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 3 38 LITERATURE OF ANCIENT GREECE Lysias, throwing himself with vigour into the demo- cratic cause, was able to supply the army with 200 shields, 2000 drachmaj in money, and large indirect assistance as well. On the return of the Demos, Lysias was accepted as a full citizen on the proposal of Thrasy- bulus himself. He made his one extant * Demegoria ' or Parliamentary speech (34) in protest against the proposal of one Phormisius to limit the franchise to house or land holders.^ Phormisius's policy would have been that of Thucydides, Isocrates, Theramenes, and, of course, that of Plato and Aristotle. But Lysias was an unabashed ' ochlocrat.' He was at this time poor, and his citizenship was shown to be illegal almost as soon as it was granted. It was annulled on the motion of Archinus, a democrat who had fought with Thrasybulus but favoured the moderates. Lysias was debarred from direct political ambition, but repaired his fortunes and worked well for his party by ceaseless activity in the law-courts. On the expulsion of the tyrants in 403, when the various factions were ignorant of their comparative strength and tired of strife, an amnesty had been passed, including all except the actual tyrants, and allowing even these either to leave the country unmolested, or to be tried individually on their personal acts. When the extreme democrats realised their strength, they regretted this amnesty, and some of the chief speeches of Lysias are attempts to make it nugatory. Thus in the speech Against Eratosthenes, who had been one of the tyrants, but claimed to be tried, according to the amnesty, for his personal acts only, Lysias insists on the solidarity of the whole body of tyrants. The man had been implicated in the arrest ^ Cf. W. M. Aristotles uud Athen, ii. 226.