 Aeschines - Ancient Authorities: Encyclopedia - AeschinesAeschines (389 - 314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators, was born at Athens.
The statements as to his parentage and early life are conflicting; but it seems probable that his parents, though poor, were respectable. After assisting his father in his school, he tried his hand at acting with indifferent success, served with distinction in the army, and held several clerkships, amongst them the office of clerk to the Boule. The fall of Olynthus (348 BC) brought Aeschines into the political arena, and he was sent on an embassy to rou ...
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