Isocrates
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Isocrates was a prominent 4th-century BCE Athenian orator and rhetorician, renowned for his influential school of rhetoric and his political writings that shaped classical Greek education and thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isocrates canonical | 18 |
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian citizen
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ancient Greek rhetorician ⓘ logographer ⓘ orator ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| activity |
taught rhetoric for a fee in Athens
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wrote speeches for others to deliver in court ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | about 98 years ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Athens ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Athens
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Demosthenes
ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ Plato ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 436 BCE ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 338 BCE ⓘ |
| deathCause | traditionally said to have starved himself to death ⓘ |
| deathContext | died shortly after the Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ |
| education |
student of Gorgias
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student of Prodicus ⓘ student of Theramenes ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| father | Theodorus ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| genre |
educational treatise
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epideictic oratory ⓘ political discourse ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cicero
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Quintilian ⓘ Roman rhetorical theory ⓘ classical rhetorical education ⓘ later humanist education ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing a practical, civic-oriented rhetoric
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emphasis on moral character in education ⓘ founding an influential school of rhetoric in Athens ⓘ influence on classical Greek education ⓘ political pamphlets and speeches ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered one of the ten Attic orators
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helped shape the ideal of the educated orator-statesman ⓘ major source for understanding 4th-century Athenian intellectual life ⓘ |
| movement |
Attic oratory
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classical rhetoric ⓘ |
| name | Isocrates self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Against the Sophists
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Antidosis ⓘ Areopagitica ⓘ
surface form:
Areopagiticus
Busiris ⓘ Evagoras ⓘ Helen ⓘ On the Peace ⓘ Panathenaia ⓘ
surface form:
Panathenaicus
Panegyricus ⓘ To Philip ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
advocated Panhellenism
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criticized radical democracy at Athens ⓘ emphasized rhetoric as training for political leadership ⓘ promoted unity of Greek city-states against Persia ⓘ valued moderate oligarchic elements in government ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
appealed to Philip II of Macedon to lead a Panhellenic campaign
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initially sympathetic to moderate oligarchic factions ⓘ later supported a strong monarch to unify Greece ⓘ |
| profession |
political writer
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rhetorician ⓘ speechwriter ⓘ teacher of rhetoric ⓘ |
| schoolInfluence | attracted students from across the Greek world ⓘ |
| schoolLocation | Athens ⓘ |
| schoolType | school of rhetoric ⓘ |
| student |
Ephorus of Cyme
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Hypereides ⓘ Isaeus ⓘ Lycurgus of Athens ⓘ Speusippus ⓘ Theopompus of Chios ⓘ Timotheus ⓘ |
| style |
balanced and elaborate sentence structure
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periodic prose ⓘ |
| viewOnEducation | advocated long-term training combining natural talent, practice, and instruction ⓘ |
| viewOnPhilosophy | identified philosophy with practical training in speech and judgment ⓘ |
| viewOnSophists | criticized contemporary sophists for deception and empty display ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Peace of Callias