Son of Pasion of Acharnae, Athenian rhetor and supporter of Demosthenes (394/93, died after 343 BC). A. was one of the richest Athenian citizens after 370. He undertook costly trierarchy liturgies (cf. IG II2 1609,83 and 89; IG II2 1612, b110; Dem. Or. 50,4-10; 40 and 58) and in 352/51 gained a victory as choregos (IG II2 3039,2) but had only limited success in obtaining a …
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Engels, Johannes (Cologne),
Ameling, Walter (Jena),
Pressler, Frank (Heidelberg),
Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen),
Montanari, Franco (Pisa),
Weißenberger, Michael (Greifswald),
Gärtner, Hans Armin (Heidelberg),
Döring, Klaus (Bamberg),
Dorandi, Tiziano (Paris),
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