Rediscovering Theopompos: Neglected Evidence of the Meropis

Name: Rediscovering Theopompos: Neglected Evidence of the Meropis
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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Articolo

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AEVUM

Fascicolo

AEVUM - 2016 - 1

Titolo

Rediscovering Theopompos: Neglected Evidence of the Meropis

Autore

Pietro Zaccaria

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

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05-2016

Issn

0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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The so-called Meropis is one of the miraculous stories inserted by Theopompos into the Thaumasia, which in its turn was a digression in the historical narrative of the Philippika. A re-examination of the evidence shows that one fragment, preserved in a scholion to the Anabasis of Xenophon, has never been taken into account by the editors. Furthermore, some other allusions to this tale, which have usually also been neglected by scholars, can shed new light on its interpretation. Finally, the reading of this story in the framework of the historical narrative about Philip II suggests that it was meant by Theopompos as a criticism against the policy of the Macedonian king.