person
Demosthenes
The greatest Athenian orator (384-322 BC), Pliny's model of forceful eloquence.
Reading notes
- The Letters §1.2.2 Demosthenes
The supreme Athenian orator (384-322 BC), Pliny's avowed model for the figures of speech.
- The Letters §2.3.10 Demosthenes
The supreme Athenian orator (384–322 BC); ``the beast himself,'' whose delivery outdid even his written words.
- The Letters §7.30.5 Demosthenes
The greatest Athenian orator (384-322 BC), Pliny's model in his speeches on Helvidius.