what comes to mind when you think of the word Demosthenes? and can you guess how it's related to me?
2007-01-02 22:51:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It sounds like the name of an ancient Greek God or emperor.
2007-01-02 22:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Demosthenes was a Greek orator and statesman from Athens, Greece (384-322 BC).
How is it related to you? Hmmm...you're Greek? You're a Greek politician? You overcame a speech impediment? You were born in an Olympic year? I give up.
2007-01-02 23:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."
Demosthenes
(born 384 BC, Athens-died Oct. 12, 322, Calauria, Argolis) Athenian statesman known as the greatest orator of ancient Greece. According to Plutarch, he was a stutterer in his youth and improved his speech by placing pebbles in his mouth and practicing before a mirror. His talents were recognized early, and powerful clients engaged him as a speechwriter. Throughout his life he espoused democratic principles. He roused Athens against Philip II by his great “Philippics,” and later against Philip's son Alexander the Great. In so doing he incurred the enmity of Aeschines, who argued that Philip's intentions were peaceable; Demosthenes succeeded in having Aeschines ostracized (330), but he was himself later forced into exile (324). Recalled after Alexander's death (323), he fled Alexander's successor and committed suicide.
Maybe your going to commit suicide?
2007-01-02 23:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Lion Head 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Demosthenes was the Athenian orator who overcame his speech impediment by practicing his speeches on the beach, to gain volume against the roar of the surf, and with his mouth full of pebbles, to help him speak more clearly.
Relates to you? Hopefully that means you are working on improving your own ability to speak.
2007-01-02 23:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Greek character. Poor lady.
2007-01-02 22:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
De Moist the knees.
2007-01-02 22:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by Vaakshri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like at Christmas....Who gets "de-most-things".
2007-01-02 22:55:19 · answer #7 · answered by What are they gonna do, fire me? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have trouble pronouncing the "r" sound?
2007-01-02 22:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breasts?
2007-01-02 23:02:29 · answer #9 · answered by scott p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋