---
name: Lysias the Orator
name_greek: Λυσίας ὁ λογογράφος
eul_aid: ejc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/lysias-the-orator-ejc"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
works_count: 36
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Lysias the Orator

*Λυσίας ὁ λογογράφος*

**eul_aid:** `ejc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/lysias-the-orator-ejc)

Lysias was a professional speechwriter in classical Athens. Thirty-six surviving orations are attributed to him. Free to download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [Accusatithe Companions of Slander](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-accusation-companions-ejc-ah) — *κατηγορία πρὸς τοὺς συνουσιαστὰς κακολογιῶν* · `ejc-ah`
- [Against Agoratus for Informing](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-agoratus-ejc-ar) — *κατὰ Ἀγοράτου ἐνδείξεως* · `ejc-ar`
- [Against Alcibiades for Desertion](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-alcibiades-ejc-aq) — *κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου λιποταξίου* · `ejc-aq`
- [Against Alcibiades for Military Evasion](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-alcibiades-ejc-aj) — *κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου ἀστρατείας* · `ejc-aj`
- [Against Andocides for Impiety](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-andocides-ejc-au) — *κατ᾽ Ἀνδοκίδου ἀσεβείας* · `ejc-au`
- [Against Diogeiton](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-diogeiton-ejc-bd) — *κατὰ Διογείτονος* · `ejc-bd`
- [Against Epicrates and Co-Envoys, Epilogue As Theodorus](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-epicrates-envoys-ejc-ac) — *κατὰ Ἐπικράτους καὶ τῶν συμπρεσβευτῶν ἐπίλογος* · `ejc-ac`
- [Against Eratosthenes of the Thirty](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-eratosthenes-ejc-ap) — *κατὰ Ερατοσθένους τοῦ γενομένου τῶν τριάκοντα,* · `ejc-ap`
- [Against Ergocles, Epilogue](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-ergocles-ejc-az) — *κατὰ Ἐργοκλέους ἐπίλογος* · `ejc-az`
- [Against Nicomachus Secretary-Accounts](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-nicomachus-ejc-ai) — *κατὰ Νικομάχου γραμματέως εὐθυνῶν κατηγορία* · `ejc-ai`
- [Against Pancleon Not Being Plataean](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-pancleon-ejc-an) — *κατὰ Παγκλέωνος ὅτι οὐκ ἦν Πλαταιεύς* · `ejc-an`
- [Against Philo-Examination](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-philo-ejc-ax) — *κατὰ Φίλωνος δοκιμασίας* · `ejc-ax`
- [Against Philocrates, Epilogue](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-philocrates-ejc-av) — *κατὰ Φιλοκράτους ἐπίλογος* · `ejc-av`
- [Against The Grain Dealers](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-grain-dealers-ejc-ba) — *κατὰ τῶν σιτοπωλῶν* · `ejc-ba`
- [Against the Indictment-Not Giving Money to the Weak](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-indictment-weak-ejc-ad) — *Πρὸς τὴν εἰσαγγελίαν περὶ τοῦ μὴ δίδοσθαι τῷ* · `ejc-ad`
- [Against Theomnestus A](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-against-theomnestus-ejc-bb) — *κατὰ θεομνήστου, Α* · `ejc-bb`
- [Against Theomnestus B](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-theomnestus-ejc-bc) — *κατὰ Θεομνήστου Β* · `ejc-bc`
- [Areopagiticus Defense of the Shrine](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-areopagiticus-defense-ejc-ao) — *Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία* · `ejc-ao`
- [Defense for Callias' Sacrilege](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-defense-callias-ejc-as) — *ὑπὲρ Καλλίου ἱεροσυλίας ἀπολογία* · `ejc-as`
- [Defense in the Council for Mantitheus Under Examination](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-defense-mantitheus-ejc-ab) — *ἐν βουλῇ Μαντιθέῳ δοκιμαζομένῳ ἀπολογία* · `ejc-ab`
- [Defense in the Murder of Eratosthenes](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-defense-murder-eratosthenes-ejc-am) — *ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἐρατοσθένους φόνου ἀπολογία* · `ejc-am`
- [Defense of the Overthrow of the People](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-defense-overthrow-ejc-al) — *δήμου καταλύσεως ἀπολογία* · `ejc-al`
- [Epitaph for Corinthian Helpers](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-corinthian-helpers-ejc-at) — *Ἐπιτάφιος τοῖς Κορινθίων βοηθοῖς* · `ejc-at`
- [For Polystratus](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-for-polystratus-ejc-bf) — *ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου* · `ejc-bf`
- [For the Soldier](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-soldier-ejc-bg) — *ὑπὲρ τοῦ στρατιωτοῦ* · `ejc-bg`
- [Fragments on a Debt Case](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-debt-case-ejc-bi) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Χρέους* · `ejc-bi`
- [Fragments on Legal Disputes](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-legal-disputes-ejc-bh) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Δικῶν* · `ejc-bh`
- [In Defense of Aristophanes' Funds, to the Public](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-defense-aristophanes-funds-ejc-ag) — *ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἀριστοφάνους χρημάτων, πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον* · `ejc-ag`
- [Olympic](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-olympic-ejc-bj) — *Ολυμπιακός* · `ejc-bj`
- [On Not Abolishing The Ancestral Constitution At Athens](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-ancestral-constitution-ejc-ae) — *περὶ τοῦ μὴ καταλῦσαι τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν* · `ejc-ae`
- [On the Confiscation of the Property of Nicias' Brother, Epilogue](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-confiscation-nicias-brother-ejc-aa) — *περὶ τῆς δημεύσεως τῶν τοῦ Νικίου ἀδέλφου ἐπίλογος* · `ejc-aa`
- [On the Examination of Evander](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-examination-evander-ejc-aw) — *περὶ τῆς Εὐάνδρου δοκιμασίας* · `ejc-aw`
- [On the Funds of Eratones, to the Public](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-eratones-funds-ejc-ak) — *περὶ τῶν Ἐράτωνος χρημάτων: πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον* · `ejc-ak`
- [On Wound by Design, For Which and to Whom Unknown](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-wound-design-unknown-ejc-af) — *περὶ τραύματος ἐκ προνοίας, ὑπὲρ οὗ καὶ πρὸς ὃν* · `ejc-af`
- [To Simon Apology](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-simon-apology-ejc-be) — *πρὸς Σίμωνα ἀπολογία* · `ejc-be`
- [Unmarked Defense of Bribery](https://eulogikon.org/works/lysias-defense-bribery-ejc-ay) — *ἀπολογία δωροδοκίας ἀπαράσημος* · `ejc-ay`

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