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This entry was prepared by Paul Schubert and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Mosmes (?) Jacoby number: 614 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 614 T 1 Source: Scholia, 4.257/62 c Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Scholia, 4.257/62 cτοὺς Αἰγυπτίους πολλοὶ παλαιοτάτους εἶναί φασιν, ῾Ηρόδοτος δὲ Φρύγας. Μώσμης1 (?)δὲ ἐν ᾱ Αἰγυπ…

This entry was prepared by Christopher Tuplin and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Diokles Jacoby number: 693 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century AD 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 693 F 1 Source: Josephus, T. Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 10, 228 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: military history, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: …

This entry was prepared by Christopher Tuplin and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Hermesianax of Colophon Jacoby number: 691 Attested works: Historian's date: 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 691 T 1 Source: Scholia, Theriaka, 3 Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress commentaries-history and criticism - …

This entry was prepared by Marek Węcowski and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Hippias of Elis Jacoby number: 6 Attested works: Names of Peoples: F1, Olympionikai: F2, Collection: F3, 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 6 T 1 Source: Suda , ι 543, s.v. ῾Ιππίας (Adler) Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Suda, ι 543, s.v. ῾ΙππίαςΔιοπ…

This entry was prepared by Anatole Mori and published on 1 October 2011. About this Historian Historian: Aristokles (or Aristoteles) Jacoby number: 436 Attested works: Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXV. Hermione Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 436 F 1 Source: Scholia on Theokritos, Idylls 15.64 Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology, greek - Library of Congress mythology, greek - Library of Congress religion r…

This entry was prepared by Sandra Blakely and published on 1 April 2015. About this Historian Historian: Alexandros Polyhistor (L. Cornelius Alexander) Jacoby number: 273 Attested works: Aigyptiaka: F1-F11; On Bithynia: F12-13; On the Euxine Sea: Historian's date: 1st 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 273 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. ᾽Αλέξανδρος ὁ Μιλήσιος Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: slavery …

This entry was prepared by Ken Dowden and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Theodoros of Samothrace Jacoby number: 62 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 62 F 1 Source: Ptolemy Chennos, Novel History (Καινὴ Ἱστορία) Book 7, in Photios, Bibliotheca 190, 152b26 Work mentioned: Source date: 9th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology - Library of Congress Textual base: …

This entry was prepared by Donatella Erdas and published on 1 April 2012. About this Historian Historian: Dares the Phrygian Jacoby number: 51 Attested works: Historian's date: 2nd century AD Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 51 T 1 Source: Dares the Phrygian (Latin) (Dares Phrygius Latinus), On the Fall of Troy (De excidio Troiae historia) epistula dedicatoria; p. 1 (ed. F. Meister) Work mentioned: Source date: 5th century AD Source language: Latin Source genre: rel…

This entry was prepared by Martine Cuypers and published on 1 April 2012. About this Historian Historian: Agathon Jacoby number: 801 Attested works: 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 801 F 1 Source: Scholia, Argonautika (ed. Wendel), 2, 1015b Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: geography, ancient - Library of Congress religion - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Scholia, 2, 101…

This entry was prepared by Mary F. Williams and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Agroitas Jacoby number: 762 Attested works: On Libya: F1, F7b Historian's date: Hellenistic period? Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XIX. Libya Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 762 F 1 Source: Scholia, Argonautika, 2.498-527 Work mentioned: On Libya Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology Textual base: Jacoby 2.498-527 ᾽Αγροίτας δὲ ἐν ᾱ Λιβυκῶν ὑπὸ ᾽Απόλλωνος εἰ…

This entry was prepared by Anthony Kaldellis and published on 1 October 2011. About this Historian Historian: Christodoros of Koptos Jacoby number: 283 Attested works: Historian's date: 5th century AD 6th century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | A. Authors on Different Cities and Regions | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 283 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. Χριστόδωρος Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress history, ancient - Library of Congress classical a…

This entry was prepared by Yasmina Benferhat and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Kineas of Thessaly Jacoby number: 603 Attested works: Historian's date: 3rd century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LXXVII. Thessalia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 603 T 1 Source: Stephanos of Byzantium , Ethnica, ῎Εφυρα Work mentioned: Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: commentaries-history and criticism - Library of Congress Textual base: …

This entry was prepared by Stanley Burstein and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Bion Soleus Jacoby number: 668 Attested works: On Ethiopia: T1 - T4, F1 - F6 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | II. Ethiopia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 668 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives of the Philosophers [Vide: Demetrius Magnes & Sosibius apud Diogenem Laertium], 4, 58 Work mentioned: On Ethiopia Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment su…

This entry was prepared by Martine Cuypers and published on 1 October 2015. About this Historian Historian: Polygnostos Jacoby number: 473 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XLII. Kyzikos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 473 F 1 Source: Scholia on Apollonios of Rhodes, Argonautika 1.989-91 (ed. Wendel) Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: religion - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Scholia, 1.989-91Γη…

This entry was prepared by Sławomir Sprawski and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Proxenos of Chalcis Jacoby number: 425 Attested works: On Chalkidia: F1, On Chalkidia: F2, Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXII. Euboea Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 425 F 1 Source: Philodemos, On Piety (Περὶ εὐσεβείας) 2 d p. 63 (ed.Gomperz) Work mentioned: On Chalkidia Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Tex…

This entry was prepared by Lucio Bertelli and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Sosikrates Jacoby number: 461 Attested works: Historian's date: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXXVIII. Crete Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 461 T 1 Source: Strabo, Geography 10.4.3 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Strabo, Geographica [Vide: Apollodorus et Eratosthen…

This entry was prepared by Anthony Kaldellis and Carolina López-Ruiz and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Philon Jacoby number: 790 Attested works: On the Acquisition and Selection of Books: T1, F52a - F54; On the Cities and the Famous Men Each of Them Produced: T1, F15 - F51; On the Reign of Hadrian: T1, T3, F1 - F7a; Ethothia: F8, On the Jews: F9 - F11; Paradoxical Inquiries: F12, F13; On Chrestomathy: F14; no title: F55 - F57 Historian's date: 2nd century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single …

This entry was prepared by Jean-Jacques Aubert and published on 1 October 2012. About this Historian Historian: Aristotle Jacoby number: 646 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | I. Egypt Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 646 T 1a Source: Pseudo-Hesychios of Miletus, Life of Aristoteles (Menagiana), 159; 26-8, no. 2 Work mentioned: Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress geograph…

This entry was prepared by Jean-Jacques Aubert and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Apollonios Molo of Rhodes Jacoby number: 728 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XII. Jews Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 728 T 1a Source: Strabo, Geographica [Vide: Apollodorus et Eratosthenes apud Strabonem], 14.2.13, 655 Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Strabo, Ge…

This entry was prepared by Angel Ruiz and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Kreon Jacoby number: 753 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XVIII. Cyprus Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 753 F 1 Source: Suda, Lexikon, - ᾽Εγκεκορδυλημένος Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: linguistics - Library of Congress clothing and dress - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Suda, Lexikon, - ᾽Εγκεκορδυλη…