Hypereides

Roman copy of an anonymous Greek portrait type of the late 4th or early 3rd century BCE, often identified as Hypereides (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek)

Hypereides or Hyperides (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ὑπερείδης, Hypereidēs; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with the stress variably on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable[1]) was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC.

He was a leader of the Athenian resistance to King Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. He was associated with Lycurgus and Demosthenes in exposing pro-Macedonian sympathizers. He is known for prosecuting Philippides of Paiania for his pro-Macedonian measures and his decree in honoring Alexander the Great.[2]

  1. ^ Mackey and Mackey, The Pronunciation of 10,000 Proper Names, New York, 1922, p. 138 (penult.); John Walker, Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, New York, 1828, p. 61 (antepenult.); John Hogg in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1857, p. 423 (considering both possibilities)
  2. ^ Worthington, Ian (2001). Dinarchus, Hyperides & Lycurgus. Austin, Texas: University of Texas. ISBN 0-292-79142-9.