Leaders of the Four Hundred in Works of Cicero and His Roman Contemporaries

The article analyses references to Pisander, Antiphon, Phrynichus and Theramenes in the writings of Cicero and Nepos. From a historian’s point of view, the accuracy of the Romans’ statements varies greatly and has to be evaluated in each instance separately. The Romans’ opinions concerning the Greek...

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Main Author:	Pavel Nývlt
Format:	Article
Language:	ces
Published:	Karolinum Press 2017-10-01
Series:	Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philologica
Subjects:	Cicero Cornelius Nepos Roman literature reception of Greek culture in Rome ancient Greek history ancient Greek historiography
Online Access:	http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/24646830.2017.11

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title	Leaders of the Four Hundred in Works of Cicero and His Roman Contemporaries
title_short	Leaders of the Four Hundred in Works of Cicero and His Roman Contemporaries
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publisher	Karolinum Press
series	Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philologica
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description	The article analyses references to Pisander, Antiphon, Phrynichus and Theramenes in the writings of Cicero and Nepos. From a historian’s point of view, the accuracy of the Romans’ statements varies greatly and has to be evaluated in each instance separately. The Romans’ opinions concerning the Greek politicians should be judged cautiously, because the Roman writers were not interested in giving an overall assessment of the Athenian oligarchs’ political careers.
topic	Cicero Cornelius Nepos Roman literature reception of Greek culture in Rome ancient Greek history ancient Greek historiography
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Leaders of the Four Hundred in Works of Cicero and His Roman Contemporaries

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