Abstract
Abstract If Theopompus had any admiration for Philip it was not as a Panhellenist who looked to Philip as the one who would unite the Greeks in an expedition against the Persian empire. As we saw in the last chapter, no Panhellenist bias can be detected in the fragments. But one does not need to search for an ideological reason why Theopompus approved of Philip’s foreign policy or held some positive view of him. The truth is that Theopompus did not admire or approve of Philip in any respect whatsoever. To Theopompus’ way of thinking, the fact of Philip’s political and military success was not proof of his abilities as a statesman and general, but rather, it was an indictment of the Greeks for their decadence and laziness.
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