See also:

• THEOPOMPUS (b. c. 380)

THEOPOMPUS (b. c. 380)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek historian and rhetorician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHIOS

Chios about 38o B.C . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early youth he seems to have spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, along with his See also:

• FATHER

father, who had been exiled on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his Laconian sympathies . Here he became a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Isocrates, and rapidly made See also:

• GREAT

great progress in See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric; we are told that Isocrates used to say that See also:

• EPHORUS (c. 400–330 B.C.)

Ephorus required the See also:

• SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur but See also:

• THEOPOMPUS (b. c. 380)

Theopompus the See also:

• BIT (from the verb " to bite," either in the sense of a piece bitten off, or an act of biting, or a thing that bites or is bitten)

bit (See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus, 204) . At first he appears to have composed epideictic speeches, in which he attained to such proficiency that in 352—351 he gained the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory given by See also:

• ARTEMISIA
• ARTEMISIA (159o-1642)

Artemisia (q.v.) in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, although Isocrates was himself among the competitors . It is said to have been the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of his teacher that finally determined his career as an historian—a career for which he was peculiarly qualified owing to his abundant patrimony and his wide knowledge of men and places . Through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, he was restored to Chios about 333, and figured for some time as one of the leaders of the aristocratic party in his native See also:

• TOWN

town . After Alexander's See also:

• DEATH

death he was again expelled, and took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge with See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, where he appears to have met with a somewhat See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold reception . The date of his death is unknown . The See also:

• WORKS

works of Theopompus were chiefly See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical, and are much quoted by later writers . They included an See also:

• EPITOME
• EPITOME (Gr. lircroui, from isrLTEµveW, to cut short)

Epitome of See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus's See also:

• HISTORY

History (the genuineness of which is doubted), the Hellenics ('EXhnvuca, 'EXhnvucai taroptcu), the History of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip ($cXtraruca), and several panegyrics and hortatory addresses, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of which was the See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter to Alexander . The Hellenics treated of the history of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, in twelve books, from 411 (where See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides breaks off) to 394—the date of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• CNIDUS (mod. Tekir)

Cnidus (cf . Diod .

Sic., xiii . 42, with xiv . 84) . Of this See also:

• WORK

work only a few fragments were known up till 1907 . The See also:

• PAPYRUS

papyrus fragment of a Greek historian of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C., discovered by B . P . Grenfell and A . S . See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

Hunt, and published by them in Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. v . (1908), has been recognized by Ed . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff and G . Busolt as a portion of the Hellenics .

This See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification has been disputed, however, by F . See also:

• BLASS, FRIEDRICH (1843—1907)

Blass, J . B . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury, E . M . See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker and others, most of whom attribute the fragment, which deals with the events of the See also:

• YEAR

year 395 B.C. and is of considerable extent, to See also:

• CRATIPPUS
• CRATIPPUS (fl. c. 375 B.c.)

Cratippus (q.v.) . A far more elaborate work was the 'cAc,rarcKa in 58 books . In this Theopompus narrated the history of Philip's reign (360-336), with digressions on the names and customs of the various races and countries of which he had occasion to speak, which were so numerous that Philip V. of Macedon reduced the bulk of the history from 58 to 16 books by cutting out those parts which had no connexion with See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia . It was from this history that See also:

• TROGUS, GNAEUS POMPEIUS

Trogus Pompeius (of whose Historiae Philippicae we possess the epitome by See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin) derived much of his material . Fifty-three books were extant in the time of See also:

• PHOTIUS
• PHOTIUS (c. 82o-891)

Photius (9th century), who read them, and has See also:

• LEFT

left us an epitome of the 12th See also:

• BOOK

book . Several fragments, chiefly anecdotes and strictures of various kinds upon the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of nations and individuals, are preserved by See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus, See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch and others . Of the Letter to Alexander we possess one or two fragments cited by Athenaeus, animadverting severely upon the immorality and dissipations of Harpalus .

The Attack upon See also:

• PLATO

Plato, and the See also:

• TREATISE

treatise On Piety, which are sometimes referred to as See also:

• SEPARATE

separate works, were perhaps only two of the many digressions in the history of Philip; some writers have doubted their authenticity . The libellous attack (Tpucapavos, the " three-headed ") on the three cities—Athens, See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta and See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes—was published under the name of Theopompus by his enemy Anaximenes of See also:

• LAMPSACUS

Lampsacus . The nature of the extant fragments fully bears out the divergent criticisms of antiquity upon Theopompus . Their See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is clear and pure, full of choice and pointed expressions, but lacking in See also:

• WEIGHT

weight and dignity . The See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic unity of his work suffered severely from the frequent and lengthy digressions already referred to . The most important was 788 that On the Athenian Demagogues in the loth book of the Philippica, containing a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter attack on many of the chief Athenian statesmen, and generally recognized as having been freely used by Plutarch in several of the Lives . Another See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault of Theopompus was his excessive fondness for romantic and incredible stories; a collection of some of these (Oauulvna) was afterwards made and published under his name . He was also severely blamed in antiquity for his censoriousness, and throughout his fragments no feature is more striking than this . On the whole, however, he appears to have been fairly impartial . Philip himself he censures severely for See also:

• DRUNKENNESS

drunkenness and immorality, while See also:

• DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes receives his warm praise .