Hegesippus

Hegesippus in Wikipedia

The Greek name Hegesippos, commonly Latinized as Hegesippus can refer to the following persons: Hegesippus (orator) Hegesippus was a statesman and orator, nicknamed "knot", probably from the way in which he wore his hair. He lived in the time of Demosthenes, of whose anti-Macedonian policy he was an enthusiastic supporter. In 343 BC, he was one of...

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Hegesippus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

(Ἡγήσιππος). An Athenian orator and a contemporary of Demosthenes, to whose political party he belonged. The grammarians ascribe to him the oration on Halonesus, which has come down to us under the name of Demosthenes....

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