Before the Council: In Defense of Mantitheus at His Scrutiny

WitnessesThen after that, gentlemen, there was the expedition to Corinth[*](394 B.C.); and everyone knew beforehand that it must be a dangerous affair. Some were trying to shirk their duty, but I contrived to have myself posted in the front rank for our battle with the enemy. Our tribe had the worst fortune, and suffered the heaviest losses in the ranks: I retired from the field later than the fine fellow of Steiria[*](Probably Thrasybulus: Steiria was a township on the east coast of Attica.) who has been reproaching everybody with cowardice.