Aeschines_of_Miletus Knowpia

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]

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

^ Smith, William (1867). "Aeschines (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 40.
^ Jebb, Richard Claverhouse (1893). The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos. Macmillan. pp. 444–445. aeschines miletus.
^ Cicero, Brutus 95
^ Diogenes Laërtius ii. 64
^ Strabo, xiv. p. 635
^ 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.

[1] Smith, William (1867). "Aeschines (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 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

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