This is a commentary on Aeschines' Against Timarchos, the prosecution speech in the politically crucial trial of 346/5BC. It is a rhetorical masterpiece of misr... » 

This is a commentary on Aeschines' Against Timarchos, the prosecution speech in the politically crucial trial of 346/5BC. It is a rhetorical masterpiece of misrepresentation, which persuaded the jury to convict Timarchos despite the fact that Aeschines had virtually no evidence of his misdeeds. «