Nymphis of Herakleia

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Nymphis of Herakleia from Pontos († after 246 BC) was an ancient Greek historian . He lived in the first half of the 3rd century BC. Chr.

Nymphis, son of a Xenagoras, was a respected citizen of Herakleia Pontike . He lived in exile during the tyranny of Clearchus and the subsequent reign of Lysimachus and returned to his hometown after the death of Lysimachus (281 BC). Around 250 BC He led a delegation to the Galatians and achieved their withdrawal from the area belonging to Herakleia.

Nymphis wrote a completely lost universal history in 24 books about Alexander the Great , the Diadochi and their successors up to the rise of Ptolemy III. in Egypt (246 BC). He also wrote a local history of the city of Herakleia in 13 books. There are some fragments of it. It is particularly recognizable by the extensive excerpt from the work written by Memnon on Herakleia, in which Nymphis was used as an essential source. In addition, Nymphis was used by Plutarch , Athenaios and probably also by Apollonios of Rhodes and his scholiasts .

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literature

  • Uwe Heinemann: City history in Hellenism. The local historical predecessors and models of Memnon of Herakleia . Utz, Munich 2010, p. 14ff.
personal data
SURNAME Nymphis of Herakleia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Greek historian
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 246 BC Chr.