Demosthenes

It clarifies: “But use the apostrophe alone for Jesus’ and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes’ orations, Xerxes’ conquests, Jesus’ birth.”

A legal, political and cultural history of free speech, via figures like Ida B. Wells, the Athenian orator Demosthenes and the Persian philosopher Al-Razi.

Two years ago, the Getty quietly acquired a tiny ancient amethyst, less than an inch high, masterfully engraved with a bust of bearded Athenian statesman Demosthenes, brow furrowed and eyes set.

For a time, he practiced speaking with rocks in his mouth, an anti-stuttering tactic he picked up from Demosthenes, the ancient Greek orator.

Normally you would argue that your own candidate is a hapless amateur who can barely string a coherent sentence together, facing a battle-hardened Demosthenes who could slay with a single word.