See also:

• DEMOCHARES (c. 355–275 B.C.)

DEMOCHARES (c. 355–275 B.C.)  , See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of See also:

• DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes, Athenian orator and stateman, was one of the few distinguished Athenians in the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of decline . He is first heard of in 322, when he spoke in vain against the surrender of Demosthenes and the other See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Macedonian orators demanded by See also:

• ANTIPATER (398?-319 B.C.)

Antipater . During the next fifteen years he probably lived in 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 . On the restoration of the See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy by See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Poliorcetes in 307 he occupied a prominent position, but was banished in 303 for having ridiculed the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of Stratocles, which contained a fulsome eulogy of Demetrius . He was recalled in 298, and during the next four years 1 fortified and equipped the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city with provisions and See also:

• AMMUNITION

ammunition . In 296 (or 295) he was again banished for having concluded an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with the Boeotians, and did not return until 287 (or 286) . In 28o he induced the Athenians to erect a public See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle with a suitable inscription . After his See also:

• DEATH

death (some five years later) the son of See also:

• DEMOCHARES (c. 355–275 B.C.)

Demochares proposed and obtained a decree (See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, p . 851) that a statue should be erected in his honour, containing a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of his public services, which seem to have consisted in a reduction of public expenses, a more prudent management of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state finances (after his return in 287) and successful begging See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions to the rulers of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia . Although a friend of the Stoic See also:

• ZENO

Zeno, Demochares regarded all other philosophers as the enemies of freedom, and in 306 supported the proposal of one See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, advocating their See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion from See also:

• ATTICA

Attica . According to See also:

• CICERO

Cicero (See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus, 83) Demochares was the author of a See also:

• HISTORY

history of his own times, written in an oratorical rather than a See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . As a See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker he was noted for his freedom of See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language (Parrhesiastes, See also:

• SENECA

Seneca, De ira, iii .

23) . He was violently attacked by See also:

• TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)

Timaeus, but found a strenuous defender in See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius (xii . 13) . See also Plutarch, Demosthenes, 30, Demetrius, 24, Vitae decem oratorum, p . 847; J . G . See also:

• DROYSEN, JOHANN GUSTAV (1808—1884)

Droysen's See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on Demochares in Zeitschrift See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Altertumswissenschaft (1836), Nos . 2o, 21 .