Aeschines of Miletus

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Aeschines (Gr. Αἰσχίνης) of Miletus was a contemporary of Cicero,[1] 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."[2]

Aeschines is said by Diogenes Laertius to have written on Politics. He died in exile on account of having spoken too freely to Pompey.[3][4][5][6]

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  3. Cicero, Brutus 95
  4. Diogenes Laertius ii. 64
  5. Strabo, xiv. p. 635
  6. Seneca the Elder, Controversiae i. 8

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