Aeschines

es'ki-nes (387-314 B. C.), a celebrated Greek orator. A native of Athens and rival of Demosthenes. In early life he was an opponent of Philip of Macedon, but was afterward won over. Aeschines ended his life as a teacher of rhetoric at Rhodes. Three orations are extant. A dignified statue of Aeschines was found amid the ruins of Herculaneum. It represents the orator standing quietly wrapped in his mantle. This statue is preserved in the National Museum at Naples. See Drama