>I must let you know who this man really is who embarks upon vituperation so glibly and what is his parentage. Virtue? You renegade!—what have you or your family to do with virtue?
>Shall I relate how your father was a slave who kept an elementary school near the Temple of Theseus, and how he wore shackles on his legs and a timber collar round his neck, or how your mother practiced daylight nuptials in an outhouse? You helped your father in the drudgery of a grammar school, grinding the ink, sponging the benches, sweeping the room, holding the position of a menial.
>After getting yourself enrolled on the register of your parish—no one knows how you managed it, but let that pass—you chose a most gentlemanly occupation, that of clerk and errand-boy to minor officials. After committing all the offenses with which you reproach other people, you were relieved of that employment. You entered the service of those famous players, Simylus and Socrates, better known as the Growlers. You played small parts to their lead, picking up figs and grapes and olives, and making a better living out of those missiles than by all the battles you fought for dear life. For there was no truce or armistice in the warfare between you and your audience.
>Compare, then, Aeschines, your life and mine. You taught reading, I attended school. You danced, I was choragus, You were a public scribe, I a public orator. You were a third-rate actor, I a spectator at the play. You failed in your part, and I hissed you.
How would you respond without sounding mad
6 posts and 1 image reply omitted.>>836887Gianni had a botched vasectomy
>>836892The passage is a recorded debate between two ancient Greek politicians, Demosthenes and Aeschines, who were bitter political enemies. They disliked each other and so they hate a public debate. Essentially, it's a historical roast battle.
Demosthenes attacks Aeschines by exposing his family background, claiming that his father was a former slave and that his mother engaged in questionable religious or ceremonial activities. He also mocks Aeschines for having to do menial, low-paying work as a child to help support his family. After attacking Aeschines' background, Demosthenes essentially flexes his own accomplishments and social standing by comparing their lives. He points out that Aeschines had to help teach children from lower-class families how to read and write, while Demosthenes attended top school as a student. Aeschines worked as an actor in minor roles, while Demosthenes participated in organizing theatrical performances. Aeschines worked as a public clerk, while Demosthenes established himself as a prominent public speaker and politician.
>>836939>if you post something from someone that means you have the same life story as themanother banger from the "your media consumption says everything about you" crowd
>>836882I mean your the using the guy who castrated himself as some tough guy reaction image
>>837435castrating yourself is based as fuck honestly