Rhetorical studies in the Aristocratea of Demosthenes

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Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.E.) is one of the great orators from ancient Greece. His speech Against Aristocrates is a common source for information on history and law, but it has received little attention as evidence for the orator's rhetorical skill. The speech shows Demosthenes' innovative use of mixture in composition that goes beyond Aristotelian categories