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Also Known As Demetrius of Phalerum • Demetrius Phalereus
Born c.350 BCE • ancient Greece
Died c.280 BCE • Egypt
Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Greek statesman and orator
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Hyperides
Greek politician
aeschines
Aeschines
Greek orator
Lycurgus
Athenian statesman
Demades
Athenian statesman
Andocides
Greek orator and politician
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Solon
Solon
Greek statesman and poet
Peisistratus
Peisistratus
tyrant of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Greek statesman
Themistocles
Athenian politician and naval strategist
Alcibiades and Timon
Alcibiades
Athenian politician and general
Cimon
Greek statesman and general
Miltiades the Younger
Athenian general
Theramenes
Greek politician and general
Antiphon
Greek writer and statesman
Aristides The Just
Aristides The Just
Greek statesman
Megacles
Athenian statesman [flourished mid-6th century BCE]
Demosthenes
Greek general

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