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Theopompus of Chios Theopompus of Chios History and Rhetoric in the Fourth Century BC MICHAEL A TTY AH FLOWER CLARENDON PRESS · OXFORD 1994 Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford ox2 6DP Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bombay Calcutta Cape Town Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madras Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi Paris Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a trade mark of Oxford University Press Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Michael Flower 1994 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press. Within the UK, exceptions are allowed in respect of any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1()88, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of the licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms and in other countries should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Theopompus of Chios: history and rhetoric in the fourth century B.C./Michael Attyah Flower. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral). Includes bibliographical references. 1. Theopompus, of Chios. 2. Historians-Greece-Biography. 3. Greece-History-To 146 B.C.-Historiography. 4. Historiography-Greece. I. Title. . DE9. T54F56 1994 938'.o</092-dc20 [BJ 94-13786 C/P ISBN 0-19-814079-7 I 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset by Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Biddies Ltd., Guildford and King's Lynn In memory of my grandmother Sarah Abousleman Nassour PREFACE Theopompus of Chios wrote a very large book. In this I have tried not to imitate him. Rather, I have attempted to make this study as accessible as possible to those who are interested in the history and literature of Classical Greece, but who may not have a specialist knowledge of fragmentary historians. In order to make this book both intelligible and convenient to consult, I have taken several steps. Quotation of ancient Greek has been kept to a minimum and all Greek is translated. Disagreements with other scholars have been relegated for the most part to the footnotes, where they are less likely to interrupt the flow of the argument. I have attempted to free the reader from the necessity of having a copy of Jacoby (Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker) at hand. In general, when a fragment is discussed, both its number in Jacoby and the reference in the source are given. Important fragments are translated either in the text or in Appendix 2. The translations are of Jacoby's text, unless otherwise noted. All translations are my own; in places they differ significantly from those found elsewhere. I have not cited anything published after 1992, except for Badian (1993) and Brunt (1993), which are revisions of earlier articles. This book has its origin in my 1986 doctoral dissertation 'Theopompus of Chios'. In the following years, I rewrote and revised the whole, to the extent that the present volume is an entirely new work. My debts are many to those who helped improve the manuscript at various times. In particular, I would like to thank Alan Boegehold, George Cawkwell, Charles W. Fomara, who was my thesis adviser, Ludwig Koenen, John Marincola, Martin Ostwald, Robert Palmer, Kurt Raaftaub, and Zeph Stewart. On points of detail I profited from the assistance of my colleagues Joel Farber and Christopher Hildebrandt, and of C. B. R. Pelling and Peter Parsons. Much of the rewriting and rethinking took place at the Center for Hellenic Studies, in Washington DC, where I was a Junior Fellow during the 1990-1 academic year. Subsequently, many useful comments were Preface Vlll offered by the readers of Oxford University Press; one of them gave advice on methodology which has led to a much better book. Hilary O' Shea, the Classics editor, encouraged me to take those comments to heart. Lastly, I owe the greatest debt of all to Harriet Flower, who read the manuscript at each stage of its development. The errors that remain are, of course, my own. For assistance of another kind, I would like to thank Franklin and Marshall College for a junior-faculty leave, and the National Endowment for the Humanities for a summer stipend in 1990. The last revisions took place at Wolfson College, Oxford, where I was a Visiting Scholar. M.A.F. CONTENTS Abbreviations x Introduction 1 The Life of Theopompus 1. 1 1 2. The Works of Theopompus 26 3. Theopompus, lsocrates, and the Myth of Rhetorical History 42 4. The Moral and Political Outlook of Theopompus 63 5. Theopompus on Philip 98 6. Philip's Conquest of Europe 116 7. Theopompus on Demosthenes 136 8. Theopompus' Place in the Development of Greek Historiography 148 9. Moral Criteria and the Psychological Method 16g Theopompus' Historical Accuracy 10. 184 Conclusion 211 Appendix A Theopompan Utopia? 1: 214 Appendix Translation of Selected Fragments 2: 218 Bibliography 221 Index of Passages Cited 237 General Index 247 ABB RE VIA TI ONS Aeschin. Aeschines AHB Ancient History Bulletin AJP American Journal of Philology Arist. Aristotle Ath. Pol. Athenai6n Politeia Mag. Mor. Magna Moralia Pol. Politics Arr. Arrian, Anabasis Athen. Athenaeus Caizzi Caizzi, F. D. (1966), Antisthenis Frag menta (Milan) Cic. Cicero Att. Epistulae ad Atticum De Or. De Oratore CP Classical Philology CQ Classical Quarterly Dern. Demosthenes Did. Didymus In Dem. In Demosthenem Commenta Diels- Kranz Diels, H. (1952), Die Fragmente der Vor- sokratiker, 6th edn., ed. Kranz (Berlin) Diod. Diodorus Siculus Diog. Laert. Diogenes Laertius Dion. Hal. Dionysius of Halicarnassus To Pomp. Letter to Pompeius Ant. Rom. Antiquitates Romanae lsoc. lsocrates Lys. Lysias Euseb. Eusebius Praep. Evang. Praeparatio Evangelica F When otherwise unqualified, refers to a fragment of Theopompus FGrH Jacoby, F. (1923-58), Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (Berlin)
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