the Jewish patriarch, and example of filial obedience, died 1716 B.C. aged 180.

ISÆUS, a Greek orator, born at Colchis, in Syria, was the disciple of Lyrias, and the master of Demosthenes; and taught eloquence at Athens, about 344 years B.C. Sixty-four orations are attributed to him; but he composed no more than 50, of which only 10 are now remaining. He took Lyrias for his model, and so well imitated his style and elegance, that we might easily confound the one with the other, were it not for the figures which Isæus first introduced into frequent use. He was also the first who applied eloquence to politics, in which he was followed by his disciple Demosthenes.

He ought not to be confounded with Isæus, another celebrated orator, who lived at Rome in the time of Pliny the Younger, about the year 97.