Daimachos (4th century BC)
Daimachos was an ancient Greek historian . He lived in the 4th century BC. Chr.
Daimachos, like another historian of the same name , came from Plataiai . Otherwise little is known about his person. He wrote a history that is now lost, of which only a few fragments have survived. It is unclear whether it was a more detailed contemporary history or a local history work. In any case, Felix Jacoby considered daimachos to be the author of a universal story and even the possible author of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia . However, this thesis has been rejected in recent research.
Text output
- The Fragments of the Greek Historians , No. 65
- Brill's New Jacoby , No. 65 (with English translation, commentary and biographical sketch by Johannes Engels )
literature
- José María Camacho Rojo: Daïmachos de Platées. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 2, CNRS Éditions, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-271-05195-9 , pp. 537-540, here: 537-539
- Giuseppe Zecchini: Rassegna di storiografia beotica. In: John L. Bintliff (Ed.): Recent Developments in the History and Archeology of Central Greece. Proceedings of the 6th International Boeotian Conference. Oxford 1997, pp. 189-200.
Remarks
- ^ Felix Jacoby, Paul Maas : The Authorship of the Hellenica of Oxyrhynchus . In: The Classical Quarterly 44, 1950, pp. 1-11.
- ↑ Klaus Meister : The Greek historiography . Stuttgart 1990, p. 66.
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SURNAME | Daimachos |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC Chr. |