Aeschines
Americannoun
noun
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The Greek statesman and orator Aeschines wrote that, in the art of persuasion, speaking with an arm outside one’s tunic is very bad manners.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023
When Aeschines spoke, they said, 'How well he speaks.'
From The Guardian • May 4, 2010
Demosthenes and Aeschines, Lisias and Isaeus, and finally Cicero, avoided it.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
Aeschines was born in 389 B.C., six years before his lifelong rival Demosthenes.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
It was during this second embassy that Demothenes says he discovered the philippizing spirit and foul play of Aeschines.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
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