Aeschines of Miletus

For other people named Aeschines, see Aeschines (disambiguation).

Aeschines (Gr. Αἰσχίνης) of Miletus was a contemporary of Cicero,[1] and a distinguished orator in the Asiatic style of eloquence, which, according to Cicero, "rushes with an impetuous stream. But it is not merely fluent; its language is ornate and polished."[2]

Aeschines is said by Diogenes Laertius to have written on Politics. He died in exile on account of having spoken too freely to Pompey.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, William (1867). "Aeschines (2)". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Jebb, Richard Claverhouse (1893). The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos. Macmillan. pp. 444–445.
  3. ↑ Cicero, Brutus 95
  4. ↑ Diogenes Laertius ii. 64
  5. ↑ Strabo, xiv. p. 635
  6. ↑ Seneca the Elder, Controversiae i. 8

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