Philochorus, quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers 9.55 (Protagoras) = Ixion, T(i) Kannicht

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φῆσι δὲ Φιλόχορος FGrHist 328 F 217 πλέοντος αὐτοῦ εἰς Σικελίαν, τὴν ναῦν καταποντωθῆναι, καὶ τοῦτο αἰνίττεσθαι Εὐριπίδην ἐν τῶι Ἰξίονι.

Philochorus says that his [Protagoras’] ship sank when he was sailing to Sicily, and that Euripides alludes to this in the Ixion.


Relevant guides Euripides