Aeschines of Miletus

Aeschines of Miletus (Gr. Αἰσχίνης ὁ Μιλήσιος) 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]

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

Aeschines is said by Diogenes Laërtius 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 (ed.). 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. aeschines miletus.
  3. Cicero, Brutus 95
  4. Diogenes Laërtius ii. 64
  5. Strabo, xiv. p. 635
  6. Seneca the Elder, Controversiae i. 8

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeschines (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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