Editing Philochorus (section)

==Biography==
Philochorus was strongly anti-[[Macedon]]ian in politics, and a bitter opponent of [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius Poliorcetes]]. When [[Antigonus Gonatas]], the son of the latter, besieged and captured Athens (261 BC), Philochorus was put to death for having supported [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]] of Egypt, who had encouraged the Athenians in their resistance to Macedonia.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=413}}<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/244231/ancient-Greek-civilization/26532/Greek-civilization-in-the-4th-century#ref298285 Ancient Greek civilization in the fourth century: Historical writings] at the [[Britannica Online Encyclopedia]]</ref>

His investigations into the usages and customs of his native [[Attica, Greece|Attica]] were embodied in an ''[[Atthis (Philochorus)|Atthis]]'', in seventeen books, a history of Athens from the earliest times to 262 BC. Considerable fragments are preserved in the lexicographers, scholiasts, [[Athenaeus]], and elsewhere. The work was epitomized by the author himself, and later by Asinius Pollio of Tralles (perhaps a freedman of the famous [[Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 40 BC)|Gaius Asinius Pollio]]).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=413}}

Philochorus also wrote on [[oracle]]s, [[divination]] and sacrifices; the mythology and religious observances of the [[Tetrapolis (Attica)|tetrapolis of Attica]]; the myths of [[Sophocles]]; the lives of [[Euripides]] and [[Pythagoras]]; the foundation of [[Salamis, Cyprus]]. He compiled chronological lists of the ''[[archon]]s'' and [[Olympic Games|Olympiads]], and made a collection of Attic inscriptions, the first of its kind in Greece.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=413}}