New evidence for the dating of Cleitarchus (POxy LXXI. 4808)?
Anno:
2012
Tipologia prodotto:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Lingua:
Inglese
Formato:
Elettronico
Referee:
Sì
Nome rivista:
HISTOS
ISSN Rivista:
2046-5955
N° Volume:
6
Intervallo pagine:
15-26
Parole chiave:
papiro; Clitarco; Alessandro Magno
Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
The recently published POxy LXXI. 4808, an evaluation of Alexander and Diadoch historians, says that Cleitarchus was the tutor of Ptolemy IV (Philopator), a notice that, if true, would significantly affect the ‘high’ dating of Cleitarchus by which he is assigned to the end of the 4th/beginning of the 3rd c. BCE. The present article re-assesses the evidence for the high dating of Cleitarchus, concluding that it remains likeliest, and that the new papyrus’ date is incorrect and ought not to affect the communis opinio.