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• Demosthenes — For other historical and fictional personages named Demosthenes, see Demosthenes (disambiguation). Demosthenes Bust of Demosthenes (Louvre, Paris, France) Born …   Wikipedia

• Demosthenes — /di mos theuh neez /, n. 384? 322 B.C., Athenian statesman and orator. * * * born 384 BC, Athens died Oct. 12, 322, Calauria, Argolis Athenian statesman known as the greatest orator of ancient Greece. According to Plutarch, he was a stutterer in… …   Universalium

• Aeschines — /es keuh neez / or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, n. 389 314 B.C., Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes. * * * born 390 BC died с 314 BC Athenian orator. He and Demosthenes, who later became his bitter opponent, participated in 346 BC in forging a… …   Universalium

• ÆS`CHINES —    a celebrated Athenian orator, rival of Demosthenes, who in the end prevailed over him by persuading the citizens to believe he was betraying them to Philip of Macedon, so that he left Athens and settled in Rhodes, where he founded a school as… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Aeschines — /ˈiskəniz/ (say eeskuhneez) noun 389–314 BC, Athenian orator; rival of Demosthenes …  

• Aeschines — /es keuh neez / or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, n. 389 314 B.C., Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes …   Useful english dictionary

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• Demóstenes — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para el estratego ateniense, véase Demóstenes (general). Demóstenes …   Wikipedia Español

• Philip II — 1. ( Philip of Macedon ) 382 336 B.C., king of Macedonia 359 336 (father of Alexander the Great). 2. ( Philip Augustus ) 1165 1223, king of France 1180 1223. 3. 1527 98, king of Spain 1556 98 (husband of Mary I). * * * I French Philippe known as… …   Universalium

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Solon — (ancient Greek: Polytonic|Σόλων, c. 638 BC ndash;558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and Lyric poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms… …   Wikipedia