Anaximenes of Lampsacus

Anaximenes of Lampsacus

Anaximenes ( _el. Άναξιμένης) of Lampsacus (fl. 380 - 320 BC), Greek rhetorician and historian, was a favourite of Alexander the Great, whom he accompanied in his Persian campaigns. He wrote histories of Greece and of Philip of Macedon, and an epic on Alexander (fragments in Muller, "Scriptores Rerum Alexandri Magni".) As a rhetorician, he was a determined opponent of
Isocrates and his school. The "Rhetorica ad Alexandrum" ("Address to Alexander"), traditionally included among the works of Aristotle, is now generally admitted to be by Anaximenes, although some consider it a much later production.

References

*1911


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Anaximenes — may refer to: *Anaximenes of Lampsacus (4th century BC), Greek rhetorician and historian *Anaximenes of Miletus (6th century BC), Greek pre Socratic philosopher *Anaximenes (crater), a lunar crater …   Wikipedia

  • Lampsacus — • A titular see of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lampsacus     Lampsacus     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Lampsacus — Das heutige Lapseki Lampsakos (griechisch Λαμψακος, lateinisch Lampsacus, auch Lampsacum, heute Lapseki) war eine antike griechische Hafenstadt in Mysien, an der Ostküste des Hellespont. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of ancient Greeks — This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. compactTOCRelated articles NOTOC A*Acacius of Caesarea bishop of Caesarea… …   Wikipedia

  • Funeral oration (ancient Greece) — A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to… …   Wikipedia

  • 320 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeMacedonian Empire* Alexander the Great s various generals control different parts of Alexander s empire. Ptolemy controls Egypt, Seleucus controls Babylon and Syria, Antipater and his son Cassander control Macedon and Greece,… …   Wikipedia

  • Theopompus — Theopompus, a Greek historian [ A man who wrote slander, not history was the judgement of Robin Lane Fox (Fox, Alexander the Great 1973:49 and 57.] and rhetorician, was born on Chios about 380 BC.In early youth he seems to have spent some time at …   Wikipedia

  • Nicocles (Salamis) — Nicocles (in Greek Nικoκλης, Nikoklēs) was an Ancient Greek Cypriot king of Salamis, Cyprus. He became 374/3 BC successor of his (thought) father Evagoras I. Nicocles continued the philhellenic politics of his father. Nicocles died probably… …   Wikipedia

  • Leonhard von Spengel — (1803 1880) was a German classical scholar, born at Munich. He became known through his edition (1826) of Varro s De Lingua Latina and was appointed in 1826 lector, in 1830 professor in the Wilhelmsgymnasiun of Munich. From 1842 to 1847 he was… …   Wikipedia

  • List of other Greeks in ancient Macedonia — This is a list of other Greeks in ancient Macedonian region and Kingdom. For other ancient Macedonians see List of ancient Macedonians Macedonia (region)*ancient west ThraceCentral MacedoniaChalcidiceCities *Acanthus *Acrothoi *Aege *Alapta… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”