=Philíppȋdes=: one of the better Athenian poets of the New Comedy; _fl._ _c._ 335 B.C. At first he attacked the Macedonian rulers, but later became a friend of Lysimachus (q.v.).
=Philóchŏrus=: Athenian writer on the history, antiquities, and legends of his country, and on miscellaneous subjects: _fl._ _c._ 300-260 B.C.
=Philócrătes=: Athenian orator, first a supporter, then an opponent, of Demosthenes. His policy was consistently to abet the pretensions of Philip of Macedon, who had bribed him lavishly, to the detriment of Athens. He was ultimately impeached and compelled to go into exile, 330 B.C.
=Philoctétos=: Greek hero (in the expedition to Troy) left desolate on the island of Lemnos, where he suffered deprivations and the agonies of a gangrened foot.
=Philopoemen=: (1) the most distinguished Greek soldier of his day; head of the Achaean League several times from 208 B.C.; a man of culture and high character.
(2) controlling minister of Attalus II (q.v.).
=Philótas=: there were several Macedonians of the name in the service of Alexander. The two chief were (1) the son of Parmenio, a favourite of Alexander, but found guilty of conspiracy and executed; (2) a general who subsequently became governor of Cilicia.
=Philotímus=: a distinguished physician and writer on medicine of the date of Erasistratus and Herophilus (q.v.), _c._ 300 B.C.
=Philóxĕnus=: a dithyrambic poet of high repute: _fl._ at Athens 400 B.C. He thence moved to the court of Dionysius (q.v.), by whom he is said to have been imprisoned for his scathing criticism on the despot’s verses.
=Phóciōn=: 402-317 B.C. An upright Athenian general and statesman, who favoured, though probably not in an unpatriotic spirit, the submission of Athens to the Macedonian power under Alexander (335) and Antipater (q.v.). He was frequently opposed to Demosthenes, and was put to death by his countrymen on a charge of treason.
=Phōcýlȋdes=: epic and elegiac poet of Miletus, _fl._ _c._ 530 B.C. Many of his lines passed into current maxims, and were so intended.
=Phoenix=: a fugitive kindly received by Peleus and entrusted with the bringing-up of his son Achilles. He had quarrelled with his own father, whose young mistress he had corrupted at the request of his jealous mother.