polycles for financial damages

Demosthenes. Demosthenis Orationes, eds. W. Rennie (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931), Perseus Digital Library. https://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg050.perseus-grc1 (accessed October 7, 2025).

Mentioned People:

• Apollodorus
• Mnesilochus
• Menon
• Euripides
• Callicles
• Lycinus
• Pythodorus
• Archenus
• Archedemus
• Epitrephes
• Alexander
• Cleanax
• Polycles
• Philon
• Timomachus
• Pasion
• Unnamed Wife Of Apollodorus
• Hagnias
• Eperatus
• Kallistratus
• Archippe
• Phrasierides
• Thrasylochus
• Praxicles
• Poseidippus
• Deinias
• Kallippus
• Nicippus
• Euctemon
• Autocles