Isocrates
Greek rhetorician and writer
- Lived
- 435 BC–337 BC
- Country
- Ancient Greece
Updated September 2026
About Isocrates
Isocrates was an ancient Greek rhetorician, one of the ten Attic orators. Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time, Isocrates made many contributions to rhetoric and education through his teaching and written works.
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