Editing Andocides (section)

=== [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Andoc.+2+1 On His Return] ({{lang|grc|Περὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ καθόδου}} "''De Reditu''"). ===
“On His Return” was a speech made by Andocides in an attempt to be brought back to Athen after being [[exile]]d from the city-state in 415 BCE for impious acts.<ref name=":1" /> Despite commonly being considered as the second work in Andocides’ orations, “On His Return” precedes "On the Mysteries” in date. Andocides tries to return to the [[city-state]] in 411 BCE. To ensure his return would be welcomed, he had obtained some Macedonian timber and sold them to the Athenian fleet stationed at Samos.<ref name=":3">Gagarin & MacDowell, Antiphon and Andocides, University of Texas Press, 1998. p.141</ref> However, in an interesting turn of events, Andocides’ goodwill would turn against him. [[The Four Hundred (oligarchy)|The Four Hundred]],<ref>Kagan, Donald. The Fall of the Athenian Empire. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013., p.148</ref> an oligarchy, had just come into reign from a [[Athenian coup of 411 BC|coup in 411 BCE]], they were faced with objections from the sailors at [[Samos]], who were mostly democratic.<ref name=":3" /> As a result, Andocides was imprisoned by [[Periander|Perisander]], the leader of the Four Hundred.

“On His Return” was made after the downfall of the Four Hundred, with Andocides appealing to seek forgiveness and be reaccepted into Athenian society. Experts have distinctively noted that this oration has a tone different from “On The Mysteries”, in which Andocides was more prone to admit his faults and put himself at a lower light.<ref name=":3" /> Saying that “I stood disgraced in the eyes of the gods”<ref>Andocides, “On His Return”, section 15</ref> and addressing his crime as “such a piece of madness”.<ref>Andocides, “On His Return”, section 7</ref> However, his efforts were to no avail,<ref name=":4">Gagarin & MacDowell, Antiphon and Andocides, University of Texas Press, 1998. p.148</ref> as he only was readmitted into the Athenian society upon “On The Mysteries”.<ref name=":2" />