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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Aeschines

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

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 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

We know that Aeschines was a disciple of Socrates, and the tradition of antiquity was that his dialogues gave the most faithful picture of the man as he really was.

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 R.W. Livingstone

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