Attic orators

Lives of the Ten Orators, from an unknown writer whose allonym is Pseudo-Plutarch, delivers a pseudepigraphy for the ten Attic orators; here Demosthenes practises his craft.

The ten Attic orators were considered the greatest Greek orators and logographers of the classical era (5th–4th century BC). They are included in the "Canon of Ten", which probably originated in Alexandria.[1] A.E. Douglas has argued, however, that it was not until the second century AD that the canon took on the form that is recognised today.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, R.M. (1995). "A New Look at the Canon of the Ten Attic Orators". Mnemosyne. 48 (1): 74.
  2. ^ Douglas, A.E. (1956). "Cicero, Quintillian, and the Canon of Ten Attic Orators". Mnemosyne. 9 (1): 40.