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Callistratus
An Athenian orator, whose eloquence is said to have inspired the youthful Demosthenes. For his Spartan sympathies he was condemned to death by the Athenians in 361 B.C., and on his return from exile in Macedonia, was actually executed. Another Callistratus was a grammarian and critic.
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