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De⋅mos⋅the⋅nes

  [di-mos-thuh-neez]
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384?–322 b.c., Athenian statesman and orator.
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De·mos·the·nes   (dĭ-mŏs'thə-nēz')   
Greek orator whose reputation is based mainly on his Philippics, a series of orations exhorting the citizens of Athens to rise up against Philip II of Macedon.
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Demosthenes [(di-mos-thuh-neez)]

The greatest orator of ancient Greece. Demosthenes is said to have overcome a childhood stutter by forcing himself to speak with pebbles in his mouth. He delivered speeches called Philippics attacking King Philip of Macedon, who was an enemy of Demosthenes' city of Athens.

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