Demosthenes is imprisoned because he cannot pay his fine.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Boule of Athens Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult
Victim (Person) :	Demosthenes Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: imprisonment
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demosthenes 26.1Plutarch Demosthenes 26.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Athenai (Athens)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	324 B.C.
Context :	jurisdictional
Motivation :	other
Original Text :	ἐν δὲ πρώτοις αὐτοῦ τῆς βουλῆς ἐκείνου καταψηφισαμένης, εἰσῆλθε μὲν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον, ὀφλὼν δὲ πεντήκοντα ταλάντων δίκην καὶ παραδοθεὶς εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον,
Translation :	He was himself, however, among the first condemned by the council, and came before the court for trial, where he was sentenced to a fine of fifty talents and delivered over to prison in default of payment.
Edition :	Plutarch Lives VII: Demosthenes and Cicero, Alexander and Caesar, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 99), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1967 (first ed. 1919).
Remark :	motive: Demosthenes was sentenced to paying a fine of 50 talents but could not afford. Instead, he was put into prison.
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