"Killer can't leave free?"

... the perpetrator should not be hurt before this; yes, this is how he presciently took care of the piety [purity] of our entire civil society. How is this? It is impossible to know in advance, this applies to all of us, who among us can become a murderer. (Demosthenes: Against Aristocrates, 25.) Today we would rather accept this statement: anyone of us can become a victim. Is the above statement of Démosthenés really so special? Would they not have sought to punish murderers in classical Athens? Could the murderer really have escaped punishment? In the volume, we find answers to these questions, and by studying the speech of Démosthenés, an extremely valuable source, we can learn about the goals and pitfalls of Athenian military policy in BC. In the middle of the 4th century: a mercenary leader who became a citizen, empty warships (sent only with oarsmen), ambitious plans with Greek allies, Thracian kings, Persian governors, loyal and unfaithful allies, enemies-turned-friends. And last but not least, with rhetorical tricks, slander, praising and reviling the Athenian people exclusively in the interest of the homeland.