Isocrates

[ ahy-sok-ruh-teez ]

/ aɪˈsɒk rəˌtiz /

noun

436–338 b.c., Athenian orator.

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Examples from the Web for isocrates

Lastly, Isocrates stands apart from most writers of that day in his steady effort to produce results of permanent value.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8|Various
This was a department of his own work which Isocrates afterwards preferred to ignore.
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Tried by a modern standard, the language of Isocrates is certainly not “florid.”
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The school of Isocrates was famous, and his prices very high.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)|Charles Morris

Or Isocrates, that was so cowhearted that he dared never attempt it?
The Praise of Folly|Desiderius Erasmus

British Dictionary definitions for isocrates

Isocrates

/ (aɪˈsɒkrəˌtiːz) /

noun

436–338 bc, Athenian rhetorician and teacher

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