Isocrates

Definition

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 BCE
    Life of Prodicus of Ceos.
  • 436 BCE - 388 BCE
    Life of Isocrates.
  • 411 BCE - 374 BCE
    Reign of Evagoras, king of Salamis.
  • c. 404 BCE
    Death of the oligarch Theramenes.
  • c. 400 BCE - 330 BCE
    Life of the historian Ephorus of Cyme.
  • 390 BCE
    Foundation of the school of Isocrates.
  • c. 390 BCE - 322 BCE
    Life of the orator Hyperides.
  • c. 384 BCE - 322 CE
    Life of Athenian statesman Demosthenes.
  • c. 380 BCE - 315 BCE
    Life of the historian Theopompus.
  • c. 374 BCE - 361 BCE
    Reign of Nicocles, king of Salamis.
  • 354 BCE
    Death of the Athenian general Timotheus.
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