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.

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Surface form Occurrences
Attic orators 1

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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

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On the Crown opponent Aeschines
On the Crown hasCharacter Aeschines
On the False Embassy accuses Aeschines
Isaeus movement Aeschines
this entity surface form: Attic orators