Aeschines of Miletus

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

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

  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

 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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