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Isocrates
Isocrates , 436-338 BC, one of the Ten Attic Orators. He was a pupil of Socrates and of the Sophists. Perhaps the greatest teacher in Greek history, he taught every younger orator of his time. He did not deliver his speeches, but either wrote for litigants (six such speeches survive) or wrote discourses to be read (15 of which remain) dealing mainly with politics and education. Panegyricus (in which he urges Hellenic unity against Persia) is his most celebrated oration. Isocrates committed suicide (according to tradition) after the defeat of Athens by Philip II of Macedon at Chaeronea.
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; ...Greek law, noted that Hyperides wrote many speeches and had a leading reputation in antiquity, but only about six of his speeches survive. ''This obviously will contribute a great deal more,'' he said. In one recently discovered speech, Hyperides talks about...
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Isocrates Isocrates (436-338 B.C.) was the fourth of the famous 10 Attic Greek orators...writer and teacher who exerted great influence on his contemporaries. Isocrates was one of five children of Theodorus of Erchia, a flute manufacturer...
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Isocrates
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
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Isocrates
Book article from: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
...a unified Greek attack on Persia under Philip II of Macedonia to secure unity and peace in Greece. When Greece lost its independence after the Battle of Chaeronea , Isocrates, in despair, starved himself to death. Isocrates Isocrates Isocrates
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Ephorus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, c.405-330 BC, Greek historian, b. Cyme in Aeolis; pupil of Isocrates. His chief work is a universal history, in 30 books, of which only fragments survive, arranged by subjects. He was widely quoted by the ancients, notably by Diodorus Siculus.
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Theopompus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, fl. 4th cent. BC, Greek historian and rhetorician, b. Chios. He studied with the orator Isocrates and became a friend of both Philip and Alexander of Macedon. His pro-Macedonian sympathies often caused trouble with his fellow...
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