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Demades

also: Demades

Athenian orator and statesman (d. 319 BC), famed for extempore brilliance though no writings of his survived. Cicero (Brutus 36) names him among the orators following Demosthenes' generation as one of whom nothing is preserved.

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Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention

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