Guide to Theopompos of Chios

Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Theopompos of Chios,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified March 13, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=18948.

This is a guide for reading through ethnographic passages from Theopompos of Chios (FGrHist 115; late-fifth century BCE) on this website:

  • Thracians and king Kotys I’s obsession with banquets – F31 (link)
  • Illyrians and banqueting customs – F39-40 (link)
  • Scythians and their dish made from horses’ milk – F45 (link)
  • Persian wisdom of the Magians and Zoroaster – F64b-65 (link)
  • Eusebeians (pious people) and Machimians (war-like people) in an alternative world – F75c (link)
  • Tyrrhenians / Etruscans as sexual deviants – F204 (link)

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