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Aeschines

[ es-kuh-neezor, especially British, ee-skuh- ]

noun

  1. 389–314 b.c., Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes.


Aeschines

/ ˈiːskəˌniːz /

noun

  1. Aeschines?389 bc?314 bcMAthenianPOLITICS: oratorPOLITICS: statesman ?389–?314 bc , Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It may be urged with some force that the mother of Aeschines introduced foreign, novel and possibly savage rites.

A further advance was checked by a disgraceful peace engineered by Philocrates and Aeschines in 346.

But does Aeschines himself avoid those errors which he reproves in Demosthenes?

Finally he may became as famous as Demosthenes or Aeschines.

Aeschines is the most theatrical of the Greek orators; he is vehement, and often brilliant, but seldom persuasive.

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