Aeschines (disambiguation)
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Aeschines or Aischines may refer to:
- Aeschines SocraticusAeschines SocraticusAeschines of Sphettus or Aeschines Socraticus , son of Lysanias, of the deme Sphettus of Athens was in his youth a follower of Socrates. Historians call him Aeschines Socraticus—"the Socratic Aeschines"—to distinguish him from the more historically influential Athenian orator also named...
, follower of Socrates and author of Socratic dialogues - AeschinesAeschinesAeschines was a Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators.-Life:Although it is known he was born in Athens, the records regarding his parentage and early life are conflicting; but it seems probable that his parents, though poor, were respectable. Aeschines' father was Atrometus, an...
, Athenian orator, one of ten Attic orators - Aeschines of MiletusAeschines of MiletusAeschines of Miletus was a contemporary of Cicero, and a distinguished orator in the Asiatic style of eloquence, which, according to Cicero, "rushes with an impetuous stream. But it is not merely fluent; its language is ornate and polished."...
, lesser known orator, and contemporary of Cicero - Aeschines of NeapolisAeschines of NeapolisAeschines of Neapolis was an Academic philosopher who shared the leadership of the Academy at Athens together with Charmadas and Clitomachus about 110 BC, when Clitomachus was an old man. Diogenes Laertius says that he was a pupil and favourite of Melanthius of Rhodes....
, (c. 110 BC), academic philosopher - Aeschines (physician)Aeschines (physician)Aeschines was an ancient physician who lived in the latter half of the 4th century. He was born on the island of Chios, and settled at Athens, where he appears to have practiced with very little success, but acquired great fame by a happy cure of Eunapius Sardianus, who on his voyage to Athens...
, ancient physician who lived in the latter half of the 4th century - Aeschines, one of the Thirty TyrantsThirty TyrantsThe Thirty Tyrants were a pro-Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. Contemporary Athenians referred to them simply as "the oligarchy" or "the Thirty" ; the expression "Thirty Tyrants" is due to later historians...
- Aeschines, tyrant of SicyonSicyonSikyon was an ancient Greek city situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day prefecture of Corinthia...
around 510 BC