Isaeus

4th-century BC Greek orator

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Also known as Isæus

Born: 420 BCE
Died: 340 BCE
Birthplace: Chalcis
, Athens
Place of death: Classical Athens
, Athens
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Occupation: speechwriter
, orator
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, lawyer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Isaeus was one of the ten Attic orators according to the Alexandrian canon. He was a student of Isocrates in Athens, and later taught Demosthenes while working as a metic logographer (speechwriter) for others. Only eleven of his speeches survive, with fragments of a twelfth. They are mostly concerned with inheritance, with one on civil rights. Dionysius of Halicarnassus compared his style to Lysias, although Isaeus was more given to employing sophistry.

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Sex or gender: male
Floruit: 5th century BCE
4th century BCE
Name in native language: Ἰσαῖος
Writing language: Ancient Greek
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Significant place: Chalcis
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1.Stated in Bibliotheca
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