Stesimbrotus

Stesimbrŏtus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

(Στησίμβροτος), of Thasos, a rhapsodist and historian in the time of Cimon and Pericles, who is mentioned with praise by Plato and Xenophon (Plato, Ion, p. 550; Xen. Mem. iv. 2, 10). He wrote a work on Homer, the character of which is not known. See Heuer, De Stesimbroto Thasio (1863)....

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Stesimbrotos of Thasos in Wikipedia

Stesimbrotos of Thasos (Ancient Greek: Στησίμβροτος, c. 470 BC – c. 420 BC), doubtless raised at Thasos, was a sophist, a rhapsode and logographer, a writer on history, and an opponent of Pericles and reputed author of a political pamphlet On Themistocles, Thucydides, and Pericles. Plutarch used writings by Stesimbrotos in his Life of Pericles, ass...

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