Philippus
historical figure · 8 works · 9 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Philippus of Croton · Philippus of Pithos · Philippus son of Butacides · Philippus the buffoon
spoken of as
3 expressionsPhilippus of Croton1 mention
The Histories (Greek)
For his physical beauty he received from the Egestans honors accorded to no one else.
Philippus of Pithos1 mention
On the Estate of Menecles (Greek)
the rest he sold to Philippus of Pithos for seventy minae and thus paid off the orphan, giving him one talent and seven minae out of the price of the property;
Philippus the buffoon1 mention
Orations (Greek)
Rather, one must become perfume too, and a flute-girl, and a comely youth, and Philippus the buffoon.
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
Officer appointed as governor of Miletus after its capture and pacification.
Pedaritus the son of Leon, who had been sent by the Lacedaemonians to take the command at Chios, they despatched by land to Erythrae, with the mercenary force taken from Amorges, and appointed Philippus to remain on the spot, as governor of Miletus.
and the Peloponnesians, by his desire, sent Philippus, a man of Lacedaemon, with two triremes to fetch the fleet.
When none of those who were intrusted with the business by Tissaphernes, at the time that he went to Aspendus, afforded them supplies, and neither the Phoenician ships nor Tissaphernes made their appearance hitherto, but Philippus who had been sent with him, as well as another Spartan named Hippocrates, who was at Phaselis, wrote word to Mindarus the admiral, that the ships would not join them, an …
On the Mysteries
A witness related to Acumenus or Autocrator.
Kindly call Callias and Stephanus—yes, and call Philippus and Alexippus.
On the Choreutes
The fourth man appointed by the defendant to manage purchases and expenditures requested by the poet or the other overseers for the chorus.
There was yet a fourth, Philippus, whose duty it was to purchase or spend whatever the poet or any of the other three told him.
Against Androtion
A man expected to speak for the Council in a way the prosecutor presents as self-interested.
Perhaps Philippus will get up and defend the Council;
Orations
A buffoon figure cited as an example of what a reputation-seeker would have to become.
Rather, one must become perfume too, and a flute-girl, and a comely youth, and Philippus the buffoon.
The Histories
An Olympic victor and the fairest Greek of his day, who joins Dorieus's Sicilian expedition and is later worshipped as a hero by the Egestans.
For his physical beauty he received from the Egestans honors accorded to no one else.
Philippus of Croton, son of Butacides, was among those who followed Dorieus and were slain with him.
On the Estate of Menecles
The Athenian who purchased part of Menecles' land for seventy minae, enabling repayment of the money owed to the orphan.
the rest he sold to Philippus of Pithos for seventy minae and thus paid off the orphan, giving him one talent and seven minae out of the price of the property;
Hellenica
Theban ruler or factional leader associated with the tyrannical conditions before the coup.
Melon, after learning of the doings of the polemarch Archias and the tyrannous rule of Philippus, and finding out that Phillidas hated the conditions that existed at home even more than he himself did, exchanged pledges with him and came to an agreement as to how everything should be managed.