Aeschines of Miletus
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Who is Aeschines of Miletus?
Aeschines of Miletus was a contemporary of Cicero, and a distinguished orator in the Asiatic style of eloquence, which, according to Cicero, "rushes with an impetuous stream. But it is not merely fluent; its language is ornate and polished."
Aeschines is said by Diogenes Laertius to have written on Politics. He died in exile on account of having spoken too freely to Pompey.
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