Alcidamas is an important figure in the development of Greek rhetoric early in the fourth century BC.
Other Fragments survive and all are p.
His extant Works are "On Those who Write Written Speeches" (a treatise on the oratorical practice of improvisation on a well-prepared brief) and "Odysseus" (a pattern exercise in constructing a prosecution).
Pupil of Gorgias, rival of Isocrates, and teacher of Aeschines, he also influenced Demosthenes and was later admired by both Aristotle and Cicero.
Alcidamas is an important figure in the development of Greek rhetoric early in the fourth century BC