Author
Isocrates
Greek rhetorician and writer (436–338 BC), born at Classical Athens. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.
- Lived
- 5th–4th c. BC
- Kinds of writing
- Oratory (21), Epistolography (9)
- Dialect
- Attic
- In the library
- 30 works, 30 with an English translation; 133,219 words analysed
Where to begin
The works here with a translation and the most familiar vocabulary: the fewest rare words to look up. That is vocabulary only; grammar, dialect and ideas may still be demanding.
What Isocrates wrote
- Against EuthynusΠρὸς Εὐθύνους ἀμάρτυρος
- Against CallimachusΠαραγραφή πρὸς Καλλίμαχον
- Against LochitesΚατὰ Λοχίτου
- Concerning the Team of HorsesΠερὶ τοῦ ζεύγους
- TrapeziticusΤραπεζιτικός
- AegineticusΑἰγητικὸς
- To DemonicusΠρὸς Δημόνικον
- Against the SophistsΚατὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν
- HelenἙλένη
- BusirisΒούσιρις
- PanegyricusΠανηγυρικός
- PlataicusΠλαταικός
- To NicoclesΠρὸς Νικόκλεα
- Nicocles or the CypriansΝικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι
- EvagorasΕὐαγόρας
- ArchidamusἈρχίδαμος
- On the PeaceΠερὶ εἰρήνης
- AreopagiticusἈρεοπαγιτικός
- AntidosisΠερὶ ἀντιδόσεως
- To PhilipΦίλιππος
- PanathenaicusΠαναθηναικός
- To DionysiusἘπιστολαὶ αʹ Διονύσιῳ
- To the Children of JasonἘπιστολαὶ ςʹ Τοῖς Ἰάσονος παισίν
- To ArchidamusἘπιστολαὶ θʹ Ἀρχιδάμῳ
- To the Rulers of the MytilenaeansἘπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν
- To TimotheusἘπιστολαὶ ζʹ Τιμοθέῳ
- To Philip, IἘπιστολαὶ βʹ Φιλίππῳ α΄
- To AlexanderἘπιστολαὶ εʹ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ
- To AntipaterἘπιστολαὶ δʹ Ἀντιπάτρῳ
- To Philip, IIἘπιστολαὶ γʹ Φιλίππῳ β΄
In The Painted Stoa
Entries that quote or point to Isocrates's Greek.
More
- The most mentioned words in Isocrates (the Census)
- Your own notes on Isocrates (the Treasury)