place_of_birth democles
Democles ( Greek :  ; lived 4th century BC ) was an Athenian orator , and a contemporary ___MASK41___ Demochares , among whose opponents he is mentioned . He was a disciple ___MASK41___ Theophrastus , and is chiefly known as the defender ___MASK41___ the children ___MASK41___ Lycurgus against the calumnies ___MASK41___ Moerocles and Menesaechmus . It seems that in the time ___MASK41___ Dionysius ___MASK41___ Halicarnassus , some orations ___MASK41___ Democles were still extant , since that critic attributes to him an oration , which went by the name ___MASK41___ Dinarchus . It must be observed that Dionysius and the Suda call this orator by the patronymic form ___MASK41___ his name , Democleides , so he may be the same person called Democleides who was archon in 316 BC . He wrote a treatise on machinery . ( Vitruvius vii , introduction ) Demochares ( c . 355275 BC ), nephew ___MASK41___ Demosthenes , Athenian orator and statesman , was one ___MASK41___ the few distinguished Athenians in the period ___MASK41___ decline . Demosthenes (" Dmosthéns " 384  12 October 322 BC ) was a Greek statesman and orator ___MASK41___ ancient ___MASK54___ . His orations constitute a significant expression ___MASK41___ contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture ___MASK41___ ancient Greece during the 4th century BC . Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the speeches ___MASK41___ previous great orators . He delivered his first judicial speeches at the age ___MASK41___ 20 , in which he argued effectively to gain from his guardians what was left ___MASK41___ his inheritance . For a time , Demosthenes made his living as a professional speech - writer ( logographer ) and a lawyer , writing speeches for use in private legal suits .