Isocrates (436-338 BCE) was an ancient Athenian rhetorician, characterized as one of the most prominent orators of his time, even though it appears that he restricted himself to writing speeches and not orating them himself. His most notable works such as Against the Sophists, Antidosis, Panegyricus, To Philip, and Panathenaicus ensured his recognition in both ancient and contemporary audiences.
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c. 465 BCE - 395 BCELife of Prodicus of Ceos.
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436 BCE - 388 BCELife of Isocrates.
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411 BCE - 374 BCEReign of Evagoras, king of Salamis.
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c. 404 BCEDeath of the oligarch Theramenes.
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c. 400 BCE - 330 BCELife of the historian Ephorus of Cyme.
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390 BCEFoundation of the school of Isocrates.
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c. 390 BCE - 322 BCELife of the orator Hyperides.
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c. 384 BCE - 322 CELife of Athenian statesman Demosthenes.
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c. 380 BCE - 315 BCELife of the historian Theopompus.
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c. 374 BCE - 361 BCEReign of Nicocles, king of Salamis.
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354 BCEDeath of the Athenian general Timotheus.
