---
name: Lesbonax the Rhetorician
name_greek: Λεσβώναξ ὁ Μυτιληναῖος
eul_aid: mbw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/lesbonax-of-mytilene-mbw"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
works_count: 3
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Lesbonax the Rhetorician

*Λεσβώναξ ὁ Μυτιληναῖος*

**eul_aid:** `mbw` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/lesbonax-of-mytilene-mbw)

Lesbonax of Mytilene was a Hellenistic orator of the 1st century BCE. Surviving works include three orations. Free to read and download from the Greek library.

## Works

- [Exhortation A](https://eulogikon.org/works/lesbonax-mytilene-exhortation-mbw-aa) — *Προτρεπτικὸς Α* · `mbw-aa`
- [Exhortation B](https://eulogikon.org/works/lesbonax-mytilene-exhortation-b-mbw-ab) — *Προτρεπτικὸς Β* · `mbw-ab`
- [Statesman](https://eulogikon.org/works/lesbonax-mytilene-statesman-mbw-ac) — *Πολιτικός* · `mbw-ac`

## License and provenance

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