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Four orations are current under his name: that Against Timarchus, that On the False Legation,In L.C.L. Aeschines, pp. 15 ff. and that Against Ctesiphon, Ibid. pp. 303 ff. and these alone are genuine, since the one entitled the Delian Oration is not by Aeschines; for he was, to be sure, appointed associate advocate in the trial relating to the sanctuary at Delos, but he did not deliver the speech; for Hypereides was elected in his place, as Demosthenes says.Demosthenes, xviii. (On the Crown) p. 271, 134. He had, as he himself says,Aeschines, On the False Legation, 149. two brothers, Aphobetus and Philochares. He was the first to bring to the Athenians the news of the victory at Tamynae, for which he was crowned a second time.
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Some have said that Aeschines did not study under any teachers, but rose from the under-clerkship in the courts, which he held at that time. And they say that his first speech before the people was against Philip, by which he gained such reputation as to be chosen envoy to the Arcadians; and when he came to them he raised the ten thousand troops with which to oppose Philip. He also prosecuted for unchastity Timarchus, who gave up the defence and hanged himself, as Demosthenes says somewhere.Demosthenes xix. (On the False Legation) 2 and 285. He was elected envoy to Philip with Ctesiphon and Demosthenes to treat for peace, on which occasion he was more successful than Demosthenes; and the second time, when he was one of ten,Aeschines, On the False Legation, 178. he confirmed the peace with oaths, was tried for it, and was acquitted, as has been said above.
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