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Zoilus
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Zoilus ( Zoilos; c. 400320 BC) was a Greek grammarian and literary critic from Amphipolis in Eastern Macedonia, then known as Thrace. He took the name Homeromastix (Ὁμηρομάστιξ "Homer whipper"; gen.: Ὁμηρομάστιγος) later in life.
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Zoilus was a male human historian, philosopher, orator, and philologist who lived during the Hellenistic period. Born in 400 BCE in Amphipolis, he died in 320 BCE on Chios. He wrote in Ancient Greek and was influenced by Polycrates. His work is associated with the Cynicism movement.
He is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. His name in his native language is Ζωίλος. An author name associated with him is Pickackifax, Zoilus pseud. One listed work is The Precursor Council, or, The expulsion of the self-elected.
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- The Precursor Council, or, The expulsion of the self-elected
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- Philosopher.image
- Zoilus zit bij een gedekte tafel De Gustibus non est disputandum (titel op object), RP-P-1882-A-6040.jpg
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- Zoilus sitting at a table(by )
- Philosopher.region
- Ancient Greek philosophy
- Philosopher.era
- Ancient philosophy
- Philosopher.name
- Zoilus
- Philosopher.other_names
- Zoilos, Zoïlus
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Amphipolis or Ephesus
- Philosopher.death_place
- Chios or Smyrna
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- Critique of Homer
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Amphipolis
- Place of death
- Chios
- Occupation
- orator
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Cynicism
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- Zoilus zit bij een gedekte tafel De Gustibus non est disputandum (titel op object), RP-P-1882-A-6040.jpg
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- 0400-00-00
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- 0320-00-00
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- Hellenistic period
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- Ζωίλος
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- influenced by
- Polycrates
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- Zoilus
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- Amphipolis
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- Biography
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Zoilus ( Zoilos; c. 400320 BC) was a Greek grammarian and literary critic from Amphipolis in Eastern Macedonia, then known as Thrace. He took the name Homeromastix (Ὁμηρομάστιξ "Homer whipper"; gen.: Ὁμηρομάστιγος) later in life.
==Biography== According to Vitruvius (vii., preface), Zoilus lived during the age of Ptolemy Philadelphus, by whom he was crucified as the punishment of his criticisms on the king; but this account should probably be rejected as a fiction based on Zoilus' reputation. Vitruvius goes on to state that Zoilus also may have been stoned at Chios or thrown alive upon a funeral pyre at Smyrna. Either way Vitruvius felt it was just as well since he deserved to be dead for slandering an author who could not defend himself. Zoilus appears to have been at one time a follower of Isocrates, but subsequently a pupil of Polycrates, whom he heard at Athens, where he was a teacher of rhetoric.
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