Lysias
Americannoun
noun
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Joseph Mike Lysias, of the Support Group to Repatriates and Refugees in Haiti, said the social, political and economic situation in the country has disproportionately impacted women.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2022
“I’m bracing myself for a good few queries about the very prominent copy of the speeches of the ancient Athenian orator Lysias, standing out on my own shelves.”
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2020
The austere dignity of Antiphon, the plain elegance of Lysias, the smooth and balanced finish of that middle or normal character which is represented by Isocrates, have come together in Demosthenes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
He was as well versed in Lysias and Xenophon as any of their contemporaries.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
Would even a Gallio or a Claudius Lysias have done so?
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus
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