Trierarch

So in four or five years, as at first he had no property, it was no easy matter for him to supply the chorus twice for tragedies, for himself and his father, serve as Trierarch three consecutive years, make large contributions, build a house for five minae, and get more than three hundred plethra of land; and yet, besides all this, do you think he necessarily left many household effects?

The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias

For he, while sharing as Trierarch with Alexis, the son of Aristodicus, claimed that he had contributed forty-eight minae, and charged half of this to these orphan children, whom the state has made exempt, not only because they are children, but that when they are of age they are released from liturgies for a year.

The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias

And see how many expenditures have been made in the past for the state, and now from what remains I am Trierarch, and my father died while Trierach, and I shall endeavor, following his example, to give a small amount, little at a time, for the common weal.

The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias

My father never wished to be a leader, but he supplied all choruses, and was Trierarch seven times, and made many large contributions.

The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias

For Conon, commanding near the Peloponnesus, who was my father's friend when he was Trierarch, asked him to give my sister to the son of

The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias

Aristophanes purchased land and a house for more than five talents, supplied choruses for himself and his father for five thousand drachmae, and spent eighty minae as Trierarch.

The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias