Chaireas

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Chaireas was an ancient Greek historian . He lived in the 3rd / 2nd Century BC Chr.

Nothing is known about Chaireas and his work. It is only mentioned briefly by Polybios in his histories together with the historian Sosylos . Both were evidently Hannibal historians , against whom Polybius polemicized: their descriptions were not credible and little more than chatter.

The chaireas' credibility cannot be assessed due to the complete loss of his work. But since a papyrus fragment from the work of Sosylus has survived and this contains valuable information, Polybius's judgment must be viewed with skepticism. His polemical criticism is presumably due to the very likely pro-Carthaginian attitude of both authors.

literature

  • Klaus Meister : Historical criticism in Polybios . Wiesbaden 1975, p. 167ff.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Polybios 3,20 = The Fragments of the Greek Historians , No. 176, Testimonium 3 or The Fragments of the Greek Historians , No. 177, Testimonium 1.
personal data
SURNAME Chaireas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek historian
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.