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Philistus of Syracuse

Philistus

also: Philistum, Philisto

Sicilian Greek historian (c. 430-356 BC) and partisan of the Syracusan tyrants Dionysius I and II; author of a history of Sicily admired by Cicero as a compact Thucydides. In Q.fr 2.11 Cicero praises his close, sharp, brief style.

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Mentioned in 2 works (3 total)

Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.11 letters · 1 mention
Brutus rhetoric · 2 mentions

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