Aeschines

[ es-kuh-neezor, especially British, ee-skuh- ]

noun

1. 389–314 b.c., Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes.

Aeschines

/ ˈiːskəˌniːz /

noun

1. Aeschines?389 bc?314 bcMAthenianPOLITICS: oratorPOLITICS: statesman ?389–?314 bc , Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes

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It may be urged with some force that the mother of Aeschines introduced foreign, novel and possibly savage rites.

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A further advance was checked by a disgraceful peace engineered by Philocrates and Aeschines in 346.

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But does Aeschines himself avoid those errors which he reproves in Demosthenes?

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Finally he may became as famous as Demosthenes or Aeschines.

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Aeschines is the most theatrical of the Greek orators; he is vehement, and often brilliant, but seldom persuasive.

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