are passages which are in bad taste; but Demosthenes proves beyond doubt
his unswerving loyalty to the high ideal of policy which he had formed for
his country, and it is with good reason that parts of this speech have
always been felt to reach a height of eloquence which has never been
surpassed.

The jury acquitted Ctesiphon: and Aeschines, failing to obtain a fifth
part of the votes, and thus incurring a heavy fine and the loss of some of
the rights of a citizen, left Athens, and lived most of the remainder of
his life at Rhodes.

The following is an analysis of the speech in outline:--


I. Introduction (Sec.Sec. 1-8).
II. Defence against charges irrelevant to the indictment (Sec.Sec. 9-52).
(1) Introduction (Sec. 9).
(2) Postponement of reply to charges against his private life
(Sec.Sec. 10, 11).
(3) Reply to charges against his public life (Sec.Sec. 12-52).
(a) Criticism of Aeschines' method of attack (Sec.Sec. 12-16).
(b) Reply in reference to the Peace of Philocrates (Sec.Sec. 17-52).
III. Defence against the indictment itself (Sec.Sec. 53-125).
(1) Introduction (Sec.Sec. 53-9).
(2) Defence of his policy B.C. 346-340 (Sec.Sec. 60-109).
(3) The alleged illegality of crowning him before he had passed
his audit (Sec.Sec. 110-19).
(4) The alleged illegality of the proclamation in the theatre
(Sec.Sec. 120, 121).
(5) Conclusion, including criticism of Aeschines' method of attack