Andocides
Sign in to saveAndocides (; , Andokides; ) was a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC.
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- Born
- ca. 440 B.C.
- Died
- ca. 390 B.C.
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Ανδοκιδου, Περι τηε προσ Λακεδαιμονιουσ ειρηνησ λογοσ
- Peri tōn mystēriōn
- Selections from the Attic Orators: Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates ...
- Fragmentos y discursos
- Contro Alcibiade
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Place of death
- Athens
- Occupation
- orator
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of death
- 0391-00-00
- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of birth
- 0440-01-01
- name in native language
- Ἀνδοκίδης
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Life
- Oratory
- List of extant speeches
- On the Mysteries ({{lang|grc|Περὶ τῶν μυστηρίων}} "''De Mysteriis''").
- On His Return ({{lang|grc|Περὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ καθόδου}} "''De Reditu''").
- On the Peace with Sparta ({{lang|grc|Περὶ τῆς πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους εἰρήνης}} "''De Pace''").
- Against Alcibiades ({{lang|grc|Κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου}} "''Contra [[Alcibiades|Alcibiadem]]''")''.''
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Andocides (; , Andokides; ) was a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC.
==Life== Andocides was the son of Leogoras, and was born in Athens around 440 BC. He belonged to the ancient Eupatrid family of the Kerykes, who traced their lineage up to Odysseus and the god Hermes.
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