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Theron
(366 words)
[German version] (Θήρων/
Thḗrōn). Tyrant of Acragas from the line of the Emmenids; he lived
c. 540/530-472 BC. His children from his first marriage were Thrasydaeus and Demarete, the consort of Gelo [1]; from
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Xenomedes
(94 words)
[German version] (Ξενομήδης/
Xenomḗdēs) of Ceos. Logographer of the 5th cent. BC (Dion. Hal. de Thucydide 5). Author of a history of his home island (title unknown!), from which Callimachus [3] (Aetia 3, fr. 75 Pfeiffer) took the famous story of Acontius and Cydippe [1]. Other themes treated by X. are mentioned by Callimachus (fr. 75,54-77, also [1]). X. may also have been used by Aristotle [6] for his
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Sosylus
(119 words)
[German version] (Σωσύλος;
Sōsýlus). Greek historian, from Laconia, like Silenus [1] in Hannibal's retinue, "as long as fate allowed"; he was also Hannibal's Greek teacher (Nep. Hann. 13,3 = FGrH 176 T 1). Author of an 'official' history of Hannibal in 7 books (Diod. 26,4 = FGrH 176 T 2): S. is sharply criticised by Polybius (3,20,5 = FGrH 176 T 3) for factual errors, but his description, preserved in one of the Würzburg
papyri (PGraec. 1), of a compl…
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Dinon
(101 words)
[German version] (Δίνων;
Dínōn) of Colophon, the 4th cent. BC, father of Cleitarchus, a historian of Alexander (FGrH 690 T 2), and the author of the
Persiká in at least three parts (
syntáxeis) with several books each (F 3) from Semiramis (at least) to the reconquest of Egypt by Artaxerxes [3] III (343/2). The often novel-like and sensationalist representation (cf. F 10; 17; 22) was influenced by Ctesias and …
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Lindian Chronicle
(237 words)
[German version] The
Anagraphé of Lindus (on Rhodes), discovered in 1904, is an outstanding example of a local history work with a special topic. The inscription was set up upon application by Hagesitimus,…
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Philistis
(151 words)
[German version] (Φιλίστις/
Philístis, in Hesychius s.v. Φιλιστίδ(ε)ιον/
Philistíd(e)ion). Consort of Hieron [2] II of Syracuse from
c. 270 BC. As is evidenced by her name - which d…
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Daimachus
(173 words)
(Δαίμαχος;
Daímachos). [German version] [1] Historian from Plataeae, 4th cent. BC from Plataeae, Greek historian in the 4th cent. BC. He was the author of a contemporary history and was regarded by Jacoby, who can hardly have been correct in this regard, as the author of the Hellenica of Oxyrhynchus. FGrH 65 (with comm.).…
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Hipparinus
(189 words)
(Ἱππαρῖνος;
Hipparînos). [German version] [1] Syracusan, father of Dion, commander 406/5 BC Syracusan, father of Dion [I 1], elected commander in 406/5 BC, together with Dionysius [1] l. (Plut. Dion 3). Supported the coup of Dionysius and gave him his daughter Aristomache to wed (Aristot. Pol. 5,5,6). Praised by Plato (Ep. 8, 353b). Meister, Klaus (Berlin) Bibliography H. Berve, Die Tyrannis bei den Griechen, 1967, 1, 222f.; 2, 638f. [German version] [2] Syracusan, son of Dionysius, grandson of H. [1] Syracusan, son of Dionysius [1] and Aristomache, grandson of H. [1]. …
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Timoleon
(867 words)
[German version] (Τιμολέων/
Timoléōn). General and ruler in Sicily, originally from Corinth, son of Timodemus and Demariste. In 365 BC, T. approved of the…
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Diyllus
(163 words)
[German version] (Δίυλλος;
Díyllos) of Athens. Greek historian of the first half of the 3rd cent. BC, son of the atthidographer Phanodemus. Author of
Historíai in 27 bks., a universal history in two parts (cf. FGrH 73 T 1 and 2), which continued Ephorus and covered the period from the 3rd Sacred War (357/6) to the death of Cassander's son Philip. D. was continued in his turn by Psaon of Plataeae (FGrH 78 T 1). According to Plutarch, D., who wrote entirely in the ‘tragic’ manner (Plut. Mor. 345E and F), was ‘not insignificant in historiography’ (Plut. Mor. 862B = T4). …
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Atthis
(489 words)
[German version] (Ἀτθίς;
Atthís).
Atthís, plural
Atthídes, refers to Athenian local histories; Atthidographers are the authors of these works. The
Atthides were antiquarian rather than historically oriented; in an annalistic and chronicle-like representation they provided information about myths, religion, history, culture and literature, as well as the topography of Athens and Attica. In general they treated the entire span of time of their respective authors from the mythic beginnings up to the present. The Atthidographers often functioned as
Exegetaí, interpreters of r…
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Xenion
(88 words)
[German version] (Ξενίων;
Xeníōn). Author of an historical treatise on Crete, Κρητικά (
Krētiká ) or Περὶ Κρήτης (
Perì Krḗtēs ). Pol. 6,45,1, where X. should probably be read instead of Xenophon [2] as the informant on the Cretan constitution, can probably be added to the fragments in FGrH 460 cf. [1]. It would result in X.'s being dated 'before Polybius', i.e. before the end of the 3rd cent. BC. Meister, Klaus (Berlin) Bibliography
1 K. Ziegler, Ein neues Fragment des Historikers X., in: Hermes 82, 1954, 498 f.
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Ephorus
(711 words)
[German version] (Ἔφορος;
Éphoros) from Cyme in Asia Minor; Greek universal historian, lived
c. 400-330. On the basis of his style, in antiquity he was held to be a student of Isocrates. He was a contemporary of Theopompus (FGrH 70 T 3-5; 8; 28), and was said to have refused Alexander's invitation to accompany him on his campaign in 334 BC (T 6). Works:
Epichṓrios lógos (‘History of our homeland’): an encomium to Cyme, which E. even made the homeland of Homer (F 1). ‘On inventions’: to be assigned to the realm of ‘sophist polyhistory’ (cf. Ed. Schwartz), it c…
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Zoippus
(108 words)
[German version] (Ζώιππος/
Zṓippos) from Syracuse. Husband of Heraclea, the daughter of Hieron [2] II. On the latter's initiative he, Adranodorus and others were appointed guardians of the young king Hieronymus [3…
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Six hundred
(238 words)
[German version] (
tò tōn hexakosíōn synédrion). From the death of Timoleon in 337 BC until Agathocles' [2] coup d'état in 316 the oligarchy of the Six Hundred played a prominent part in the politics of Syracusae. Owing to the disparate sources, the origins, competence, composition and statutory status of the SH are unclear (cf. summary in [1]). Diodorus [18] (19,5,6), for instance, describes the…
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Aristocritus
(47 words)
[German version] (Ἀριστόκριτος;
Aristókritos, of Miletus?). Dating uncertain but before Parthenius (1st cent. BC). Wrote 1 book
Peri Miletou: urban history or periegesis. Identification with the author of the book ‘Against Heracleodorus’ according to Jacoby is ‘entirely doubtful’ (FGrH 493 with commentary).…
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