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    Demosthenes (/dɪˈmɒs.θəniːz/; Greek: Δημοσθένης, romanized: Dēmosthénēs; Attic Greek: [dɛːmostʰénɛːs]; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and...
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    Demosthenes (Greek: Δημοσθένης, died 413 BC), son of Alcisthenes, was an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. The military activities of Demosthenes...
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  • up Demosthenes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Demosthenes (384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. Demosthenes may...
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  • Lantern of Demosthenes may refer to: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, a monument near the Athens Acropolis or a structure elsewhere based on it Lantern...
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  • SS Demosthenes can refer to: SS Demosthenes (1911), a UK ocean liner built in 1911 and scrapped in 1931 USS William Isom (ID-1555), an oil tanker built...
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    Ollivier became a prominent politician, and Démosthène Ollivier was allowed to return to France in 1860. Démosthène Ollivier was born in Toulon, Var on 25...
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  • Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly (October 25, 1880 – July 11, 1962) was a deaf, mute, partially-blind African-American lawyer. "[O'Kelly] claimed the distinction...
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    Démosthenes Magalhães, in Brazil better known as Démosthenes and in Italy as Demostene Bertini (born 17 November 1909, date of death unknown), was a Brazilian...
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  • William Demosthenes Crum, alternatively known as William Demos Crum, (February 9, 1859 – December 7, 1912) was an African American physician and diplomat...
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  • The speeches of Pseudo-Demosthenes are those preserved among the speeches of Demosthenes, but not thought to have been authored by him. Among the Pseudo-Demosthenic...
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  • 2011 French comedy film directed by Olivier Horlait. Emir Kusturica as Démosthène Thibault Le Guellec as Yannis François-Xavier Demaison as Aristote Jade-Rose...
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    Demosthenes (Greek: Δημοσθένης; 384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute the last significant...
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  • Demosthenes's "Funeral Oration" (Greek: Ἐπιτάφιος Λόγος) was delivered between August and September of 338 BC, just after the Battle of Chaeronea. It...
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    Demosthenes Ligdopoulos (Greek: Δημοσθένης Λιγδόπουλος; 1898–1920) was Greek socialist activist and newspaper editor who was a founding member of the...
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    SS Demosthenes was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1911 in Ireland for Aberdeen Line and scrapped in 1931 in England...
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  • Demosthenes Philalethes (Gr. Δημοσθένης ὁ Φιλαλήθης) was an ancient Greek physician of Asia Minor who was one of the pupils of Alexander Philalethes,...
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    Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Worthington, Ian (2015). Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece. Oxford University Press....
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  • Dimosthenis Tampakos (Greek: Δημοσθένης Ταμπάκος, born 12 November 1976 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He won gold in the...
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  • Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte (c. 1899 – unknown) was a Haitian conservative noirist politician and military figure who led the Garde d'Haïti. In 1937, Calixte...
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  • prostitution was considered to be inappropriate. Against Neaera is preserved as Demosthenes' fifty-ninth speech, though it has been thought inauthentic since antiquity...
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    Georgios Demosthenes Savalas (Greek: Γεώργιος Δημοσθένης Σαβάλας; December 5, 1924 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was...
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  • pseudonym Demosthenes, publishes a series of articles revealing the presence of the "Little Doctor" planet-annihilating weapon on the Fleet. Demosthenes calls...
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  • Cleophon Cleon Critias Demades Demetrius of Phalerum Demochares Democles Demosthenes Draco Echedemos Ephialtes Eratosthenes Eubulus Hagnon Hyperbolus Hypereides...
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    certainly Mazzini's son, whom she named Joseph Démosthène Adolpe Aristide after members of the family of Démosthène Ollivier, with whom Mazzini was staying....
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    Aristotle Aspasia Augustine Bakhtin Booth Brueggemann Burke Cicero de Man Demosthenes Derrida Erasmus Gorgias Hobbes Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman...
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    Demosthenes made his living as a professional speechwriter (logographer) and a lawyer, writing speeches for use in private legal suits. Demosthenes grew...
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  • Nominated with Hector Cristiani (id=2025) by A.Ch.Fr.Eternod the only time Demosthenes ? ? 1909 Self-nomination Luigi Luciani November 23, 1842 Ascoli Piceno...
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  • Brigadier Demosthenes Amos Chilingutila served as the Chief of staff of the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FALA), the armed wing of UNITA...
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    chose to send reinforcements, under Demosthenes and Eurymedon. Eurymedon left immediately with ten ships, and Demosthenes left sometime later with a much...
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    literary figures; the Roman author Aulus Gellius commended writers such as Demosthenes and Virgil as classicus. By the Renaissance, the adjective had acquired...
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