previous next


H.'s attempt to prove Alcmaeonid hatred of the barbarian and of the tyrant is illogical and unconvincing. Even here (125) he relates their friendship with Croesus, the first barbarian who enslaved Greeks (i. 6. 2), and with Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon (126 f.), and he conveniently forgets their alliance with Pisistratus (i. 60; Plut. Mor. 863 B) (Macan); cf. Plut. Mor. 862-3 and App. XVIII, § 6.

The house of Callias was one of the richest and noblest in Athens. Plutarch (Mor. 863) attacks H. for dragging in the story to please Hipponicus, the head of the house in H.'s time, but the critic seems to have confused two relatives of the same name.


ὑπὸ τοῦ δημοσίου (sc. δούλου): the public slave acting as auctioneer.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: