Phylarchus
cited 3 times by 3 works in the library · not held
also in the atlas: Phylarchus the figure
The library holds nothing under this name. Three of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
1 neutral 2 refuted
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3 citations · from 3 works-
Aratus Plutarch 1 refuted 1 citation
Plutarch names Phylarchus and explicitly casts doubt on his credibility absent Polybius's corroboration, calling his treatment of Cleomenes 'ecstatic' and his accusations against Aratus constant.
A similar account of these matters is given by Phylarchus also, in whom, but for the testimony of Polybius, one should not put entire credence.
chapter 38 ¶ -
Demosthenes Plutarch 1 neutral 1 citation
Phylarchus is cited as the source for the account of the public quarrel between Pytheas and Demosthenes in Arcadia.
And Phylarchus states that in Arcadia Pytheas and Demosthenes actually fell to abusing one another in an assembly, the one speaking in behalf of the Macedonians, the other in behalf of the Greeks.
chapter 27 ¶ -
Themistocles Plutarch 1 refuted 1 citation
Plutarch calls Phylarchus' dramatized tale fabricated and says it is meant merely to stir tumultuous emotion.
and Phylarchus, too, when, as if in a tragedy, he all but erects a theatrical machine for this story, and brings into the action a certain Neocles, forsooth, and Demopolis, sons of Themistocles, wishes merely to stir up tumultuous emotion;
chapter 32 ¶
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