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Aeschines

American  
[es-kuh-neez, ee-skuh-] / ˈɛs kəˌniz, ˈi skə- /

noun

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


Aeschines British  
/ ˈiːskəˌniːz /

noun

  1. ?389–?314 bc , Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes

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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

To prevent this, Aeschines gave notice, in 336, that he intended to proceed against Ctesiphon for having proposed an unconstitutional measure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

For the present, the recovery of some new and fairly extensive fragments of the Alcibiades of Aeschines of Sphettos is the chief addition to our sources of information.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

When the gravity of the charge and the complexity of the evidence are considered, the acquittal of Aeschines by a narrow majority must be deemed his condemnation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

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