Empedocles Arbiter Symposii: Luxury, Political Equality, and Bizarre Dinner Parties in Fifth-Century Acragas

Authors

  • Ilaria Andolfi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/histos445

Keywords:

Empedocles, Timaeus, Diogenes Laertius, ancient biography, tyranny

Abstract

This paper analyses Empedocles’ contribution to Sicilian politics as described by the ancient sources cited by Diogenes Laertius. It offers a close analysis of a bizarre anecdote by Timaeus (FGrHist 566 F 134), where Empedocles got rid of a potential tyrant to preserve political equality, also in the light of other ancient accounts in which Empedocles is described as a man of his people.

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Published

2020-10-01

How to Cite

Andolfi, Ilaria. 2020. “Empedocles Arbiter Symposii: Luxury, Political Equality, and Bizarre Dinner Parties in Fifth-Century Acragas”. Histos 14 (October). https://doi.org/10.29173/histos445.

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Vol. 14 (2020): HISTOS 14 (2020)

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