Pseudo-Demosthenes
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Pseudo-Demosthenes is the supposed author(s) of a number of speeches handed down to us under the name of Demosthenes
. They include speech 46, 49 (against Timotheus
), 50 (against Polycles
), 52 (against Callippos), 53 (against Nicostratus
), 59 (against Neaira
) and perhaps 47, attributed to Apollodorus of Acharnae
, follower of Demosthenes.
Demosthenes
Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by...
. They include speech 46, 49 (against Timotheus
Timotheus (general)
Timotheus was a Greek statesman and general who sought to revive Athenian imperial ambitions by making Athens dominant in a second Athenian Empire. He was the son of the Athenian general, Conon...
), 50 (against Polycles
Polycles
Polycles, an ancient Greek name, may refer to:* Polycles , sculptor, flourished about the 102nd Olympiad , mentioned in Pliny's Natural History* Polycles of Cyrene, Olympic winner in 348 BC...
), 52 (against Callippos), 53 (against Nicostratus
Nicostratus
Nicostratus may refer to:* Against Nicostratus, an oration by Demosthenes* On the Estate of Nicostratus, an oration by Isaeusin fiction and mythology:* Nicostrato the painter, a character in Boccaccio's Decameron...
), 59 (against Neaira
Neaira (hetaera)
Neaira, or Neaera, was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece; there is no reliable data about the exact dates of her birth and death...
) and perhaps 47, attributed to Apollodorus of Acharnae
Apollodorus of Acharnae
Apollodorus of Acharnae in Attica is known from several of Demosthenes' forensic speeches. Apollodorus was the son of the banker Pasion, who died in 370 BCE when Apollodorus was twenty-four. After Pasion's death his widow married Phormion, a freedman of Pasion, and subsequently died in 360 BCE...
, follower of Demosthenes.