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
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
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
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
Holm thinks that a larger and truer policy was that of Isocrates, who would have loyally accepted the hegemony of Philip, that he might lead the whole nation against a foreign enemy.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
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