Download or read book Lysias: Five Speeches: 1, 12, 19, 22, 30 written by Lysias and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 1999-05-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lysias was one of the leading exponents of the art of speech-writing in the late fifth- and early fourth-century Athens. These five examples of his work cover a range of cases and offer an insight into Athenian society. Their relatively simple language and style make them useful texts for the inexperienced reader of Greek, as well as the more advanced student.