Aeschines
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Aeschines was a prominent 4th-century BCE Athenian orator and statesman, best known as a rival of Demosthenes and a key figure in the political struggles surrounding Macedonian influence over Greece.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Attic orators | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian orator
ⓘ
ancient Greek ⓘ person ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| afterCareer |
lived in exile
ⓘ
taught rhetoric abroad ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Athenian politics
ⓘ
Greek interstate diplomacy ⓘ |
| causeOfEndOfPoliticalCareer | loss of case Against Ctesiphon ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporary |
Alexander the Great
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 389 BCE ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 314 BCE ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Athenian ⓘ |
| father | Atrometus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
forensic oratory
ⓘ
political oratory ⓘ |
| givenName | Aeschines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | tradition of Attic oratory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defeat by Demosthenes in the Ctesiphon case
ⓘ
defense of his conduct on the embassy to Philip II ⓘ speech Against Timarchus, a prosecution for immoral conduct ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Glaucothea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Attic oratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in diplomacy with Philip II of Macedon
ⓘ
rivalry with Demosthenes ⓘ role in Athenian politics of the 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrTrainee | none known ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Against Ctesiphon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Against Timarchus NERFINISHED ⓘ On the False Embassy NERFINISHED ⓘ three surviving speeches ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opponent | Demosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Athenian embassies to Philip II of Macedon
ⓘ
political struggles over Macedonian influence in Greece ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Samos (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
ambassador of Athens
ⓘ
member of the Athenian ekklesia ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedAs |
actor in his youth
ⓘ
secretary to the Athenian assembly ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.