AESCHINES

ĕˈskĭnēz, c.390–314? b.c., Athenian orator, rival of Demosthenes. Aeschines rose from humble circumstances and became powerful in politics because of his oratorical gifts. At first he opposed Philip II of Macedon, then later changed sides, arguing that resistance to Macedonian power was useless. Both he and Demosthenes were members of the embassy to Philip in 348 b.c., and afterward Demosthenes bitterly and baselessly accused Aeschines of accepting Macedonian bribes. He was to have been joined in his action by Timarchus, but Aeschines prevented this by his oration Against Timarchus (345 b.c.). Aeschines defended himself well in his oration On the False Legation (342 b.c.)—a title also used by Demosthenes in his accusatory oration. The trouble between the orators grew and culminated in a dispute over a gold crown that the orator Ctesiphon proposed should be given Demosthenes in 330 b.c. Aeschines brought suit with Against Ctesiphon. Demosthenes replied with his sturdy defense On the Crown. Aeschines lost and was fined, and retired to Asia Minor where, according to Plutarch, he lived as a professional Sophist.

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Aeschines and Athenian Politics
Book by Edward M. Harris; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Aeschines, Athens (Greece)--Politics And Government, Democracy--History, Demosthenes, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Philip--Ii--King Of Macedonia--382-336 B.C
...report to the Assembly, Temenides spoke about Aeschines valor with such enthusiasm that the Athenians...was the beginning of a long friendship between Aeschines and Phocion. When Aeschines was charged with treason by Demosthenes, Phocion...
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Homosexuality and Civilization
Book by Louis Crompton; Belknap Press, 2003
Subjects: Gender Identity--History, Homophobia--History, Homosexuality--History
for us an oration-Aeschines Against Timarchus-which makes judgments...morality as it bore on male love. Aeschines had every incentive to consider carefully...diplomatic struggle to dominate Greece, Aeschines had supported a treaty that turned...
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A New History of Classical Rhetoric
Book by George A. Kennedy; Princeton University Press, 1994
Subjects: Oratory, Ancient, Persuasion (Rhetoric), Rhetoric, Ancient, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., Greek--History And Criticism, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., Latin--History And Criticism
...took part, together with Philocrates, Aeschines, and others. In a speech On the Embassy 21ff. Aeschines describes Demosthenes' conduct during...finally stopped, helpless. Philip, Aeschines claims, was rather condescending and...
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Socrates in August: From Incondensable Complexity to Myth
Book by Michael Jay Katz; Peter Lang Publishing, 1991
...within her keep To coat the skys blue tide. AESCHINES: Well today Dawn is more modest. She has...I remain rather chilly myself SOCRATES: Aeschines, you seem grumpy this morning. AESCHINES: I apologize, Socrates, but-- SOCRATES...
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Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People
Book by Josiah Ober; Princeton University Press, 1989
Subjects: Athens (Greece)--Politics And Government, Political Leadership--Greece--Athens, Political Participation--Greece--Athens
...tritagonistes in the theater. 51 Incidentally, Aeschines was a rumor monger and agora loafer 18...Demosthenes also attacked the occupations of Aeschines' relatives 19.281, cf. 19.249...the Athenians will choose to acquit Aeschines, the son of Atrometus the schoolteacher...
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Re-dressing Classical Statuary: the Eighteenth-century "hand-in-waistcoat" Portrait
Journal article by Arline Meyer; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art criticism
...hand withdrawn" was first argued by Aeschines of Macedon (390-331 B.C.), an...magnificent voice and expressive gestures. Aeschines claimed that, in the decorous days of...very same seen in a statue identified as Aeschines in the Naples Museum (Fig. 21...
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Was the Athenian Gnome Dikaiotate a Principle of Equity?
Journal article by James L. O'Neil; Antichthon, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Principles, Theory
...Demosthenes case is weaker in law than Aeschines, and yet Demosthenes won his case...was weak, since he refused to do as Aeschines had demanded and answer his opponent in the same order as Aeschines had presented his case. Instead, Demosthenes...
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Chapter 3: Student Texts+b1:b9
Journal article by Paul Botley; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Grammar, Learning
...Cicero had translated rhe speeches of Aeschines and Demosthenes prosecuting and defending...times before 150U.2*5 Greek texts of Aeschines can be connected with Giovanni Aurispa...orators with him. He chose to lecture on Aeschines in Florence in 1431 and 1432, and it...
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Alexander, Combat Psychology, and Persepolis
Journal article by Gary Morrison; Antichthon, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Armed forces, Conflicts, Long term, Psychology, War
...isolated at this point of the campaign.16 Aeschines statement that Alexander had gone beyond...Alexander was cut off. Rather, all Aeschines really confirms is that the general populace...his king, and on this the passage from Aeschines reveals nothing. Now, it is inconceivable...
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Two Pathic Subcultures in Ancient Rome
Journal article by Rabun Taylor; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 7, 1997
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...the fourth century B.C.E., Aeschines, says of the effeminate Demosthenes...accuses of pathic prostitution, Aeschines implies that Demosthenes is equally debased in his sexual pursuits ( Aeschines In Tim. 181). Elsewhere he associates...
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What Democracy Meant to the Athenians
Magazine article by Josiah Ober; History Today, Vol. 44, January 1994
Subjects: Athens, Greece--History, Democracy--History, Demosthenes--Addresses, essays, lectures
...evidence for this payment comes from Aeschines, an enemy of Demosthenes, in a speech...presumably because it was successful). Aeschines was being highly tendentious when (sixteen...Theatre of Dionysos. Just what does Aeschines mean by this vague comment? If there...
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The Historical Socrates: The Popular Image of Socrates as a Man of Immense Moral Integrity Was Largely the Creation of His Pupil Plato. If We Examine Evidence of His Trial, Argues Robin Waterfield, a Different Picture Emerges, of a Cunning Politician Opposed to Athenian Democracy
Magazine article by Robin Waterfield; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009
Subjects: Philosophers--Criticism and interpretation, Socrates--Criticism and interpretation
...Against Timarchus, the politician Aeschines referred to Socrates trial, saying...having been the teacher of Critias. Aeschines was speaking in 345 BC, fifty-four years after Socrates trial. Aeschines was an educated man, the rival of...
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Was Socrates a Democrat? Melissa Lane Looks at the Reputation of Socrates, Both at the Time of His Death and in Subsequent Debates about Democracy
Magazine article by Melissa Lane; History Today, Vol. 52, January 2002
Subjects: Democracy--Analysis, Philosophers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Socrates--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...case against Socrates was one of them. Consider the orator Aeschines (c.398/7-c.322 BC), who in the next generation...murderous ingratitude had been an unconscionable mistake. But Aeschines observation as quoted above, assuming that Socrates was executed...
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Splitting Images: Communication in Classical Athens
Magazine article by Edith Hall; History Today, Vol. 44, July 1994
Subjects: Athens, Greece--History, Communication in politics--History, Democracy--History, Oratory--History
...the orator Demosthenes uses the fact that his arch-enemy Aeschines had never been asked to speak at the funeral in order to score...unheard of in modern times), notably Demosthenes arch-enemy Aeschines, whose beautiful voice and histrionic talents posed problems...
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The Seductions of Socrates
Magazine article by David K. O'Connor; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2001
Subjects: Philosophy--Religious aspects, Socrates--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...besides those of Plato and Xenophon. We can plausibly reconstruct two Socratic dialogues by another companion of Socrates, Aeschines of Sphettus, probably written in the first decade or so after Socrates execution; that is all. Still, we know enough about...
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Filibuster Schmilibuster
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 17, 2003
Subjects: Frist, William
...Estrada quickly run out, listeners could hear into the late, late night yet more eulogies by Robert Byrd to Aeschylus and Aeschines and his pet dog, Billy Byrd. This, you see, is what happens in a filibuster, a parliamentary procedure in which a cabal...


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encyclopedia articles on: Aeschines  - 5 results

 
 
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Aeschines
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AESCHINES e skinez, c.390 314? b.c., Athenian orator, rival of Demosthenes . Aeschines rose from humble circumstances and became...Demosthenes bitterly and baselessly accused Aeschines of accepting Macedonian bribes. He was to...
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Demosthenes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...War. In 343 he accused his rival, Aeschines, of accepting Macedonian bribes in a speech entitled (as was Aeschines defense) On the False Legation. Philip...give Demosthenes a gold crown caused Aeschines to bring suit. Demosthenes roundly...
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Aspasia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...poets, adviser of Pericles after he divorced (445 b.c.) his wife. She is the chief figure in Aspasia, a dialogue by Aeschines the Socratic, in which she criticizes the training of women. She also appears in the Menexnus, probably written by Plato...
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Greek Literature, Ancient
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...perfected at this time. Among the most celebrated orators were Antiphon , Andocides , Lysias , Isocrates , Isaeus, Lycurgus , Aeschines , and, considered the greatest of all, Demosthenes . "Classical" Greek literature is said to have ended with the deaths...
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Oratory
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sophists. The Ten Attic Orators (listed by Alexandrine critics) were Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus, Aeschines, Demosthenes, Lycurgus, Hyperides, and Dinarchus. Classic Romes great orators were Cato the Elder, Mark Antony, and...


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