Bust of Isocrates; plaster cast in the Pushkin Museum of the bust formerly at Villa Albani, Rome
Isocrates (/aɪˈsɒkrətiːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἰσοκράτης[isokrátɛ̂ːs]; 436–338 BC) was an ancient Greek rhetorician, one of the ten Attic orators. Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time, Isocrates made many contributions to rhetoric and education through his teaching and written works.
Greek rhetoric is commonly traced to Corax of Syracuse, who first formulated a set of rhetorical rules in the fifth century BC. His pupil Tisias was influential in the development of the rhetoric of the courtroom, and by some accounts was the teacher of Isocrates. Within two generations, rhetoric had become an important art, its growth driven by social and political changes such as democracy and courts of law. Isocrates starved himself to death, two years before his 100th birthday.[1][2]
^Phillips, David D. (27 March 2003). "Orator Biographies". stoa.org. The Stoa. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^Potter, Ben (17 April 2015). "Isocrates: The Essayist". Classical Wisdom Weekly. Retrieved 7 September 2020. In 338 BC, two years shy of Alexander's coronation and his own 100th birthday, Isocrates starved himself to death after yet another appeal to Philip fell on deaf ears.
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systems. Lawrence A. Cremin did so in his histories of American education. Isocrates' paideia was quite influential, particularly in Athens. Its goal was to...
culture in the Roman sphere. Isocrates was an influential classical Athenian orator. Growing up in Athens exposed Isocrates to educators such as Socrates...
ancient philosophers. Aristotle and Isocrates were two of the first to see rhetoric in this light. In Antidosis, Isocrates states, "We have come together and...
sophist himself, Isocrates sought to distinguish his school's pedagogical focus from other sophistic teachings. In particular, Isocrates wanted to establish...
been directed to Isocrates' teachings about philosophy and logos, and their partnership in generating an ethical, mindful polis. Isocrates does not provide...
Greek scholars contributed to the definition of metonymy. For example, Isocrates worked to define the difference between poetic language and non-poetic...
text was Isocrates' attempt to define his educational doctrine and to separate himself from the multitudes of other teachers of rhetoric. Isocrates was a...
"Do not do to others that which angers you when they do it to you." – Isocrates (436–338 BCE) "It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living...
Patton Jr. Isocrates asserts that Alcibiades was never a pupil of Socrates. Thus he does not agree with Plutarch's narration. According to Isocrates, the purpose...
classicist David Grene as tutor. Bloom went on to write his thesis on Isocrates. Grene recalled Bloom as an energetic and humorous student completely...
theories that were later ascribed to Pythagoras. The Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436–338 BC) was the first to describe Pythagoras as having visited Egypt...
Aeschines Andocides Antiphon Demosthenes Dinarchus Hypereides Isaeus Isocrates Lycurgus Lysias As far as Homer (8th or 9th century BC), the art of effective...
approached, the Athenian prince Theseus volunteered to slay the Minotaur. Isocrates orates that Theseus thought that he would rather die than rule a city...
Philip began to search for a tutor, and considered such academics as Isocrates and Speusippus, the latter offering to resign from his stewardship of...
contested the rule of the Atreids. A statement by the Athenian orator Isocrates helps to date Perseus approximately. He said that Heracles was four generations...
temple of Artemis), and at Olympia, where the Philippeion was built. Isocrates once wrote to Philip that if he defeated Persia, there would be nothing...
in 367 BC and began to study philosophy (perhaps even rhetoric, under Isocrates), eventually enrolling at Plato's Academy. He left Athens approximately...
which was called Meneleaeia (Μενελάεια) in honour of Menelaus and Helen. Isocrates writes that at Therapne Helen and Menelaus were worshiped as gods, and...
Diodorus Siculus XI, 3 Lysias II, 27 Ephorus, Universal History Isocrates, Oration VII, 49 Isocrates, Oration IV, 93 Plato, Laws III, 699 Romm, James (2014)....
Isocrates, to whom he was a rival and opponent. We possess two declamations under his name: On Sophists (Περὶ Σοφιστῶν), directed against Isocrates and...
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