Lysias
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Lysias was a renowned ancient Greek orator and logographer of the Classical period, celebrated for his clear and persuasive Attic prose style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian metic
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Attic orator ⓘ ancient Greek orator ⓘ classical Athenian writer ⓘ logographer ⓘ |
| approximateBirthYear | c. 445 BCE ⓘ |
| approximateDeathYear | c. 380 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thirty Tyrants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedWorksCount | more than 200 speeches in antiquity ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brother | Polemarchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | metic in Athens ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| familyOrigin | Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Cephalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 4th century BCE
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late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| genre |
epideictic oratory
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forensic oratory ⓘ political oratory ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Peloponnesian War era
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restoration of Athenian democracy in 403 BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Attic orators
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rhetorical theory in antiquity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
clarity of style
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forensic speeches ⓘ logographic speech-writing for others ⓘ persuasive rhetoric ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Canon of the Ten Attic Orators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus' On Lysias
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Plato's Phaedrus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Λυσίας ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Against Eratosthenes
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Funeral Oration NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Murder of Eratosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Olive Stump NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Property of Aristophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| profession |
speechwriter
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teacher of rhetoric (disputed) ⓘ |
| rhetoricalFeature |
concise narrative structure
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skillful characterization of speakers ⓘ use of plain, unadorned diction ⓘ |
| style | Attic prose ⓘ |
| survivingWorksCount | over 30 speeches (extant or largely preserved) ⓘ |
| victimOf | persecution by the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ |
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