Isocrates

καὶ τὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὄνομα πεποίηκε μηκέτι τοῦ γένους ἀλλὰ τῆς διανοίας δοκεῖν εἶναι, καὶ μᾶλλον Ἕλληνας καλεῖσθαι τοὺς τῆς παιδεύσεως τῆς ἡμετέρας ἢ τοὺς τῆς κοινῆς φύσεως μετέχοντας (The name Greek is no longer a mark of a race, but of an outlook, and is accorded to those who share our culture rather than our blood)

(Πρὸς Δημόνικον ), (Πρὸς Νικοκλέα ), (Νικοκλῆς ), (Πανηγυρικός ), (Φιλίππος ), (Ἀρχίδαμος), (Ἀρεοπαγιτικός ), (Συμμαχικὸς ἢ Περὶ εἰρήνης ), (Εὐαγόρας), (Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον ), (Βούσιρις ), (Παναθηναϊκός ), (Κατὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν ), (Πλαταικός ), (Περὶ τῆς Ἀντιδόσεως ), (Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους ), (Τραπεζιτικός ), (Πρὸς Καλλίμαχον ), (Αἰγινητικός), (Πρὸς Λοχίτην ), , (Πρὸς Εὐθύνουν )

Timeline

c. 403 BC work as a "Logograph"

c. 392/0 BC opens a school in Chios,

380 BC ( Πανηγυρικός ) assumed to be inspired by Gorgias' Ὀλυμπικός around 408 BC

c. 373 BC (Πλαταικός )

357 BC ( Συμμαχικὸς ἢ Περὶ εἰρήνης )

354 BC ,

342-339 BC ,

On a pillar is a statue of Isocrates, whose memory is remarkable for three things: his diligence in continuing to teach to the end of his ninety-eight years, his self-restraint in keeping aloof from politics and from interfering with public affairs, and his love of liberty in dying a voluntary death, distressed at the news of the )

http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/rhetoric/figures/isocrates.html

http://people.morehead-st.edu/fs/w.willis/isocrates.html

References

Bibliography

Bryant, Donald C., ed. Ancient Greek and Roman Rhetoricians: A Biographical Dictionary. Columbia, MO 1969.

Isocrates. Volumes I and II, translated by George Norlin. Volume III, translated by Larue van Hook. Loeb Classical Library, London, 1928, 1929, 1945.

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