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Born c.390 BCE
Died c.324 BCE
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Demosthenes
Greek statesman and orator
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Peisistratus
Peisistratus
tyrant of Athens
Hyperides
Greek politician
aeschines
Aeschines
Greek orator
Demades
Athenian statesman
Andocides
Greek orator and politician
Demetrius Of Phaleron
Greek statesman and philosopher
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Solon
Solon
Greek statesman and poet
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
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Megacles
Athenian statesman [flourished mid-6th century BCE]
Herodes Atticus, marble bust by an unknown artist; in the Louvre, Paris
Herodes Atticus
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