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ĘSCHINES (389-314 B.C.). An Athenian orator, Aeschines was a member of the embassy to Philip of Macedon in 347 B.C., and became the leader of the party favoring peace with Philip; against Demosthenes, who believed that Philip was to be opposed.
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. I (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 607. (Ęschines, Naples.)
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