---
name: Dinarchus the Orator
name_greek: Δείναρχος ὁ ῥήτωρ
eul_aid: hqm
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/dinarchus-the-orator-hqm"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Dinarchus the Orator

*Δείναρχος ὁ ῥήτωρ*

**eul_aid:** `hqm` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/dinarchus-the-orator-hqm)

Dinarchus was a professional speechwriter in late classical Athens. Five of his orations survive. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Against Aristogeiton](https://eulogikon.org/works/dinarchus-against-aristogeiton-hqm-ab) — *Κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος* · `hqm-ab`
- [Against Demosthenes](https://eulogikon.org/works/dinarchus-against-demosthenes-hqm-ac) — *Κατὰ Δημοσθένους* · `hqm-ac`
- [Against Philocles](https://eulogikon.org/works/dinarchus-against-philocles-hqm-ad) — *Κατὰ Φιλοκλέους* · `hqm-ad`
- [Fragments of Uncertain Placement](https://eulogikon.org/works/dinarchus-uncertain-fragments-hqm-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα ἀδήλου θέσεως* · `hqm-aa`
- [Prosecution of Polyεύktos](https://eulogikon.org/works/dinarchus-prosecution-polyeuktos-hqm-ae) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `hqm-ae`

## License and provenance

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