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Demosthenes

Greek statesman and orator

Isocrates

Greek orator and rhetorician

Aeschines

Greek orator

Lycurgus

Athenian statesman

Phocion

Greek statesman

Demades

Athenian statesman

Andocides

Greek orator and politician

Demetrius Of Phaleron

Greek statesman and philosopher

Pericles

Athenian statesman

Solon

Greek statesman and poet

Peisistratus

tyrant of Athens

Cleisthenes of Athens

Greek statesman

Themistocles

Athenian politician and naval strategist

Alcibiades

Athenian politician and general

Cimon

Greek statesman and general

Miltiades the Younger

Athenian general

Theramenes

Greek politician and general

Antiphon

Greek writer and statesman

Aristides The Just

Greek statesman

Megacles

Athenian statesman [flourished mid-6th century BCE]