[213] The truth of this maxim is illustrated by our records of the impromptu performances of Demosthenes, vide infra, p. [190].
[214] de Isaeo, ch. xix., παχύτερον ὄντα τὴν λέξιν καὶ κοινότερον.
[215] Rhet., iii. 3. 3.
[216] Arist., Rhet., iii. 3. 4.
[217] Busiris, §§ 5-6. He endeavoured to make Socrates responsible for the misdeeds of Alcibiades.
[218] de Isaeo, ch. xx.
[219] Dion., de Isocrate, ch. xviii.: τὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν πάνυ θαυμαστὴν ἐν ταῖς πρὸς Ἀριστοτέλη ἀντιγραφαῖς ἐποιήσατο.
[220] See Timarchus, § 49, where Aeschines states, in 346 B.C., that he is rather over forty-five years old.
[221] Aesch., de Leg., § 147. Dem. (de Cor., 129 sqq.) asserts that he was originally a slave named Tromes (Coward), but changed his name to Atrometus (Dauntless).
[222] Dem., de Cor., §§ 258-259. See further infra, p. [249].