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Encyclopedia > Aristogeiton (orator)

Aristogeiton (in Greek Aριστογειτων; lived 4th century BC) was an Athenian orator and adversary of Demosthenes and Dinarchus. His father, Scydimus, died in prison, as he was a debtor of the state and unable to pay: his son, Aristogeiton, who inherited the debt, was likewise imprisoned for some time. He is called a demagogue and a sycophant, and his eloquence is described as of a coarse and vehement character.1 His impudence drew upon him the surname of "the dog." He was often accused by Demosthenes and others, and defended himself in a number of orations which are lost. Among the extant speeches of Demosthenes there are two against Aristogeiton, and among those of Dinarchus there is one. the Suda2 mentions seven orations of Aristogeiton3, and an eighth against Phryne is mentioned by Athenaeus.4 Aristogeiton died in prison.5 (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome 383 BCE Second Buddhist Councel at Vesali. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína (IPA: )) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning I speak or I pray). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. ... Bust of the Greek orator Demosthenes, Louvre museum, Paris, France. ... Dinarchus, (c. ... Demagogy is the set of methods used by demagogues. ... Look up sycophant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Suda (Σουδα or alternatively Suidas) is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopædia of the ancient Mediterranean world. ... Phryne was a famous courtesan of ancient Greece who adjusted her prices for customers depending upon how she felt about them. ... Athenaeus (ca. ...


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Notes

1 Hermogenes of Tarsus, De Formis Oratoriis, i; Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 268; Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Phocion", 10; Quintilian, Institutio oratoria, xii. 10
2 Suda, "Aristogeiton (1)", "Aristogeiton (2)"
3 Photius, cod. 265; Harpocration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators, s.v. "Autokleides"
4 Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, xiii. 60
5 Plutarch, Moralia, "Sayings of kings and commanders" p. 188

External links

  • At Perseus can be found the three surviving orations against Aristogeiton (both Greek text and English translation):
    • Dinarchus, Against Aristogiton
    • Demosthenes, Against Aristogeiton 1
    • Demosthenes, Against Aristogeiton 2

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