Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes

ἀπολογία δωροδοκίας ἀπαράσημος

Lys 21

Author(s):

• Has Author: Lysias
• Canonically Attributed To: Lysias

Type: Forensic Defense Speech

Speaker(s):

• Unnamed Defendant

Defense speech written for Unnamed plaintiff against unnamed defendant

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.tlg021.perseus-grc1 (accessed October 8, 2025).

Mentioned People:

• Diocles
• Kinesias
• Phantias
• Unnamed Wife Of Unnamed Defendant
• Archestratus
• Erasinides
• Alexias
• Alcibiades
• Thrasyllus
• Eucleides