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Clitarchus
Clitarchus may refer to: * Cleitarchus, a Greek historian active in the late 4th century BCE *Cleitarchus of Eretria Cleitarchus or Clitarchus ( el, Kλειταρχος; lived 4th century BC) was tyrant of Eretria in Euboea. After Plutarch had been expelled from the tyranny of Eretria by Phocion in 350 BC, popular government was initially established. However, ..., a Greek tyrant who lived in the 4th century BCE * ''Clitarchus'' (phasmid), a genus of insects in the family Phasmatidae {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleitarchus
Cleitarchus or Clitarchus ( el, Κλείταρχος) was one of the historians of Alexander the Great. Son of the historian Dinon of Colophon, he spent a considerable time at the court of Ptolemy Lagus. He was active in the mid to late 4th century BCE. Quintilian (''Institutio Oratoria''. x. I. 74) credits him with more ability than trustworthiness, and Cicero (''Brutus'', II) accuses him of giving a fictitious account of the death of Themistocles. But there is no doubt that his history was very popular, and much used by Diodorus Siculus, Quintus Curtius, Justin and Plutarch, and the authors of the Alexander romances. His unnatural and exaggerated style became proverbial. His work, the ''History of Alexander'', is almost completely lost and has survived only in some thirty fragments preserved by ancient authors, especially by Aelian and Strabo. A recent papyrological find from Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. LXXI 4808) records that he was a tutor ( el, διδάσκαλος) of Ptolemy IV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleitarchus Of Eretria
Cleitarchus or Clitarchus ( el, Kλειταρχος; lived 4th century BC) was tyrant of Eretria in Euboea. After Plutarch had been expelled from the tyranny of Eretria by Phocion in 350 BC, popular government was initially established. However, struggles for power ensued between different political parties in the city. Eventually, the supporters of Athens were overpowered by those supporting Macedon. So Philip then sent Hipponicus, one of his generals, to destroy the walls of Porthmus, the harbour for Eretria, and to set up Hipparchus, Automedon and Cleitarchus as tyrants. Philips' actions against Eretria occurred after the peace between Athens and Philip in 346 BC, since Demosthenes gives it as one of the proofs of a breach of the peace by Macedon. The tyrants, however, were not willing to keep their power quietly, for Demosthenes mentions two separate forces sent by Philip for their support, under Eurylochus and Parmenion, respectively. Soon after, Cleitarchus managed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |