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This chapter considers law court speeches of the 340s BCE where politicians gave accounts of dramatic events in the Athenian assembly, courts, or theatre. It analyses how speakers appealed to the individual memories of jurors who might have witnessed or heard about them at the time, designed to encouraged jurors to ‘confirm’ by their own memories the accuracy of the narratives (often in fact highly unreliable), and to ‘remind’ them of the emotions they had experienced as guides for their decisions. Speeches treated in detail are Demosthenes, Against Meidias and Aeschines, Against Timarchus, while brief attention is given to the two False Embassy speeches of 343 BCE. Narratives analysed include Meidias’ punch at the Dionysia, and many examples of his earlier outrages; Timarchus’ shameful self-displays in assemblies enjoyed there, and other examples of his disgraceful behaviour with his supposed lovers. The emotional responses evoked include anger, shame, disgust, pity, and humour.