Aeschines

American  

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

noun

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

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Aeschines British  

/ ˈiːskəˌniːz /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

For the following from the oration of Aeschines, the reader is under obligations to Professor Jebb's admirable translation.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

To this slavery Aeschines himself contributed, both in action with Philip of Macedon and in speech.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert

The short treatise De Optimo Genere Oratorum was introductory to a version of the speeches of Demosthenes and Aeschines ‘on the Crown,’ designed to show the Romans what the best Attic oratory was like.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George