THEOPOMPUS
Theopompos (Θεόπομπος).
Born in 378 or 377 BCE in Chios.
Died about 315 BCE, probably in Egypt.
Wikipedia: English,
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WORKS
The works of Theopompus have only come down to us in the form of fragments and quotations.
Greek history.
(Σύνταξις Ἑλληνικῶν / Suntaxis Hellênikôn, also known as Ἑλληνικά / Hellênika).
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Eduard Meyer (1909);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909);
— Justus Hermann Lipsius (1916).
Hellenica Oxyrhynchia (doubtful).
Variously attributed to Cratippus, Theopompus, and Daimachus.
Greek:
Eduard Meyer (1909);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909);
— Justus Hermann Lipsius (1916).
History of king Philip.
(Ἱστορίαι κατʼ ἐξοχήν / Historiai kat’ exokhên, also known as Φιλιππικά / Philippika).
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Carl Theiss (1837);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909).
Summary of Herodotus’s Histories.
(Ἐπιτομὴ τῶν Ἡροδότου ἱστοριῶν / Epitomê tôn Hêrodotou historiôn).
Doubtful ascription.
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909).
Letters.
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909).
Diatribe against Plato.
(Κατὰ Πλάτωνος διατριβή / Kata Platônos diatribê).
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909).
On piety.
(Περὶ εὐσεβείας / Peri eusebeias).
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841).
Eulogy of Philip.
(Φιλίππου ἐγκώμιον / Philippou egkômion).
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909).
Other fragments.
Greek:
Rudolph Wichers (1829);
— Karl and Theodor Müller (1841);
— Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt (1909).
Created on 29 May 2026.
