On the Murder of Eratosthenes

ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἐρατοσθένους φόνου ἀπολογία

Lys 1

Author(s):

• Has Author: Lysias
• Canonically Attributed To: Lysias

Type: Forensic Defense Speech

Speaker(s):

• Euphiletus

Defense speech written for Relatives of Eratosthenes against Euphiletus for intentional homicide

Lysias. Lysias, with an English Translation, eds. W. R. M. Lamb (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930), Perseus Digital Library. https://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1 (accessed October 7, 2025).

Mentioned People:

• Unnamed Wife Of Euphiletus
• Eratosthenes
• Unnamed Mother Of Eratosthenes
• Unnamed Mother Of Euphiletus
• Sostratus
• Unnamed Former Lover Of Eratosthenes