Note 503 — Chapter V · THE ORATORS—DEMOSTHENES, ISOCRATES
Reading edition
Areop. 51, 53, 83; νῦν δὲ πλείους εἰσίν οἱ σπανίζοντες τῶν ἐχόντων, a striking commentary on the economic conditions in the Athens of his day. In 44, poverty is called a source of crime. All these passages idealize the past.