Isocrates
Americannoun
noun
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It legally belongs to a foundation he established called Isocrates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
Candidates for higher education would be expected to have tracts of Cicero, Virgil, Isocrates, and Homer by heart.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Aristotle needed to attract pupils—and while his rival Isocrates was teaching rhetoric, the Lyceum needed to be able to compete.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
In 355 his advance temporarily ceased, but, as we learn from Isocrates and Xenophon, the financial exhaustion of the league was such that its destruction was only a matter of time.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
Ascham informs us that his royal pupil Elizabeth understood Greek better than the canons of Windsor; and, doubtless, while the queen was translating Isocrates, the ladies in waiting were parsing.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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