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Isocrates

American  
[ahy-sok-ruh-teez] / aɪˈsɒk rəˌtiz /

noun

  1. 436–338 b.c., Athenian orator.


Isocrates British  
/ aɪˈsɒkrəˌtiːz /

noun

  1. 436–338 bc , Athenian rhetorician and teacher

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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

And Dioscorides, too, the pupil of Isocrates, quoted these verses with the same object, saying, "And Achilles, when reproaching Agamemnon, addresses him— Tyrant, with sense and courage quell'd by wine."

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

To comprehend that world the study of Isocrates is indispensable; for in an age dominated by rhetoric he is the prince of rhetoricians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various