Antiphon(C. 480–411 Bce) Antiphon was an Athenian sophist, author of Truth, Concord , and—if identical with the same person as Antiphon of Rhamnus—three Tetralogies and many court speeches. The identity of the sophist and the...

480-411 B.C. Greek orator and statesman who first proposed the method of exhaustion for squaring the circle. Antiphon suggested that a regular polygon be inscribed in a circle, and the number of its sides successively doubled until the difference in...

Antiphon the Sophist lived in Athens probably in the last two decades of the 5th century BC. There is an ongoing controversy over whether he is one and the same with Antiphon (Ἀντιφῶν) of the Athenian deme Rhamnus in Attica (480–411 BC),...

The Istanbul Antiphonal (about 1360): [Facsimile Reproduction and Studies]. Edited by Janka Szendrei. 2d ed. (Musicalia Danubiana, 18.) Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 2002. [Facsim. reprod. (b&w), 303 fols. Paper. ISBN 963-05-7856-1. Studies (by Maria Czigler, Laszlo Dobszay, Janka Szendrei, and Tunde Wehli), Eng. ed.:...

TOGNI Illuminations.1 Vigils and Stone.1 TOGNI/REILLY Antiphon. Antiphon II. TOGNI/BOTH Lament. TOGNI/REILLY/BOTH The Heart Has Its Reasons. Refuge. Vigil. Passio. Adoro te * Peter Togni (org); Christoph Both (vc); Jeff Reilly (bs cl); Alain Trudel, cond;1 Sanctuary Str O1 * WARNER 62019 (61:49) ...

In the following essay, Carawan presents an analysis comparing the methods of argument used in the Tetralogies attributed to Antiphon with court arguments he is actually known to have made.

In the following essay, Schmitz analyzes the rhetorical strategies Antiphon and other orators used to convince judges of the accuracy of their arguments in representing reality.

In the following essay, Plant addresses the influence of Antiphon and Gorgias on the rhetorical techniques used by Thucydides.