Philinos of Akragas
Philinos von Akragas was an ancient Greek historian who came from Akragas in Sicily. He lived in the second half of the 3rd century BC. Chr.
Philinos wrote a historical work of which only fragments have survived. The exact extent is unknown. It served Polybius as an important source for the history of the First Punic War ; also Diodorus has used the work. After Polybius' information Philinos wrote of a pro- Carthaginian from the standpoint while for Polybius as a corrective for the Roman side Quintus Fabius Pictor served. But this only says something about the respective point of view of the author, less about the quality of the work. This must have been quite high, because Polybios seems to have relied primarily on Philinos for longer passages.
Polybios reports, among other things, of a Roman-Carthaginian treaty ( Philinos contract ) handed down to Philinos , which regulated the mutual spheres of interest. The historicity of this agreement is controversial.
Text output
- The Fragments of the Greek Historians , No. 174.
literature
- Delfino Ambaglio: Fabio e Filino: Polibio sugli storici della prima guerra punica. In: The Shadow of Polybius. Intertextuality as a Research Tool in Greek Historiography. Proceedings of the International Colloquium Leuven, September 21-22, 2001 (= Studia Hellenistica 42). Leuven / Paris / Dudley 2005, pp. 205–222.
- Dexter Hoyos: Treaties True and False: The Error of Philinus of Agrigentum , in: The Classical Quarterly NF 35 (1985), pp. 92-109.
- Hatto H. Schmitt : Philinos from Akragas. In: Hatto H. Schmitt, Ernst Vogt (Ed.): Lexicon of Hellenism. Wiesbaden 2005, Col. 783.
Remarks
- ↑ Polybios 1:14f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philinos of Akragas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philinos from Akragas; Philinus of Agrigento |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |