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
Aspasia was acquitted, quite contrary to justice, according to Aeschines, because Perikles shed tears and made a personal appeal to the judges on her behalf.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey
As to other marks of honour and respect, Demosthenes had not an equal share in them; they were bestowed principally upon Aeschines and Philocrates.
From Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers by Dickinson, Asa Don
Demosthenes and Aeschines, Lisias and Isaeus, and finally Cicero, avoided it.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
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