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
The one oration of Lycurgus which remains to us is earnest and stately, reminding us both of Antiphon and of Isocrates.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
The only good authorities as to this point are the orators Lycurgus and Isocrates, who mention the law prescribing the recitation, but do not say when or by whom it was enacted.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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