Theopompus
Theopompus
(thē'ōpŏm`pəs), fl. 4th cent. B.C., Greek historian and rhetorician, b. Chios. He studied with the orator IsocratesIsocrates, 436–338 B.C., one of the Ten Attic Orators. He was a pupil of Socrates and of the Sophists. Perhaps the greatest teacher in Greek history, he taught every younger orator of his time.
..... Click the link for more information. and became a friend of both Philip and Alexander of Macedon. His pro-Macedonian sympathies often caused trouble with his fellow Greeks. He wrote the Hellenica, a history of Greece from 411 B.C. to 394 B.C., and the Philippica, a discursive chronicle of Philip's life.
Theopompus
Born circa 377 B.C.; died 300 B.C. Classical Greek historian; pupil of Isocrates and opponent of democracy.
Theopompus was a peripatetic sophist. His 12-volume history of Greece, Hellenica, covers the period from 411 to 394 B.C. and was intended as a continuation of the work of Thucydides. The 58 books of his Philippica glorify Philip II of Macedon. Only fragments of Theopompus’ works have been preserved.