Greece

Against Meidias

Kata Meidiou

Demosthenes turns a personal grievance, being publicly struck by the wealthy Meidias at a festival, into a broader argument that Athenian law must punish the arrogance of the rich toward ordinary citizens regardless of wealth or status.

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