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 SENTENCE POLITICAL MORE THAN JUDICIAL. 307 which each of Ihem is chargeable/ It appears to have been made ex-parte, as far as we can judge — that is, made without hearing these persons in their own defence, unless they happened to be themselves Areopagites. Yet this report is held forth both by Hyperides and Deinarchus as being in itself conclusive proof which the Dikasts could not reject. "When Demosthenes de- manded, as every defendant naturally would, that the charge against him should be proved by some positive evidence, Hype- rides sets aside the demand as nothing better than cavil and special pleading.-^ One farther consideration remains to be noticed. Only nine months after the verdict of the Dikastery against Demosthenes, Alexander died. Presently the Athenians and other Greeks rose against Antipater in the struggle called the Lamian war. Demosthenes was then recalled ; received from his countrymen an enthusiastic welcome, such as had never been accorded to any returning exile since the days of Alkibiades ; took a leading part in the management of the Avar ; and perished, on its disastrous termination, along with his accuser Hyperides. Such speedy revolution of opinion about Demosthenes, coun tenances the conclusion which seems to me suggested by the ' Ilyperid. Fragm. p. 18, ed. Babingtou, rug yap inzoduaeic nuaag raj VKep tCiv xpr]iia~uv 'AprcuXov, TTuaac Ofioluc 7/ l3ovA.fi TreTTo'iTjTai, koI ruf avTag Kara. nuvTuv Koi ov 6 e /J. i a tt pocjij pa(p e, 6i' ot c e Koa top u'JvoiiaivEi' uaV e':v t k e d)u2,a lov ypatbaaa, oivoaov enacrroQ elXr] ijcF — e p Tpa^E^tTiKdv ?!, 6 y o V tt a'p a t rj c (3 ov X^ c u^t^ a lt u v. This monstrous sentence creates a strong presumption in favor of the defendant, — and a still stronger presumption against the accuser. Com- pare Deinarchus adv. Demosth. s. 6, 7. The biographer apud Photium states that Hyperides and four other or- ators procured (KaTEOKevaaav) the condemnation of Demosthenes by the Areopagus.
 * Hyperid. Frag. p. 20, ed. Babingt. lyiJ (5' uri. fiiv llajic^ to xpvoiov,