Hypereides

As, for instance, the speech on the crown, the one against aristocracies, that for the immunities, and the Philippics, for in all these he does not try to lead his countrymen to do what is pleasantest or easiest or most profitable, but in many places thinks that they ought to make their safety and preservation secondary to what is honorable and fitting.

So that If the loftiness of his principles and the nobility of his speeches had been accompanied by such bravery as becomes a warrior, and by incorruptibility in all his dealings, he would have been worthy to be numbered not with such orators as Mirocles, Polyeuctus, Hyperides, and their contemporaries, but high up with Cimon, Thucydides, and Pericles.

At any rate, Phocion, among his contemporaries, though he took the lead in a policy which is not to be commended, and though he had the reputation of favoring Macedonia, nevertheless by reason of his bravery and integrity was held to be in no wise inferior to Ephialtes and Aristides and Cimon.

Demosthenes, however, was not worthy of confidence when he bore arms, as Demetrius says, nor was he altogether inaccessible to bribes.

Indeed, it is recorded that Polus of Aegina, the best actor of his time, was a pupil of his.

But Hermippus states that Archias was one of the pupils of Lacritus the rhetorician, while Demetrius says that he belonged to the school of Anaximenes.

This Archias, then, finding that Hyperides the orator, and Aristonicus of Marathon, and Hymereus, the brother of Demetrius the Phalerian, had taken refuge in the sanctuary of Isaias at Aegina, hailed them away and sent them to Antipater at Cleonae.

There they were also put to death, and Hyperides, it is said, also had his tongue cut out.

This windy and high-sounding bombast, a recent immigrant to Athens from Asia, touched with its breath the aspiring minds of youth with the effect of some pestilential planet, and as soon as the tradition of the past was broken, eloquence halted and was stricken dumb.

Since that who has attained to the sublimity of Thucydides? Who rivaled the fame of Hyperides? Not a single poem has glowed with a healthy color, but all of them as though nourished on the same diet lacked the strength to live to old age.

Painting also suffered the same fate when the presumption of the Egyptians commercialized that incomparable art.

I was holding forth along these lines one day when Agamemnon came up to us and scanned with a curious eye a person to whom the audience was listening so closely.

But the latter too, it must be remembered, was not above taking a present, and the verdict of history tends to justify the policy of Aeschines.

Hyperides, 389-322 BC, was a statesman of the Demosthenic party, and an energetic agitator against Macedonia, who prosecuted in political trials some of the Macedonian agents.

He fell into the hands of the conquerors after the Lamean War, and was put to death.

On one occasion, he appeared against Demosthenes when the latter had appropriated some of the money brought to Athens by Harpalus, the absconding treasurer of Alexander.

Demosthenes was fined.

The chief surviving speech of political importance is the Funeral Oration for the Fallen in the Lamean War.

It shows the smooth, limpid, and pathetic style for which Hyperides was famous.

This speech and several private pleadings have been recovered in Egyptian papyri.

But the latter too, it must be remembered, was not above taking a present, and the verdict of history tends to justify the policy of Aeschines.

Hyperides, 389-322 BC, was a statesman of the Demosthenic party, and an energetic agitator against Macedonia, who prosecuted in political trials some of the Macedonian agents.

He fell into the hands of the conquerors after the Lamean War, and was put to death.

On one occasion, he appeared against Demosthenes, when the latter had appropriated some of the money brought to Athens by Harpalus, the absconding treasurer of Alexander.

Demosthenes was fined.

The chief surviving speech of political importance is the Funeral Oration for the Fallen in the Lamean War.

It shows the smooth, limpid, and pathetic style for which Hyperides was famous.

This speech and several private pleadings have been recovered in Egyptian papyri.

But Hermippus states that Archias was one of the pupils of Lacritus the rhetorician, while Demetrius says that he belonged to the school of Anaximenes.

This Archias, then, finding that Hyperides the orator, and Aristonicus of Marathon, and Hymereus, the brother of Demetrius the Phalerian, had taken refuge in the sanctuary of Isaeus at Aegina, haled them away and sent them to Antipater at Chalcis.

There they were put to death, and Hyperides, it is said, also had his tongue cut out.

Moreover, on learning that Demosthenes had taken sanctuary in the temple of Poseidon at Calauria, Archias sailed across to the island in small boats, and after landing with Thracian spearmen tried to persuade the fugitive to leave the temple and go with him to Antipater, assuring him that he would suffer no harsh treatment.

But it chanced that Demosthenes in his sleep the night before had seen a strange vision.

This windy and high-sounding bombast, a recent immigrant to Athens from Asia, touched with its breath the aspiring minds of youth with the effect of some pestilential planet, and as soon as the tradition of the past was broken, eloquence halted and was stricken dumb.

Since that, who has attained to the sublimity of Thucydides? Who rivaled the fame of Hyperides? Not a single poem has glowed with a healthy color, but all of them, as though nourished on the same diet, lacked the strength to live to old age.

Painting also suffered the same fate when the presumption of the Egyptians commercialized that incomparable art.

I was holding forth along these lines one day when Agamemnon came up to us and scanned with a curious eye a person to whom the audience was listening so closely.

So the prosecution speech did not survive.

And finally was defended by Hyperides.

So I want to talk about Hyperides.

So Hyperides is this, he's the biggest hotshot lawyer in town.

Oh

yeah, dude.

This windy and high-sounding bombast, a recent immigrant to Athens from Asia, touched with its breath the aspiring minds of youth with the effect of some pestilential planet; and as soon as the tradition of the past was broken, eloquence halted and was stricken dumb.

Since that, who has attained to the sublimity of Thucydides? Who rivaled the fame of Hyperides? Not a single poem has glowed with a healthy color But all of them, as though nourished on the same diet, lacked the strength to live to old age.

Painting also suffered the same fate when the presumption of the Egyptians commercialized that incomparable art.

I was holding forth along these lines one day when Agamemnon came up to us and scanned with a curious eye a person to whom the audience was listening so closely.

But the latter too, it must be remembered, was not above taking a present, and the verdict of history tends to justify the policy of Aeschines.

Hyperides, 389-322 BC, was a statesman of the Demosthenic party, and an energetic agitator against Macedonia, who prosecuted in political trials some of the Macedonian agents.

He fell into the hands of the conquerors after the Lamean War, and was put to death.

On one occasion, he appeared against Demosthenes when the latter had appropriated some of the money brought to Athens by Harpalus, the absconding treasurer of Alexander.

Demosthenes was fined.

The chief surviving speech of political importance is the Funeral Oration for the Fallen in the Lamean War.

It shows the smooth, limpid, and pathetic style for which Hyperides was famous.

This speech and several private pleadings have been recovered in Egyptian papyri.