Aeschines

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Hindu_temple
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Philip_II_of_Macedon
gptkbp:birthYear 389 BC
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Athenian_democracy
Rhetoric
gptkbp:culturalImpact Public speaking
Political discourse
Greek_literature
gptkbp:deathYear 314 BC
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Athenian_nobility
gptkbp:education Sophists
gptkbp:famousFor Oratory skills
Political rivalry
gptkbp:famousQuote "The truth is the best defense."
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
"The greatest of all evils is to be a coward."
"Wisdom is the greatest gift of all."
"A good man is a good man, no matter what he does."
gptkbp:foughtIn Battle of Chaeronea
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Classical_Greece
Hellenistic period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aeschines
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Cicero
gptkbp:influencedBy Socrates
gptkbp:knownFor Legal arguments
Political speeches
gptkbp:language Ancient Greek
gptkbp:legacy Influence on later rhetoric
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Trial_against_Timarchus
Accusation of Demosthenes
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Against_Timarchus
On_the_Crown
gptkbp:occupation Politician
Orator
gptkbp:philosophy Aristotle
Plato
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cilicia
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Athenian
gptkbp:rival Demosthenes
gptkbp:servedIn Ambassador_to_Persia
Athenian_envoy