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Demosthenes
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Demosthenes (; ; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators. He delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of 20, in which he successfully argued that he should gain from his guardians what was left of his inheritance. For a time, Demosthenes made his living as a professional s
Demosthenes was an ancient Greek statesman and orator from Athens (384–322 BC) whose speeches are important historical documents that reveal much about Greek politics and intellectual life during the 4th century BC. He became a professional speaker after teaching himself rhetoric by studying earlier orators and winning his first legal cases as a young man.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 384 B.C.
- Died
- 322 B.C.
- Works
- 437
Top works
- Harangue sur la couronne
- Ausgewählte reden des Demosthenes
- The oration of Demosthenes on the crown
- Demosthenis Orationes ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii ...
- Demosthenis, Graecorum Oratorum Principis, Olynthiacae orationes tres, & Philippicae quatuor
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 77
- Total plays
- 236
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2011 · cited 6,053x
- 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes
· 2019 · cited 5,878x
- 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization
· 2018 · cited 5,459x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 3,765x
- An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
· 2013 · cited 3,564x
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Quotes
- “πρὸς γὰρ τὸ τελευταῖον ἐκβὰν ἕκαστον τῶν προϋπαρξάντων κρίνεται.”
- “τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐπιτιμᾶν ἴσως φήσαι τις ἂν ῥᾴδιον καὶ παντὸς εἶναι, τὸ δ᾿ ὑπὲρ τῶν παρόντων ὅ τι δεῖ πράττειν ἀποφαίνεσθαι, τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι συμβούλου.”
- “δεῖ δὲ χρημάτων, καὶ ἄνευ τούτων οὐδὲν ἔστι γενέσθαι τῶν δεόντων.”
- “τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται.”
- “πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι.”
- “οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν, οὐκ ἔστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀδικοῦντα καὶ ἐπιορκοῦντα καὶ ψευδόμενον δύναμιν βεβαίαν κτήσασθαι.”
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Demosthenes
- Person.image
- Demosthenes Polyeuctos Louvre Ma237 n01.jpg
- Person.caption
- Bust of Demosthenes (Louvre, Paris, France)
- Person.native_name
- Δημοσθένης
- Person.native_name_lang
- el
- Person.birth_date
- 384 BC
- Person.birth_place
- Athens
- Person.death_date
- 12 October 322 BC (aged 62)
- Person.death_place
- Kalaureia, Macedon
- Person.occupation
- Logographer
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Demosthenes orator Louvre.jpg
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- Commons category
- Demosthenes
- date of birth
- 0384-01-01
- date of death
- 0322-10-12
- name in native language
- Δημοσθένης
- Commons Creator page
- Demosthenes
- P12749
- Mykola Azarov
Sources (8)
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Demosthenes, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum Opera. 4.
Works. 14 = Abbot 3
Demosthenis et Aeschinis que exstant omnia. 9, Demosthenes latine
Gnomologia Demosthenica: hoc est, sententiae breves et illustres ex Demosthene et Aeschine Graecorum oratorum principibus ad linguae Graecae elegant copiam, rerumque multivariam cognitionem comparandam 3, Tertius tomus sententiarum, e decem orationibus Demosthenis forensibus publicis, Graecolatinus
Demosthenis Orationes Olynthiacae tres, et quatuor Philippicae: cum quibusdam alijs eiusdem argumenti nunc primùm adiectis in usum puerorum recte Graece discere cupientium separatim editae
Demosthenis et Aeschinis que exstant omnia. 1, Praefationes... et Demosthenis Philippicae et suasoriae
Oratio de pace, graece; accedunt notae, scholia et Andreae Dunaei praelectiones
Works. 5 = Abbot 1
Oratio adversus Leptinem cum argumentis graece et latine: Recensuit cum apparatu critico copiosissimo edidit Dr. J. Th. Voemelius
Demosthenis Et Aeschinis Quae Supersunt Omnia. 1, Tomus ..., Continens universas quae ad Philippum pertinent conciones, et hujus epistolam
Demosthenes' Werke :Griechisch und Deutsch mit kritischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen. 4, Demosthenes' halonnesische, vierte philippische und gegen Philipps Manifest gerichtete Rede nebst diesem Manifeste
Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum Opera. 5.
Works. 15 = Abbot 3
Demosthenes' Werke :Griechisch und Deutsch mit kritischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen. 9
Prints and copies by Daniel Schilling
Demosthenis and Aeschini’s speeches. 3
Demosthenis Orationes
Demosthenis Orationes
Demosthenis Orationes quaedam
Demosthenis Olynthiacae Orationes
Demosthenis Paragraphe ad Nausimachum et Xenopithen
Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Demosthenes Orationes quaedam
Demosthenis Orationes
Demosthenis Orationes
Les Philippiques [Printed Text]
Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum Opera : cum utriusq[ue], autoris vita & Ulpiani commentariis, nouisq[ue], scholiis, ex quarta, eaque postrema recognitione, graecolatina : sex codicum impressorum [et] inter hos Parisiensis nuper editi duorum manuscriptorum alterius Pannonii. alterius ex Augustina Bibliotheca... collatione : à mendis repurgata, uariis lectionibus adaucta, annotationibus illustrata
Demosthenis Oratorum Graeciae principis opera, quae ad nostram aetatem per venerunt omnia
Demosthenis... operae, quae ad nostram aetatem peruenerunt, omnia [Texto impreso]
Orazioni scelte volgarizzate da Luigi Anelli
Orationes ed. G. Dindorfius
Œuvres Complettes De Dèmosthene Et D'Eschine, Traduites En François, Avec des Remarques sur les Harangues & Plaidoyers de ces deux Orateurs, & des Notes critiques & grammaticales en latin, sur le texte grec ... Par M. l'Abbé Auger ...
Orazioni volgarizzate da Luigi Anelli
Aringhe trad. da Melchior Cesarotti
~72 min read
Article
31 sectionsContents
- Early years and personal life
- Family and personal life
- Education
- Speech training
- Career
- Legal career
- Early political activity
- Confrontation with Philip II
- First Philippic and the Olynthiacs (351–349 BC)
- Case of Meidias (348 BC)
- Peace of Philocrates (347–345 BC)
- Second and Third Philippics (344–341 BC)
- Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
- Last political initiatives and death
- Confrontation with Alexander
- Delivery of ''On the Crown''
- Case of Harpalus and death
- Assessments
- Political career
- Oratorical skill
- Rhetorical legacy
- Works and transmission
- Later honours
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Primary sources (Greeks and Romans)
- Secondary sources
- Further reading
- External links
Demosthenes (; ; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators. He delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of 20, in which he successfully argued that he should gain from his guardians what was left of his inheritance. For a time, Demosthenes made his living as a professional speechwriter (logographer) and a lawyer, writing speeches for use in private legal suits.
Demosthenes grew interested in politics during his time as a logographer, and in 354 BC he gave his first public political speeches. He went on to devote his most productive years to opposing Macedon's expansion. He idealized his city and strove throughout his life to restore Athens's supremacy and motivate his compatriots against Philip II of Macedon. He sought to preserve his city's freedom and to establish an alliance against Macedon, in an unsuccessful attempt to impede Philip's plans to expand his influence southward, conquering the Greek states.
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