Philip of Amphipolis
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Philip of Amphipolis (Greek: Φίλιππος ὁ Ἀμφιπολίτης) was a Greek writer of unknown date, remarkable for his obscenity, of which Suidas has given a sufficiently significant specimen. He wrote a history of Rhodes, which Suidas especially stigmatizes for the obscenity of its matter, a history of the Cos island and Thasiaca a history of Thasos. He wrote some other works not enumerated by Suidas. Theodorus Priscianus, an ancient medical writer, classes Philip of Amphipolis with Herodian and Iamblichus the Syrian, as a pleasant writer of amatory tales, whose works tended to allure the mind to the pursuit of pleasure. All his works appear to be lost.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Philippus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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