Antisthenes of Rhodes

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Antisthenes of Rhodes ( ancient Greek Ἀντισθένης Antisthénēs ) was an ancient Greek historian . He lived around 200 BC. Chr.

Antisthenes was heavily involved in the politics of Rhodes and wrote a universal account of his age, which Polybius rated very positively. He also wrote an account of the Battle of Ark (201 BC) and, according to Polybius, was a contemporary of these events.

It is likely that he is the historian Antisthenes who wrote one of the successions (Greek Διαδοχὴ) of Greek philosophers frequent in Hellenism , which is often mentioned or cited in Diogenes Laertios .

Antisthenes could also be identical with the peripatetic philosopher mentioned in Phlegon von Tralleis . Plutarch mentions an Antisthenes who wrote a work called Meleagris , from which he quotes the third book; Pliny mentions an Antisthenes who wrote about the pyramids. In the Suda an Antisthenes is mentioned as a possible author of a work entitled Magikos . In modern research, the identification of these authors with the historian is considered likely.

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  1. ↑ Polybios 16:14 et al
  2. ↑ Diogenes Laertios 1.40; 2.39; 2.98; 6.77; 6.87; 7,168; 9.6; 9.27; 9.35; 9.38; 9.39; 9.57; see. 6.19.
  3. ↑ Phlegon, De mirabilibus 3. Cf. but Fritz Wehrli , Georg Wöhrle , Leonid Zhmud: The Peripatos up to the beginning of the Roman Empire. In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity. Volume 3: Older Academy - Aristotle - Peripatos. 2nd edition, Basel 2004, pp. 493–666, here: 625.
  4. ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 22.
  5. ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 36.12.
  6. ↑ See James B. Rives: Aristotle, Antisthenes of Rhodes, and the Magikos. In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 147, 2004, pp. 50–51.
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SURNAME Antisthenes of Rhodes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antisthenes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Greek historian
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.