person
Isocrates
Athenian orator and teacher of rhetoric (436--338 BC). Seneca tells how he drew his pupil Ephorus away from public oratory toward writing history, judging him better suited to it.
Reading notes
- On Tranquility of Mind §6.4 Isocrates
Athenian orator who steered his pupil Ephorus from the forum to the writing of history.