Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric Dionysius of Halicarnassus.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

(c. 60 BC - c. 7 BC)

As a teacher of rhetoric, Dionysius of Halicarnassus wrote studies of the orators Lysias, Demosthenes, and Isocrates, as well as the essay “On the Arrangement of Words,” one of the only surviving ancient criticism devoted to the subject of word order. Of his twenty-book history, only eleven, covering up to 441 bc, are extant.

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Voices In Time

c. 575 BC | Rome

Take It from the Top

Dionysius of Halicarnassus narrates a reversal of political fortune.More

Voices In Time

458 BC | Rome

Public Servant

Cincinnatus, from farmer to dictator to farmer.More

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