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Demosthenes

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De·mos·the·nes  (d-msth-nz) 384-322 b.c.
Greek orator whose reputation is based mainly on his Philippics, a series of orations exhorting the citizens of Athens to rise up against Philip II of Macedon.
Demosthenes [dɪˈmɒsθəˌniːz]
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(Biographies / Demosthenes (384 bc-322 bc) M, Athenian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: orator) 384-322 bc, Athenian statesman, orator, and lifelong opponent of the power of Macedonia over Greece
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Noun1.DemosthenesDemosthenes - Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
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Demosthenes [dɪˈmɒsθəniːz] N → Demóstenes


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Question was asked of Demosthenes, what was the chief part of an orator?
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Nor do I believe that all the imagination, fire, and judgment of Pitt, could have produced those orations that have made the senate of England, in these our times, a rival in eloquence to Greece and Rome, if he had not been so well read in the writings of Demosthenes and Cicero, as to have transferred their whole spirit into his speeches, and, with their spirit, their knowledge too.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Athens, as we learn from Demosthenes, was the arbiter of Greece seventy-three years.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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