Dio Chrysostom

British  

/ ˈdiːo ˈkrizəstəm /

noun

1. 2nd century _ad , Greek orator and philosopher

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Example Sentences

At last he became, in the words of Dio Chrysostom, who wrote during the second century A.D.:

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Among the most renowned teachers of rhetoric—now distinctively called “Sophists,” or rhetoricians—were Dio Chrysostom, Aelius Aristides, Themistius, Himerius, Libanius and Herodes Atticus.

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

Dio Chrysostom declared the evil effects of slavery on the masters, sensuality, languor, and dependence.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Some specimens of the Silli may be found in Diogenes Laertius; but the longest now extant is a passage preserved in Dio Chrysostom, exposing the mad attachment of the inhabitants of Alexandria to chariot races.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John