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This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Ariston of Alexandria Jacoby number: 649 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century BC, 1st century BC-1st century AD 1st century AD Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 649 T 1 Source: Strabo, Geography, 17, 1, 5, 790 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC, last quarter of the 1st BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: criticism - Library of Congress transmission of texts - Library of Congress geography, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Strab…

This entry was prepared by Simon Northwood and published on 1 October 2007. About this Historian Historian: Rufus Jacoby number: 826 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XXIX. Rome and Italy Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 826 T 1 Source: Photios, Bibliotheca (Bekker I.) [Vide: Agatharchides, anonymus.Proclus & Ptolemaeus Chennus apud Photium], 161, 104 a 39 Work mentioned: Source date: 9th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textu…

This entry was prepared by William S. Morison and published on 1 April 2011. About this Historian Historian: Pherekydes of Athens Jacoby number: 3 Attested works: Histories: F22a, Histories: F52, Historian's date: 5th century BC 1st century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | A. Old Genealogy (5th-4th c. BC) | Place of origin: unknown R.L. Fowler, Early Greek Mythography 1 (Oxford 2000) has vastly improved the text of Pherekydes and, as a result, our understanding of the Historiai and the fragments of the other ancient mythographers. Un…

This entry was prepared by Greg Anderson and published on 1 October 2008. About this Historian Historian: Aristodemos of Elis Jacoby number: 414 Attested works: n.a. Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XVIII. Elis and Olympia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 414 F 1 Source: Eusebios of Caesarea, Chronicle I p. 90, 17 (ed. Karst) Work mentioned: Source date: 4th century AD Source language: Armenian Source genre: History, ancient- Library of Congress Fragment subject: Histo…

This entry was prepared by Sandra Gambetti and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Lykeas of Naukratis Jacoby number: 613 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | I. Egypt Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 613 T 1 Source: Pliny (G. Plinius Secundus) Lexikon, Historia.C.) Natural History (ed. Mayhoff), 1, 36 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century AD Source language: eng Fragment subject: architecture, ancient - Library of Congress Textual ba…

This entry was prepared by Alexandra Trachsel and published on 1 October 2008. About this Historian Historian: Asklepiades of Myrlea Jacoby number: 697 Attested works: On the Grammarians: F9, F11 Historian's date: 2nd-1st century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | VI. Bythinia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 697 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. ᾽Ασκληπιάδης Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Lexicography - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Biography-to 5…

This entry was prepared by Mary F. Williams and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Menekles of Barka Jacoby number: 270 Attested works: Historian's date: 2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | A. Authors on Different Cities and Regions | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 270 T 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 4.83, 184B-C Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress history, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: …

This entry was prepared by David L. Toye and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Eumelos of Corinth Jacoby number: 451 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXXV. Corinth Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 451 T 1 Source: Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies 6.26.7 (ed. Stählin) Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: poetry, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Cle…

This entry was prepared by Frances Pownall and published on 1 April 2016. About this Historian Historian: Hellanikos of Lesbos Jacoby number: 687a Attested works: Historian's date: 5th century BC 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | V. Babylonia, Assyria, Media, Persia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 687a T 1 Source: Dionysios of Halikarnassos, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, 3.6 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: criticism - …

This entry was prepared by Dominic Machado and published on 1 April 2014. About this Historian Historian: Sokrates of Argos Jacoby number: 310 Attested works: Historian's date: Hellenistic Period Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | IX. Argos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 310 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives of the Philosophers 2.47 Work mentioned: Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress Lexicography - Library of Congress Phi…

This entry was prepared by Ken Dowden and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Nikias of Mallos Jacoby number: 60 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century AD Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 60 F 1 Source: Plutarch, Moralia 13, 308f Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Plutarch, Moralia, 13, 308f῾Ηρακλῆς τοῦ ᾽Ιόλης γάμου ἀποτυχὼν τὴ…

This entry was prepared by Annalisa Paradiso and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Alexandros Jacoby number: 739 Attested works: Historian's date: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XIV. Caria Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 739 T 1 Source: Scholia, Argonautika, 1.925 Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Scholia, 1.925Χέρνησον‧ τὴν μετὰ Θρᾴκην κειμένην Χερσόνησον. ἦ…

This entry was prepared by Ken Dowden and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, Writers of Troika (Οἱ συντεταχότες τὰ τρωικά) Jacoby number: 48A Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 48A F 1a Source: Scholia on Euripides , Andromache 1139 Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Scholia on Euripides, 1139βωμοῦ κενώσας δεξίμηλον ἐσχάραν,τὸ Τρωικὸν πήδημα πηδήσας ποδοῖνχωρεῖ πρὸς αὐτούς] ὁποῖον ἐν τῆι Τρ…

This entry was prepared by Noboru Sato and published on 1 October 2012. About this Historian Historian: Maiandrios of Miletos and (?) Leandr(i)os of Miletos Jacoby number: 491-492 Attested works: Histories: F1 Historian's date: 4th century BC 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LIV. Miletus Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 491-492 T 1 Source: Inscriptions from Priene 37.118 ff. (ed. A. Magnetto, L’arbitrato di Rodi fra Samo e Priene (Pisa 2008), lines 152 ff.) Work mentioned: n.a. Source…

This entry was prepared by Fred Jenkins and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Hegesippos Jacoby number: 391 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XIV. Chalkidike Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 391 T 1 Source: Stephanos of Byzantion, Ethnika, s.v. Μηκύβερνα Work mentioned: Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: geography, ancient - Library of Congress history, ancient - Library of Congress biog…

This entry was prepared by Nicholas F. Jones and published on 1 April 2013. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous / The Writers of The Atthides Jacoby number: 329 Attested works: Historian's date: various Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XI. Athens Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 329 T 1 Source: Dionysios of Halikarnassos, Roman Antiquities 1.8.3 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: history, ancient--chronology - Library of Congress criticis…

This entry was prepared by Anthony Kaldellis and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Skamon of Mytilene Jacoby number: 476 Attested works: unknown: F5, F6; On Inventions: F6 Historian's date: 4th century BC, late 4th century BC (T.A.Q.) Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XLV. Lesbos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 476 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. Σκάμων Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: Inscriptions- Library of Congress Textual b…

This entry was prepared by Martine Cuypers and published on 1 April 2010. About this Historian Historian: Dionysios of Olbia Jacoby number: 804 Attested works: uncertain: F1, Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XXVIII. Pontus Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 804 F 1 Source: Etymologicum Genuinum (M.: Miller E., Mélanges; R.: Reitzenstein R., Geschichte) [Vide: Lexicon rhetoricum & Orosius apud Etymo1ogicum Genuinum] , - Κάλπιν; p. 175 M. Work mentioned: uncertain Source date: v…

This entry was prepared by Christy Constantakopoulou and published on 1 April 2010. About this Historian Historian: Dionysios Scytobrachion Jacoby number: 32 Attested works: The Expedition of Dionysos and Athena: T1; Mythika for Parmenon: T1; uncertain: T2, T6, F7 - F9,F12, F13; Argonauts, the: T1 - T4, F1a - F3, F5 - F6b, F10a - b, F14 - F18; On the Trojan War: T4, T5, F11; The Events after Dareios: T5; Description of the World: T5; On Persia: T5; Mythical Stories: T5; Historic Cycle: T5; Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Myth…

This entry was prepared by David L. Toye and published on 1 October 2012. About this Historian Historian: Andron of Halikarnassos Jacoby number: 10 Attested works: Historian's date: 5th century BC 4th century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | A. Old Genealogy (5th-4th c. BC) | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 10 F 1 Source: Harpokration ap Suda , s.v. Φορβαντεῖον (T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum 798.26, s.v. Φορβαντεῖον) Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: genealogy - Library of Congress mytholo…