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Theophrastus · Fragments §131.1

Theseus as the First Man Ostracized at Athens

Passage 136 of 196 · Greek

Summary

A fragment recording that Theophrastus identified Theseus as the first person to be ostracized at Athens.

§131.1Fr. 131 Ὀστρακισθῆναι πρῶτον Ἀθήνῃσι Θησέα ἱστορεῖ Θ. ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις καιροῖς.
Fr. 131 Theophrastus records in "The First Critical Times" (or "in the earliest times") that Theseus was the first to be ostracized at Athens.

Notes

  1. §131.1Ὀστρακισθῆναι ... Θησέα — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction functioning as the object of the verb ἱστορεῖ. The accusative Θησέα acts as the subject of the passive aorist infinitive Ὀστρακισθῆναι.
  2. §131.1ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις καιροῖς — This phrase can be interpreted either as a book title referring to the first part (or book) of Theophrastus' work "On Fitting Times" (Περὶ καιρῶν), or simply as an adverbial phrase of time meaning 'in the earliest times' (or 'in the first critical moments').
  3. §131.1Θ. — An abbreviation for the proper name Θεόφραστος (Theophrastus).

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Theophrastus, Fragments §131.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010x09.humanitext-grc1:131.1

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