Theopompus

, a king of Sparta, of the family of the Proclidæ, who succeeded his father Nicander, and distinguished himself by the many new regulations which he introduced. He created the Ephori, and died, after a long and peaceful reign, B.C. 723. While he sat on the throne, the Spartans made war against Me enia. Plutarch , Lycurgus .— Pausanias , bk. 3 , ch. 7 .――A famous Greek historian of Chios, disciple of I so crates, who flourished B.C. 354. All his compositions are lost, except a few fragments quoted by ancient writers. He is compared to Thucydides and Hero dot us as an historian, yet he is severely censured for his satirical remarks and illiberal reflections. He obtained a prize in which his master was a competitor, and he was liberally rewarded for composing the best funeral oration in honour of Mausolus. His father’s name was Dam as i stratus. Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 1 .— Plutarch , Lysis .— Cornel i us Nepos , bk. 7 .— Pausanias , bk. 6 , ch. 18 .— Quintilian , bk. 10 , ch. 1 .――An A then i an, who attempted to deliver his countrymen from the tyranny of Demetrius. Polyænus , bk. 5 .――A comic poet in the age of Menander. He wrote 24 plays, all lost.――A son of Demaratus, who obtained several crowns at the Olympic games. Pausanias , bk. 6 , ch. 10 .――An orator and historian of Cnidus, very intimate with Julius Cæsar. Strabo , bk. 14 .――A Spartan general, killed at the battle of Tegyra.――A philosopher of Cheronæa, in the reign of the emperor Philip.