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Demades
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“Ὅτι δι' αἵματος, οὐ διὰ μέλανος, τοὺς νόμους ὁ Δράκων ἔγραψεν.”
Demades (381–317 BC) said by 317 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Plutarch, Life of Solon, sec. 17 (tr. Bernadotte Perrin, 1923). See also: Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, bk. 11, ch. 18, and 'draconian'
“Δημοσθένης ἐμὲ βούλεται διορθοῦν, ἡ ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν.”
Demades (381–317 BC) said by 317 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Plutarch, Moralia, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae (tr. H. N. Fowler, 1936). Plutarch also quotes Demosthenes' reply, "Yes, your Athena was caught in adultery last year!" Cited by Erasmus, Adagia, 1, 1, 40: Tritissimu…