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    Demosthenes (/dɪˈmɒs.θəniːz/; Greek: Δημοσθένης, romanized: Dēmosthénēs; Attic Greek: [dɛːmostʰénɛːs]; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and...
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  • up Demosthenes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Demosthenes (384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. Demosthenes may...
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    activities of Demosthenes are first recorded from 426 BC when he led an Athenian invasion of Aetolia. This was a failure. Demosthenes lost about 120...
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  • Demosthenes Philalethes (Gr. Δημοσθένης ὁ Φιλαλήθης) was an ancient Greek physician of Asia Minor who was one of the pupils of Alexander Philalethes,...
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    Demosthenes Ligdopoulos (Greek: Δημοσθένης Λιγδόπουλος; 1898–1920) was a Greek socialist activist and newspaper editor who was a founding member of the...
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  • SS Demosthenes can refer to: SS Demosthenes (1911), a UK ocean liner built in 1911 and scrapped in 1931 USS William Isom (ID-1555), an oil tanker built...
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    with Demosthenes aboard as an advisor, sailed from Athens to campaign in Sicily and assist Athens' democratic allies at Corcyra. Demosthenes held no...
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  • The speeches of Pseudo-Demosthenes are those preserved among the speeches of Demosthenes, but not thought to have been authored by him. Among the Pseudo-Demosthenic...
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  • Brigadier Demosthenes Amos Chilingutila served as the Chief of staff of the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FALA), the armed wing of UNITA...
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  • Lantern of Demosthenes may refer to: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, a monument near the Athens Acropolis or a structure elsewhere based on it Lantern...
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    Georgios Demosthenes Savalas (Greek: Γεώργιος Δημοσθένης Σαβάλας; December 5, 1924 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was...
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    Biography of Demosthenes, 66 H. Yunis, Demosthenes: On the Crown, 28 R. Sealey, Demosthenes and His Time, 222 I. Kalitsounakis, Demosthenes, 958; C.A. Gibson...
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    Aristotle Aspasia Augustine Bakhtin Booth Brueggemann Burke Cicero de Man Demosthenes Derrida Erasmus Gorgias Hobbes Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman...
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    chose to send reinforcements, under Demosthenes and Eurymedon. Eurymedon left immediately with ten ships, and Demosthenes left sometime later with a much...
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  • to the city's safety. Demosthenes delivers his Third Philippic. In it, he demands resolute action against Philip II. Demosthenes now dominates Athenian...
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    force under Cleon and Demosthenes attacked and forced them to surrender. In the wake of the failed peace negotiations, Demosthenes initially attempted to...
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    Led militarily by a clever new general Demosthenes (not to be confused with the later Athenian orator Demosthenes), the Athenians managed some successes...
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  • Peloponnesian army was larger, Demosthenes set up an ambush with 400 hoplites from Acarnania, to be used when the battle began. Demosthenes formed the right wing...
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  • generally considered a member of the "peace party", in opposition to Demosthenes. During the Third Sacred War, Eubulus attempted to stop Philip of Macedon...
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  • Funeral oration (ancient Greece) Demosthenes, On the Crown, 285. Dionysius, On the Admirable Style of Demosthenes, 46. Frangeskou, Vassiliki (1999)....
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    Demosthenes made his living as a professional speechwriter (logographer) and a lawyer, writing speeches for use in private legal suits. Demosthenes grew...
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    in Athens, where the politician Demosthenes led efforts to break away from Philip's influence. In 340 BC Demosthenes convinced the Athenian assembly to...
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    people and events. Demosthenes was a statesman and orator in Classical Athens in the fourth century BC. Harland and Wolff built Demosthenes on its slipway...
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  • William Demosthenes Crum, alternatively known as William Demos Crum, (February 9, 1859 – December 7, 1912) was an American physician and diplomat. Crum...
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    Démosthène Ollivier (25 February 1799 – 22 April 1884) was a French businessman and politician. He was a staunch democrat and Republican, and was opposed...
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    misinterpretation of Demosthenes' text, while Matthew Dickie says that the comment "does not emerge from anything in the text of Demosthenes" and may have been...
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    Démosthenes Magalhães, in Brazil better known as Démosthenes and in Italy as Demostene Bertini (born 17 November 1909, date of death unknown), was a Brazilian...
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  • orators, chiefly valuable for the notes on Attic law, e.g. Lysias (1739); Demosthenes' Contra Leptinem (1741) and Contra Midiam (1743, with Lycurgus' Contra...
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  • allotted to the theorika until Demosthenes fought to have it redirected back to the stratiotika in 339/8. Demosthenes was a strong proponent in the fight...
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  • at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2023. Demosthenes is enjoying a beautiful day at the queer beach in Athens. He is helping...
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