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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5 total works indexed
- Against Alcibiades
· 1941 · cited 1x
- Greek Orators IV: Andocides
· 1995
- Fragments
· 1941
- On His Return
· 1941
- On the Mysteries
· 1941
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- date of death
- 0391-00-00
- date of birth
- 0440-01-01
- name in native language
- Ἀνδοκίδης
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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.