Peri sōphiston

work by Alcidamas

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In Alcidamas
His only extant work, Peri sōphiston (“Concerning Sophists”), stresses the superiority of extempore (though prepared) speeches over written ones. The oration attributed to him entitled Odysseus is spurious. Only fragments of his other works survive. Aristotle criticized Alcidamas for his improper and too-frequent use of adjectives and deplored his…
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