Callixenus
Callixenus (
Euryptolemus brought a suit (graphe paranomon) against Callixenus claiming that the proposal was unlawful, but was forced to drop it in the face of public opinion. At the trial, the remaining generals – two, Aristogenes and Protomachus, had already fled Athens rather than face trial – were found guilty, and sentenced to death.[1] A later rhetorical work by Aelius Aristides claims that Callixenus also proposed that the generals should not be buried, though this is certainly ahistorical.[2]
As public opinion turned against the motion brought by Callixenus, a case was brought against him and he fled Athens. He returned in the general amnesty of 403, and died in Athens of starvation.[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Schmitz 2006.
- ^ Stephens 1983, p. 173.
- Bibliography
- Schmitz, Winfried (2006), "Callixenus", Brill's New Pauly, retrieved 19 August 2017
- Stephens, S. A. (1983), "The "Arginusae" Theme in Greek Rhetorical Theory and Practice", The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 20 (3)