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Demosthenes
Bust o Demosthenes (Louvre, Paris, Fraunce)
Born384 BC
Athens
Dee'd322 BC (aged 62)
Island o Kalaureia (present-day Poros)

Demosthenes (/dɪˈmɒs.θənz/; Greek: Δημοσθένης Dēmosthénēs [dɛːmostʰénɛːs]; 384–322 BC) wis a prominent Greek statesman an orator o auncient Athens. His orations constitute a signeeficant expression o contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess an provide an insicht intae the politics an cultur o auncient Greece during the 4t century BC.