CC 301 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I. Cover of Plato’s Symposium. Outline of Current Lecture II. IntroductionIII. Not guiltyIV. ExplanationV. ConclusionVI. Against Timarchus IntroductionVII. Trial ProcedureVIII. General StructureCurrent LectureAgainst Simon IntroductionThis speech is another legal defence, written for and spoken by an unnamed client. A man namedSimon had charged this man with “premeditated wounding”, and he faced possible exile as a result. As this man would have it, the disagreement between himself and Simon arose from a competition for the affections of Theodotus, a young, male prostitute.1. Although I have been privy to many and terrible things about Simon, councillors, I would not ever have believed that he arrived at such a great point of boldness1 that on behalf of that for which he ought to pay a penalty, on behalf of these things, he would make an accusation as if he were the one wronged, and that having solemnly sworn an oath so great and holy, he would cometo you.2. If, then, any others were about to make a legal judgement concerning me, I would be very much afraid, seeing that there are sometimes both intrigues and fortunes of the sort such that events various and contrary to expectation turn out for those who are on trial: by going to you, I hope that I will chance upon men observant of the law.3. And I am vexed most of all, councillors, that I will be forced to speak to you concerning matters of this kind, for the sake of which, since I would be dishonoured were many to know These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.them about me, I bore it to be wronged. But since Simon has placed me into such compulsion, I shall go through for you everything that was done, hiding nothing at all.Not Guilty4. I expect, councillors, if I am unjust, to obtain no forgiveness: but if, concerning these things, I show you that I am not guilty of that to which Simon did solemnly swear, but I am nevertheless shown to you to have managed myself in a manner contrary to my age, and quite foolishly, and all for a lad, then I beg that you think no less of me, since you know that it exists in the hearts of all men to covet, whereas the best and most chaste man would be he who is able to bear his misfortunes in the most discrete manner. For all these, this man Simon became an obstacle to me, as I shall show you.Explanation5. For we, dear councillors, had set our hearts on Theodotus, a Plataean lad. And I, by doing the boy good, expected him to be a dear friend, whereas this man, by committing hubris2 and acting contrary to the law, he looked to force the boy to do whatever he might wish. As many evils as that boy has suffered by him, it would be a great toil to speak it, but as many misdeeds as he committed against me, this I believe fitting for you to hear.6. For, having heard that the lad was at my house, he came to my place, drunk, knocked out the doors and went into the women’s quarters, where my sister and nieces were, who have lived suchorderly lives that they were ashamed to be seen, even by family.7. This man, moreover, came to such a point of hubris that he was not willing to depart until, since they believed that he did a terrible thing, that is, they who attended him and who came withhim, because he intruded upon the maiden girls and the orphans within, these men drove him out by force. And so far was he from feeling repentance for his acts of hubris that once he discoveredwhere we were dining, he did a most unnatural and unbelievable thing, unless one were aware of his mania.8. For, having called me from within, as soon as I came out, he immediately tried to beat me. And when I defended myself, he abandoned the fight and hurled stones at me. And although he missed me, Aristocritus, who had come to my house with him, him he hit with a stone, and smashed in his forehead.Conclusion9. Therefore I, councillors, although I believed that I suffered terrors, and although, as I said, I was shamed by the circumstance, I bore it, and I preferred not to exact a penalty for these misdeeds, rather than to seem to be foolish to the citizens, knowing that although the matters did befit the knavery of the other man, many would mock me for having suffered these sorts of things, at least by those men accustomed to spite whenever anyone in the city is eager to do his part.10. And thus I was so puzzled about what I should do, councillors, for the law-breaking of this man, that it seemed to me that the very best thing was to be abroad from the city. Indeed, I took the lad (for I must speak the whole truth) and departed from the city. And once I believed that there was sufficient time for Simon to have forgotten the young man, and to have repented his earlier misdeeds, I returned again.11. And I went away to Piraeus,3 whereas this man, as soon as he became aware that Theodotus had arrived, and was spending time with Lysimachus, who dwelled near a house which that man rented, he summoned some of his friends. And these men took a luncheon and drank, and they stood watch on the roof, so that when the lad went out, they could grab him and drag him in.12. At this critical time, I return from Piraeus and since I’m passing by, I drop in on Lysimachus: after we passed a little time, we go out. Then these men, already drunk, leap upon us. And whereas some of those men attending to him did not wish to share his fault, Simon himself, and Theophilus, and Protarchus and Autokles, began to drag the lad away. And he, casting off his cloak, departed fleeing.13. And I, believing that he had escaped, and that the men, just as soon as they encountered any people, would desist from shaming themselves—having thought through these things, departing along the other road, I was away: thus I was zealously watching for them; and everything that was done by them, I considered a great calamity to myself.14. And herein, where Simon says there was a battle, no-one, neither one of these men, nor of us,neither had his head broken, nor did he receive any other harm, of which I furnish for you these witnesses who were there.< https://metaphrastes.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/lysias-3-defence-against-simon/>Against Timarchus IntroductionThe procedure is an