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Marcellinus (writer)

6th-century AD biographer of Thucydides

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6th-century AD biographer of Thucydides

Marcellinus was the author of a Life of Thucydides, found in some of the ancient commentaries on the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. Nothing else is known for certain about this Marcellinus, but he probably lived in about the 6th century AD, and compiled his biography from passages in early writers, adding his own observations. Because he lived so long after Thucydides, the statements of Marcellinus must be treated with caution unless they are supported by other evidence.

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References

  • Greek text: H.S. Jones & J.E.Powell, Thucydidis Historiae (Oxford, 1942), Volume 1.

References

  1. Walbank, Frank William. (March 2016). "Marcellinus (2), biographer of Thucydides". [[Oxford University Press]].
  2. Burns, Timothy. (2010). "Marcellinus' ''Life of Thucydides'', translated, with an introduction essay". Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy.
  3. There is an [http://williambarclayallen.com/translations/Life_of_Thucydides.pdf online translation] of a ''Life of Thucydides'' by W.B. Allen; but this is a translation of a shorter, anonymous ''Life'', not the biography written by Marcellinus.
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