# Antiphon

> He invented the profession. Antiphon of Rhamnus was the first of Athens's canonical ten orators — the earliest Greek whose courtroom speeches survive, and the man who made rhetoric a trade you could learn and buy.

*5th century BC Athenian orator*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/antiphon

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** -480
- **Died:** -411
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 480 BC in the Attic deme of Rhamnus, Antiphon emerged as a central figure in fifth-century Athenian intellectual life at a time when public speaking was becoming both art and weapon. He was the first to write speeches for others to deliver in court, professionalizing persuasion in a city where every citizen might face a jury. His oratorical works established him as the earliest of the ten Attic orators whose texts endured. Scholars have long debated whether he also penned Sophistic treatises and a work on dream interpretation, or whether those belonged to a separate Antiphon the Sophist. He died in 411 BC, leaving rhetoric's blueprint behind.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #159

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335560)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Antiphon)
- [Antiphon von Rhamnus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon_von_Rhamnus)
- [Αντιφών ο Ραμνούσιος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%86%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%BF_%CE%A1%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Antiphon (orator)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon_(orator))
- [Antiphon](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon)
- [آنتیفون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Antifon (puhuja)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifon_(puhuja))
- [Antiphon (orateur)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon_(orateur))
- [Antifonte o orador](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifonte_o_orador)
- [Antifont](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifont)
- [Rhamnoszi Antiphón](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamnoszi_Antiph%C3%B3n)
- [Antífon](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%ADfon)
- [Antifonte di Ramnunte](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifonte_di_Ramnunte)
- [アンティポン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3)
- [안티폰](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%ED%8B%B0%ED%8F%B0)
- [Антифронт](https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82)
- [Antiphon](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon)
- [Antifonas](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifonas)
- [Antiphon van Rhamnus](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon_van_Rhamnus)
- [Antyfont](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antyfont)
- [Antifonte](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifonte)
- [Antiphon](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon)
- [Антифон из Рамнунта](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Antifont (osoba)](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifont_(osoba))
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antiphon_von_Rhamnus)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Антифонт](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82)
- [Antifont](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifont)

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