See also:

• AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)
• AESCHINES (5th century B.C.)

AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek statesman and orator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . The statements as to his parentage and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life are conflicting; but it seems probable that his parents, though poor, were respectable . After assisting his See also:

• FATHER

father in his school, he tried his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand at acting with indifferent success, served with distinction in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and held• several clerkships, amongst them the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of clerk to the See also:

• BOULE (Gr. 0ovXi ,, literally " will," " advice "; hence a " council ")

Boule . The fall of See also:

• OLYNTHUS

Olynthus (348) brought See also:

• AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)
• AESCHINES (5th century B.C.)

Aeschines into the See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

arena, and he was sent on an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to rouse the See also:

• PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus against See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip . In 347 he was a member of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace embassy to Philip of Macedon, who seems to have won him over entirely to his See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . His dilatoriness during the second embassy (346) sent to ratify the terms of peace led to his See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation by See also:

• DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes and Timarchus on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, but he was acquitted as the result of a powerful speech, in which" he showed that his accuser Timarchus had, by his immoral conduct, forfeited the right to speak before the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . In 343 the attack was renewed by Demosthenes in his speech On the False Embassy; Aeschines replied in a speech with the same See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title and was again, acquitted . In 339, as one of the Athenian deputies (pylagorae) in the Amphictyonic See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council, he made a speech which brought about the Sacred See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . By way of revenge, Aeschines endeavoured to See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the blame for these disasters upon Demosthenes . In 336, when See also:

• CTESIPHON

Ctesiphon proposed that his friend Demosthenes should be rewarded with a See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• CROWN

crown for his distinguished services to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, he was accused by Aeschines of having violated the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in bringing forward the See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion . The See also:

• MATTER

matter remained in See also:

• ABEYANCE (O. Fr. abeance, " gaping")

abeyance till 330, when the two rivals delivered their speeches Against Ctesiphon and On the Crown . The result was a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete victory for Demosthenes .

Aeschines went into voluntary See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile at See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes, where he opened a school of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric . He afterwards removed to See also:

• SAMOS

Samos, where he died in the seventy-fifth See also:

• YEAR

year of his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . His three speeches, called by the ancients " the Three See also:

• GRACES, THE, (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

Graces," See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank next to those of Demosthenes . See also:

• PHOTIUS
• PHOTIUS (c. 82o-891)

Photius knew of nine letters by him which he called the Nine See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses;. the twelve published under his name (Hercher, Epistolographi Graeci) are not genuine .