On the Olive Stump

Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία

Lys 7

Author(s):

• Has Author: Lysias
• Canonically Attributed To: Lysias

Type: Forensic Defense Speech

Speaker(s):

• Unnamed Defendant

Defense speech written for Nicomachus against unnamed defendant for destruction of sacred olive stump

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.tlg007.perseus-grc1 (accessed October 9, 2025).

Mentioned People:

• Nicomachus
• Peisandros
• Unnamed Mother Of Unnamed Defendant