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DEXIPPUS, PUBLIUS HERENNIUS (c. A.D. 210-273)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 141 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DEM-DIO
DEXIPPUS, PUBLIUS HERENNIUS (c. A.D. 210-273) , Greek historian, statesman and general, was an hereditary priest of the Eleusinian family of the Kerykes, and held the offices of archon basileus and eponymus in Athens. When the
Heruli
  overran
Greece
  and captured Athens (269), Dexippus showed
great
  personal courage and revived the spirit of patriotism among his degenerate fellow-countrymen. A statue was set up in his honour, the base of which, with an inscription recording his services, has been preserved (Corpus Inscrr. Atticarum, iii. No. 716). It is remarkable that the inscription is silent as to his military achievements. Photius (cod. 82) mentions three historical works by Dexippus, of which considerable fragments remain: (I) Ta er' 'AXEEavbpov, an epitome of a similarly named
work
  by Arrian; (2) ?KVOIK&, a history of the wars of Rome with the Goths (or Scythians) in the 3rd century; (3) Xpovuo tvropia, a chronological history from the earliest times to the emperor
Claudius
  Gothicus (270), frequently referred to by the writers of the Augustan history. The
work
  was continued by Eunapius of
Sardis
  down to 404. Photius speaks very highly of the style of Dexippus, whom he places on a level with
Thucydides
 , an
opinion
  by no means confirmed by the fragments (C. W. Muller, F.H.G. iii. 666-687).


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