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Theopompus of Chios

Theopompus of Chios was a fourth-century BCE Greek historian.

Modern chart of the report: fourth-century BCE Theopompus, then Diogenes Laertius around the third century CE, then the transmitted text. Source and transmitter dates distinguished; not an ancient manuscript
Modern chart of the report: fourth-century BCE Theopompus, then Diogenes Laertius around the third century CE, then the transmitted text. Source and transmitter dates distinguished; not an ancient manuscriptIL Archive,2026 · CC0License · Image source

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Theopompus of Chios was a fourth-century BCE Greek historian whose works survive through fragments and quotations in later writers. Diogenes Laertius attributes to him a report that the Magi taught humans would live again and become immortal. The fragment matters for Iranian religious history, but its surviving form is transmitted centuries later by Diogenes, not an original Theopompus manuscript. [1][2]

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  1. Michael Flower,1994, complete publisher abstract on Theopompus and fragmentary transmission; not the whole book. Return to the text ↑
  2. Diogenes Laertius, Prologue8–9; transmitted text. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 3 · 15 October 2026 · aladmin

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  2. Edition 2 · 15 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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