isaeus

Updated: May 15, 2025

He made use of Isaeus as his guide to the art of speaking, though Isocrates at that time was giving lessons; whether, as some say, because he was an orphan, and was not able to pay Isocrates his appointed fee of ten minae, or because he preferred Isaeus's speaking, as being more business-like and effective in actual use.

Plutarch - Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

The latter days of literary Athens were chiefly distinguished by the genius of her ORATORS and PHILOSOPHERS. There were ten Attic orators, whose works were collected by the Greek grammarians, and many of whose orations have come down to us. Their names are Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus, AEschines, Lycurgus, Demosthenes, Hyperides and Dinarchus.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest

None the less he acknowledged that the author of the speech delivered it far better than he had done. All these things point to this, that you should hear Isaeus, if only to enable you to say that you have heard him. Farewell.

the Younger Pliny - Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1

He made use of Isaeus as his guide to the art of speaking, though Isocrates at that time was giving lessons; whether, as some say, because he was an orphan, and was not able to pay Isocrates his appointed fee of ten minae, or because he preferred Isaeus's speaking, as being more business-like and effective in actual use.

Plutarch - The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch : being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls

I consider Isaeus then, riot only the most eloquent, but the happiest, of men, and if you are not longing to make his acquaintance, you must be made of stone and iron. So, if not upon my account, or for any other reason, come, for the sake of hearing this man, at least.

the Younger Pliny - The Letters of Pliny the Younger

The orations of Isaeus were exclusively judicial, and the whole of the eleven which have come down to us turn on the subject of inheritances.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest

For what can be more enjoyable for men in their old age than that which gave them the keenest pleasure in their youth? Consequently, I look upon Isaeus not only as a wonderfully learned man but as one who possesses a most enviable lot, and you must be made of flint and iron if you do not burn to make his acquaintance.

the Younger Pliny - Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1