Demosthenes

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Athenian orator ancient Greek person classical Athenian politician statesman

Demosthenes was a renowned 4th-century BCE Athenian orator and statesman, famous for his powerful speeches defending Athenian democracy against the rise of Macedonian power under Philip II.

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Label Occurrences
Demosthenes canonical 20
On Demosthenes 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian orator ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
classical Athenian politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
activeInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Athens ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide by poison ⓘ
citizenship Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

Athens ⓘ
conflict Macedonian hegemony over Greece ⓘ
dateOfBirth 384 BCE ⓘ
dateOfDeath 322 BCE ⓘ
earlyCareer logographer for legal speeches ⓘ
education self-taught in rhetoric ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
historicalPeriod age of Alexander the Great ⓘ
age of Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
influenced Cicero ⓘ
Quintilian ⓘ
later Western rhetoric ⓘ
influencedBy Isocrates ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
knownFor defense of Athenian democracy ⓘ
opposition to Macedonian expansion ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
political speeches ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy central figure in the canon of Attic orators ⓘ
considered one of the greatest orators of antiquity ⓘ
memberOf Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Assembly
notableWork Olynthiacs ⓘ
On the Crown ⓘ
On the False Embassy ⓘ
Philippicae ⓘ
surface form: Philippics
occupation logographer ⓘ
orator ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
opposed Alexander the Great ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
placeOfDeath Aigina ⓘ
surface form: Kalaureia
politicalAlignment anti-Macedonian ⓘ
pro-democracy ⓘ
regionOfActivity Athens ⓘ
Greek world ⓘ
style Attic oratory ⓘ
supported Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian independence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attic Greek → usedBy → Demosthenes ⓘ
Classical Athens → notableLeader → Demosthenes ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasNotableStatesman → Demosthenes ⓘ
Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Demosthenes ⓘ
Isocrates → contemporaryOf → Demosthenes ⓘ
Dionysius of Halicarnassus → work → Demosthenes ⓘ
this entity surface form: On Demosthenes
Dionysius of Halicarnassus → influencedBy → Demosthenes ⓘ
Elateia → mentionedBy → Demosthenes ⓘ
Olynthiacs → author → Demosthenes ⓘ
Olynthiacs → traditionallyAttributedTo → Demosthenes ⓘ
On the Crown → author → Demosthenes ⓘ
On the Crown → hasCharacter → Demosthenes ⓘ
On the False Embassy → author → Demosthenes ⓘ
On the False Embassy → speaker → Demosthenes ⓘ
On the False Embassy → relatedPerson → Demosthenes ⓘ
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) → attestedInSource → Demosthenes ⓘ
subject surface form: Peace of Callias
Chares of Athens → sourceMention → Demosthenes ⓘ
Classical Greek literature → majorAuthor → Demosthenes ⓘ
Triballi → mentionedBy → Demosthenes ⓘ
Isaeus → influenced → Demosthenes ⓘ
Theopompus of Chios → contemporaryOf → Demosthenes ⓘ