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4 unusual facts about Attic orators


Aelius Theon

The work (extant, though incomplete), which probably formed an appendix to a manual of rhetoric, shows learning and taste, and contains valuable notices on the style and speeches of the masters of Attic oratory.

Against Simon

Against Simon (also known as "Reply to Simon") is a speech by Lysias, one of the "Canon of Ten" Attic orators.

Attic orators

In fact, it is not until the middle of that century that the Sicilian orator, Corax, along with his pupil, Tisias, began a formal study of rhetoric.

Menippus of Stratonikeia

Cicero, who heard him, puts him almost on a level with the Attic orators.



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