Lysias

[ lis-ee-uh s ]

/ ˈlɪs i əs /

c450–c380 b.c., Athenian orator.

Example sentences from the Web for lysias

The first was Lysias, at that time but fifteen years of age.

Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) |Charles Bucke
Lysias obeyed, but with a faintness coming coldly upon him, but as he went there was a sad thought weighing upon his heart.

Ulric the Jarl |William O. Stoddard
Lysias had dismounted and, without more words, he passed on into the quarters of the Saxons.

Ulric the Jarl |William O. Stoddard
It is in the introduction and the narrative that Lysias is seen at his best.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2 |Various

Eros is differently understood: Sokrates defined what he meant by it: Lysias did not define.

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) |George Grote

Lysias

/ (ˈlɪsɪˌæs) /

?450–?380 bc, Athenian orator