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Demosthenes
[ dih-mos-thuh-neez ]
noun
- 384?鈥322 b.c., Athenian statesman and orator.
Demosthenes
/ 诲瑟藞尘蓲蝉胃蓹藢苍颈藧锄 /
noun
- Demosthenes384 bc322 bcMAthenianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: orator 384鈥322 bc , Athenian statesman, orator, and lifelong opponent of the power of Macedonia over Greece
Demosthenes
Example Sentences
It clarifies: 鈥淏ut use the apostrophe alone for Jesus鈥 and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes鈥 orations, Xerxes鈥 conquests, Jesus鈥 birth.鈥
A legal, political and cultural history of free speech, via figures like Ida B. Wells, the Athenian orator Demosthenes and the Persian philosopher Al-Razi.
Two years ago, the Getty quietly acquired a tiny ancient amethyst, less than an inch high, masterfully engraved with a bust of bearded Athenian statesman Demosthenes, brow furrowed and eyes set.
For a time, he practiced speaking with rocks in his mouth, an anti-stuttering tactic he picked up from Demosthenes, the ancient Greek orator.
Normally you would argue that your own candidate is a hapless amateur who can barely string a coherent sentence together, facing a battle-hardened Demosthenes who could slay with a single word.
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