Olympiodorus of Thebes (Greek: Ὀλυμπιόδωρος ὁ Θηβαῖος; born c. 380, fl. c. 412–425 AD) was a Roman historian, poet,[1] philosopher and diplomat of the early fifth century.[2]: 79 He produced a History in twenty-two volumes, written in Greek, dedicated to the Emperor Theodosius II, detailing events in the Western Roman Empire between 407 and 425.[1]
His friends included philosophers, provincial governors and rhetoricians. He made several journeys in an official capacity, accompanied for twenty years by a parrot. He was a "convinced but discreet" pagan,[3]: 709 who flourished in a Christian court, and whose work influenced several subsequent historians, including writers of ecclesiastical history.
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