Ten Attic Orators In Order

The alexandrian canon of ten greek orators.

Ten attic orators in order.

436 338 bc an ancient greek rhetorician was one of the ten attic orators among the most influential greek rhetoricians of his time isocrates made many contributions to rhetoric and education through his teaching and written works. The alexandrian canon compiled by aristophanes of byzantium and aristarchus of samothrace recognized demosthenes as one of the ten greatest attic orators and logographers. His father also named demosthenes who belonged to the local tribe pandionis and lived in the deme of paeania in the athenian countryside was a wealthy sword maker. There were ten greek orators who were selected by aristophanes of byzantium and aristarcus of samothrace as the best attic orators and speech writers of classical greece 5th century bce 4th century bce.

Aeschines andocides antiphon demosthenes dinarchus hypereides isaeus isocrates lycurgus lysias going back at least as far as homer 8th or 9th century bce the art of effective speaking was of considerable value in greece. The alexandrian canon of ten. Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed. The work of these ten orators inspired the later rhetorical movement of atticism an approach.

Aeschines then left athens to set up a school of rhetoric at rhodes. Andocides ˌ æ n ˈ d ɒ s ɪ d iː z. They are included in the canon of ten which probably originated in alexandria. This volume provides a complete translation of and historical and historiographical commentary on the lives of the ten attic orators given by pseudo plutarch photius and the suda.

Longinus likened demosthenes to a blazing thunderbolt and argued that he perfected to the utmost the tone of lofty speech living passions copiousness readiness. An athenian orator and statesman aeschines was the great rival of demosthenes being later ranked as one of the ten attic orators. According to accounts from speech writer in ancient greece andocides and a greek statesman and one of the ten attic orators aeschines the first police force in ancient greece consisted of publicly owned scythian slaves the so called scythian archers. He advocated peace with philip ii of macedonia but was eventually defeated and discredited by demosthenes.

He was one of the ten attic orators included in the alexandrian canon compiled by aristophanes of byzantium and aristarchus of samothrace in the third century bc. Isocrates aɪ ˈ s ɒ k r ə ˌ t iː z. The first known police force was established in 400 bc in athens greece. Aeschines demosthenes greatest political rival maintained that his mother kleoboule was a scythian by blood.

The ten attic orators were considered the greatest orators and logographers of the classical era 5th 4th century bc.