laid siege to Arrah.

DINARCHUS, last of the "ten" Attic orators, son of Sostratus (or,
according to Suidas, Socrates), born at Corinth about 361 B.C. He
settled at Athens early in life, and when not more than twenty-five was
already active as a writer of speeches for the law courts. As an alien,
he was unable to take part in the debates. He had been the pupil both of
Theophrastus and of Demetrius Phalereus, and had early acquired a
certain fluency and versatility of style. In 324 the Areopagus, after
inquiry, reported that nine men had taken bribes from Harpalus, the
fugitive treasurer of Alexander. Ten public prosecutors were appointed.
Dinarchus wrote, for one or more of these prosecutors, the three
speeches which are still extant--_Against Demosthenes_, _Against
Aristogeiton_, _Against Philocles_. The sympathies of Dinarchus were in
favour of an Athenian oligarchy under Macedonian control; but it should
be remembered that he was not an Athenian citizen. Aeschines and Demades
had no such excuse. In the Harpalus affair, Demosthenes was doubtless
innocent, and so, probably, were others of the accused. Yet Hypereides,
the most fiery of the patriots, was on the same side as Dinarchus.

Under the regency of his old master, Demetrius Phalereus, Dinarchus
exercised much political influence. The years 317-307 were the most
prosperous of his life. On the fall of Demetrius Phalereus and the
restoration of the democracy by Demetrius Poliorcetes, Dinarchus was
condemned to death and withdrew into exile at Chalcis in Euboea. About
292, thanks to his friend Theophrastus, he was able to return to Attica,
and took up his abode in the country with a former associate, Proxenus.
He afterwards brought an action against Proxenus on the ground that he
had robbed him of some money and plate. Dinarchus died at Athens about
291.

According to Suidas, Dinarchus wrote 160 speeches; and Dionysius held
that, out of 85 extant speeches bearing his name, 58 were genuine,--28
relating to public, 30 to private causes. Although the authenticity of
the three speeches mentioned above is generally admitted, Demetrius of
Magnesia doubted that of the speech Against Demosthenes, while A.
Westermann rejected all three. Dinarchus had little individual style and
imitated by turns Lysias, Hypereides and Demosthenes. He is called by
Hermogenes [Greek: o critinos Demosthenes], a metaphor taken from barley compared
with wheat, or beer compared with wine,-