Menippus of Stratonikeia

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Menippus of Stratonikeia (in Greek Mενιππoς; b. Stratonicea, Caria, lived 1st century BC), surnamed Catocas, was a Carian by birth; he was the most accomplished orator of his time in all Asia (79 BC). Cicero, who heard him, puts him almost on a level with the Attic orators.[ 1]

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  1. Cicero, Brutus, 91; Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Cicero", 4; Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, vi. 5; Strabo, Geography, xiv. 2

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 


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