Aeschines is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Aeschines in a sentence
Aeschines meaning
A celebrated Greek statesman and orator (389–314 B.C.E.; full name Αἰσχίνης Ἀτρομήτου Κοθωκίδης, Aeschines Atrometi f. Cothocides), one the Canon of Ten Attic Orators.
Using Aeschines
- The main meaning on this page is: A celebrated Greek statesman and orator (389–314 B.C.E.; full name Αἰσχίνης Ἀτρομήτου Κοθωκίδης, Aeschines Atrometi f. Cothocides), one the Canon of Ten Attic Orators.
- In the example corpus, aeschines often appears in combinations such as: aeschines and.
Context around Aeschines
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aeschines
- In this selection, "aeschines" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carey, defeated, father, agreed, brought and although stand out and add context to how "aeschines" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to aeschines in a and aeschines agreed with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aeschines" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aeschines
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eudoxus's father Aeschines of Cnidus loved to watch stars at night. (12 words)
Aeschines agreed with this proposition and maintained that the Athenians should participate in the Congress. (15 words)
In his speeches, Aeschines uses pederastic relations of Demosthenes as a means to attack him. (15 words)
C. Carey, Aeschines, 7–8, 11. After the failure of a first military excursion against the Locrians, the summer session of the Amphictyonic Council gave command of the league's forces to Philip and asked him to lead a second excursion. (41 words)
Aeschines and Dinarchus also maintained that when the Arcadians offered their services for ten talents, Demosthenes refused to furnish the money to the Thebans, who were conducting the negotiations, and so the Arcadians sold out to the Macedonians. (38 words)
Dover's arguments were refuted by Edward M. Harris, who concluded that, although we cannot be sure about the outcome of the trial, the speech was delivered in court, and that Aeschines' story was a lie. (36 words)
Example sentences (17)
Aeschines agreed with this proposition and maintained that the Athenians should participate in the Congress.
Aeschines and Dinarchus also maintained that when the Arcadians offered their services for ten talents, Demosthenes refused to furnish the money to the Thebans, who were conducting the negotiations, and so the Arcadians sold out to the Macedonians.
Aeschines brought this suit against Timarchus to bar him from the rights of political office and his case succeeded.
C. Carey, Aeschines, 7–8, 11. After the failure of a first military excursion against the Locrians, the summer session of the Amphictyonic Council gave command of the league's forces to Philip and asked him to lead a second excursion.
Demosthenes also had a daughter, "the only one who ever called him father", according to Aeschines in a trenchant remark.
Demosthenes, On the Crown, 321. He finally defeated Aeschines, although his enemy's objections to the crowning were arguably valid from a legal point of view.
Dover's arguments were refuted by Edward M. Harris, who concluded that, although we cannot be sure about the outcome of the trial, the speech was delivered in court, and that Aeschines' story was a lie.
Eudoxus's father Aeschines of Cnidus loved to watch stars at night.
For his part, Aeschines stigmatised his intensity, attributing to his rival strings of absurd and incoherent images.
In 339 BC Philip made his last and most effective bid to conquer southern Greece, assisted by Aeschines' stance in the Amphictyonic Council.
In 343 BC Demosthenes delivered On the False Embassy against Aeschines, who was facing a charge of high treason.
In 347 BC, an Athenian delegation, comprising Demosthenes, Aeschines and Philocrates, was officially sent to Pella to negotiate a peace treaty.
In his speeches, Aeschines uses pederastic relations of Demosthenes as a means to attack him.
In particular, the orator Aeschines cites laws excluding slaves from wrestling halls and forbidding them to enter pederastic relationships with the sons of citizens.
Kenneth Dover also endorsed Aeschines's account, and argued that, although the speech was never delivered in court, Demosthenes put into circulation an attack on Meidias.
Nevertheless, the same scholar underscores that "pragmatists" like Aeschines or Phocion had no inspiring vision to rival that of Demosthenes.
Orac. p. 420 e He was certainly alive after 345 BC, for Aeschines mentions him as alive in that year.
Common combinations with aeschines
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: