Demosthenes
384?–322 b.c., Athenian statesman and orator.
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And so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel Webster.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickAmplification, declamation, and exaggeration were at all times the faults of the Greeks, excepting Demosthenes and Aristotle.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.
All the orations of Demosthenes exhibit him as a pure and noble patriot, and are full of the loftiest sentiments.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordAfterward, during the supremacy of Alexander, Demosthenes was again accused, and suffered exile.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for Demosthenes
/ (dɪˈmɒsθəˌniːz) /
384–322 bc, Athenian statesman, orator, and lifelong opponent of the power of Macedonia over Greece
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Cultural definitions for Demosthenes
[ (di-mos-thuh-neez) ]
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