Encyclopedia

Zoilus

Zoilus (zō'ilus) [key], c.400–c.320 B.C., Greek rhetorician and philosopher of Amphipolis. He is called Homeromastix [scourge of Homer], because of his denunciations of Homer as a purveyor of fables. He also criticized Isocrates and Plato, and his name has come to signify a carping critic.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Zoilus from Fact Monster:

  • Dennis - Dennis (John), called the “best abused man in England.” Swift and Pope both satirised ...
  • Zoilos - Zoilos (Latin, Zoilus). The sword of Zoilos. The pen of a critic. Zoilos was a literary Thersites, ...
  • Encyclopedia: Philosophy: Biographies - Encyclopeadia articles concerning Philosophy: Biographies.
  • Critic - Critic A judge; an arbiter. (Greek, krino, to judge.) Critic. A captious, malignant critic is ...
  • Dog - Dog This long article is subdivided into eleven parts: 1. Dogs of note. 2. Dogs of noted persons. ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Philosophy: Biographies
© 2000–2008 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster