Demosthenes Definition

dĭ-mŏsthə-nēz
pronoun

An Ancient Greek male given name, famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.

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Origin of Demosthenes

  • From Ancient Greek Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthenēs).

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Demosthenes Sentence Examples

  • The result was a complete victory for Demosthenes.

  • He was the only son of Dr Philip Francis (c. 1708-1773), a man of some literary celebrity in his time, known by his translations of Horace, Aeschines and Demosthenes.

  • Thus Demosthenes in his speech "On the crown" accused Aeschines of having "purified the initiated and wiped them clean with (not from) mud and pitch."

  • He also composed commentaries on the lyric and comic poets and on Thucydides and Demosthenes; part of his commentary on this last author was first published in 1904.

  • In the 4th century Demosthenes was expounded and imitated by the widely influential teacher, Libanius of Antioch (c. 314c. 393), the pagan preceptor of St Chrysostom.

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