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DINARCHUS , last of the " ten " See also:

ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic orators, son of Sostratus (or, according to Suidas, See also:

SOCRATES

Socrates), See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Corinth about 361 B.C. He settled at See also:

Athens See also:

early in See also:

LIFE

life, and when not more than twenty-five was already active as a writer of speeches for the See also:

law courts. As an See also:

ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien, he was unable to take See also:

PART

part in the debates. He had been the See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil both of See also:

THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus and of See also:

DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Phalereus, and had early acquired a certain fluency and versatility of See also:

style. In 324 the See also:

AREOPAGUS ("Apews Ilayos)

Areopagus, after inquiry, reported that nine men had taken bribes from Harpalus, the fugitive treasurer of See also:

Alexander. Ten public prosecutors were appointed. Dinarchus wrote, for one or more of these prosecutors, the three speeches which are still extant—Against See also:

DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes, Against Aristogeiton, Against Philocles. The sympathies of Dinarchus were in favour of an Athenian See also:

OLIGARCHY (Gr. oXiyot, few, apxil, rule)

oligarchy under Macedonian See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control; but it should be remembered that he was not an Athenian See also:

CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen. See also:

Aeschines and Dernades had no such excuse. In the Harpalus affair, Demosthenes was doubtless See also:

innocent, and so, probably, were others of the accused. Yet See also:

HYPEREIDES (c. 390-322 B.c.)

Hypereides, the most fiery of the patriots, was on the same See also:

side as Dinarchus. Under the regency of his old See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, Demetrius Phalereus, Dinarchus exercised much See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence.

The years 317307 were the most prosperous of his life. On the fall of Demetrius Phalereus and the restoration of the See also:

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

democracy by Demetrius Poliorcetes, Dinarchus was condemned to See also:

DEATH

death and withdrew into 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:

CHALCIS

Chalcis in See also:

EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea. About 292, thanks to his friend Theophrastus, he was able to return to See also:

ATTICA

Attica, and took up his See also:

ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country with a former See also:

ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate, Proxenus. He afterwards brought an See also:

ACTION

action against Proxenus on the ground that he had robbed him of some See also:

MONEY

money and See also:

PLATE

plate. Dinarchus died at Athens about 291. According to Suidas, Dinarchus wrote 160 speeches; and See also:

Dionysius held that, out of 85 extant speeches bearing his name, 58 were genuine,–28 See also:

RELATING

relating to public, 30 to private causes. Although the authenticity of the three speeches mentioned above is generally admitted, Demetrius of See also:

MAGNESIA

Magnesia doubted that of the speech Against Demosthenes, while A. Westermann rejected all three. Dinarchus had little individual style and imitated by turns See also:

LYSIAS

Lysias, Hypereides and Demosthenes. He is called by See also:

HERMOGENES

Hermogenes o ,cpi3cvos &.111oo &'17s, a See also:

METAPHOR

metaphor taken from See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley compared with See also:

wheat, or See also:

BEER

beer compared with See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine,—a Demosthenes whose strength is rougher, without flavour or sparkle. See also:

EDITIONS

Editions: (See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text and exhaustive commentary) E. Matzner (1842) ; (text) T.

Thalheim (1887), F. See also:

BLASS, FRIEDRICH (1843—1907)

Blass (1888); see L. L. See also:

Forman, See also:

INDEX

Index Andocideus, Lycurgeus, Dinarcheus (1897) ; and, in See also:

general, F. Blass, Attische Beredsamkeit, iii. There is a valuable See also:

TREATISE

treatise on the life and speeches of Dinarchus by Dionysius of See also:

HALICARNASSUS (mod. Budrum)

Halicarnassus.

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