Diodorus, Sch. Pi. O. 2.29c, and the End of the Emmenids
Abstract
In relation to the great quantity of information that Diodorus offers, available is a highly detailed historical narrative regarding the end of the Emmenid Dynasty in Akragas. Having said this, the article highlights the historical value of Sch. Pi. O. II 29c, which offers three pieces of information not present in the rest of the tradition, and is useful for the general reconstruction of the relations between the tyrannical dynasties of Akragas and Syracuse from 478 BC to the fall of Thrasydaios, the last Emmenid. A comparison with other testimonies - which include, in addition to the other Pindaric scholia and Diodorus, also Callimachus and the Suda lexicon - also reveals a duration of the tyranny of Thrasydaios, the last of the Emmenids, which differs from that commonly accepted by critics.
Keywords: Akragas, Thrasydaios, Pindaric scholia, Diodorus, Emmenids, Deinomenids
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