Orators
group · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
orators · speakers · advisers · counsellors · politicians · statesmen · the orators
in the texts
Third Olynthiac
Public speakers and politicians whose counsel shapes, and often corrupts, Athenian policy.
But ever since this breed of orators appeared who ply you with such questions as What would you like?
for you see how the popularity-hunting of some of our orators has led us into this desperate predicament.
Very different, men of Athens, are the thoughts suggested to me by the contemplation of public affairs and by the speeches to which I listen.
On the Peace
Public speakers and advisers whose influence over the assembly is central to the argument.
for in the past you have formed the habit of driving all the orators from the platform except those who support your desires.
nevertheless, as though you had clear knowledge of what must be done, you are not willing to listen to any except those who speak for your pleasure.
Indeed, you have caused the orators to practice and study, not what will be advantageous to the state, but how they may discourse in a manner pleasing to you.
Alcibiades 2
Athenian public speakers whose advice on policy is examined as an example of knowledge without knowledge of the best.
and in a word, whatever the city does to another city or within herself, all comes about by the advice of the orators.