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demosthenes
/dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/
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What does demosthenes mean?
proper noun
- A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.
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/dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/
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Then followed the opening sentences of the magnificent oration of this "Demosthenes of the woods," as Byron termed him.
The jabbering of Dutch brings to mind Demosthenes trying to outroar a stormy sea with his mouth full of pebbles.
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All that diplomacy to gain your entrance among the despised ones, who have not been nourished on Cicero and Demosthenes!
But now, by this time, Demosthenes with his splendid fleet came in sight outside the harbor, a terror to the enemy.
Among other books, he was delighted with Plutarch's LIVES, and at thirteen he composed a biography of Demosthenes, long preserved by his family.