Lives of the Ten Orators (for historical Cephalus and his family)

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Greek biographical work ancient biographical collection classical text

Lives of the Ten Orators is an ancient biographical collection traditionally attributed to Plutarch that includes accounts of the Attic orators and provides historical information about figures such as Cephalus and his family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek biographical work ⓘ
ancient biographical collection ⓘ
classical text ⓘ
associatedWithCorpus Moralia (Plutarch) tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
attributionStatus traditionally attributed to Plutarch ⓘ
authorshipCertainty disputed authorship ⓘ
containsBiographiesOf Aeschines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andocides NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antiphon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Demosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinarchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyperides NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lycurgus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lysias NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Greek Imperial period interest in classical Athens ⓘ
focusesOn Attic oratory tradition ⓘ
careers of the ten canonical Attic orators ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
prosopography ⓘ
historicalValue source for Athenian oratory ⓘ
source for late classical and early Hellenistic Athens ⓘ
includes anecdotal material about the orators ⓘ
chronological notices about the orators ⓘ
references to family background of the orators ⓘ
includesInformationOn deaths of the orators ⓘ
education of orators ⓘ
exile and returns of orators ⓘ
genealogies of orators ⓘ
legal cases involving the orators ⓘ
political activities of orators ⓘ
intertextualRelations draws on earlier historical and rhetorical traditions ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Imperial Greek literature ⓘ
primaryFocus character and achievements of the ten orators ⓘ
providesHistoricalInformationAbout Athenian legal and political life ⓘ
Cephalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lysias and his brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
family of Cephalus ⓘ
subject Attic orators ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
transmission preserved in the Plutarchan manuscript tradition ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor biographical details of Cephalus ⓘ
biographical details of Lysias ⓘ
usedBy modern historians of classical Athens ⓘ
scholars of Greek rhetoric ⓘ
workType secondary biographical compilation ⓘ

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