New Evidence for the Dating of Cleitarchus (POxy LXXI.4808)?

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  • Luisa Prandi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/histos218

Abstract

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 century BC. 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.

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2012-03-01

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Prandi, Luisa. 2012. “New Evidence for the Dating of Cleitarchus (POxy LXXI.4808)?”. Histos 6 (March). https://doi.org/10.29173/histos218.

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Vol. 6 (2012): HISTOS 6 (2012)

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