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c.396–c.325 B.C., one of the Ten Attic Orators of the Alexandrian canon; pupil of Isocrates. A capable and honored public official, he administered ...
(d m s´th n z) (KEY) , 384?–322 B.C., Greek orator, generally considered the greatest of the Greek orators. He was a pupil of Isaeus, and—althoug...
(n är´k s) (KEY) , fl. 324 B.C., Macedonian general, b. Crete; friend of Alexander the Great. In 325 B.C., Alexander, about to leave India, had a fl...
( s k´r t z) (KEY) , 436–338 B.C., one of the Ten Attic Orators. He was a pupil of Socrates and of the Sophists. Perhaps the greatest teacher in Gr...
(d m ´tr s f l r´ s, f l r´ s) (KEY) [Lat.,=of Phalerum], d. c.280 B.C., Athenian orator. One of the first Peripatetics, he wrote extensively in...
(h p´ s) (KEY) , tyrant (527 B.C.–510 B.C.) of Athens, eldest son of Pisistratus. Hippias governed Athens after the death of his father. His young...