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title: On Illustrious Men
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Amphicrates Atheniensis
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# On Illustrious Men

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Amphicrates Atheniensis

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## Text

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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΝΔΟΞΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ.

### 1

Athenaeus XIII: Οὐ καὶ αὐτὸς Θεμιστοκλῆς ἐξ ἑταίρας ἦν γεγενημένος, ὄνομα Ἀβροτόνου; ὡς Ἀμφικράτης ἱστορεῖ ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἐνδόξων ἀνδρῶν συγγράμματι· Ἀβρότονον Θρήισσα γυνὴ γένος· ἀλλὰ τεκέσθαι τὸν μέγαν Ἕλλησιν φασὶ Θεμιστοκλέα.

### 2

Diogenes Laert. II, 101, de Theodoro atheo: Καὶ μέντοι παρ’ ὀλίγον ἐκινδύνευσεν εἰς Ἄρειον ἀναχθῆναι πάγον, εἰ μὴ Δημήτριος αὐτὸν ὁ Φαληρεὺς ἐρρύσατο. Ἀμφικράτης δὲ ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἐνδόξων ἀνδρῶν φησὶ κωνεῖον αὐτὸν πιεῖν καταδικασθέντα.

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