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Diodotus

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Diodotus 

Date of birth unknown; died circa 230 B.C. Founder of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom.

Diodotus was the satrap of Antiochus II in Bactria until the middle of the third century B.C. He proclaimed Bactria an independent state and assumed the title of king in approximately 250. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Diodotus II.
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By arguing for a moderate policy on the basis of expediency, Diodotus explicates a view that coheres remarkably with the view that Strauss has attributed to Thucydides.
Piety, Universality, and History: Leo Strauss on Thucydides by Kleinhaus, Emil A. / Humanitas
Orwin finds other proponents of the "Athenian thesis," such as Hermocrates of Syracuse, in his 424 speech at Gela, and Diodotus, the opponent of Cleon in the Mytilenian debate in 427.
The Humanity of Thucydides by Pesely, George E. / Canadian Journal of History
 
 
 
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