This entry was prepared by Marek Węcowski and published on 1 April 2010. About this Historian Historian: Anaximander the Younger Jacoby number: 9 Attested works: Explanation of Pythagorean Symbols: T1, uncertain: T2 - T3, F4; Account of Heroes: T4, F1 - 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 9 T 1 Source: Suda α 1987, s.v. ᾽Αναξίμανδρος ᾽Αναξιμάνδρου (Adler) Work mentioned: Explanation of Pythagorean Symbols Source date: 10th century AD So…

This entry was prepared by Fred Jenkins and published on 1 October 2009. About this Historian Historian: Artemon of Klazomenai Jacoby number: 443 Attested works: Annals of Klazomenai: F1, Concerning Homer: F2, Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXXII. Klazomenai Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 443 F 1 Source: Aelian, On the Nature of Animals 12.38 Work mentioned: Annals of Klazomenai Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject…

This entry was prepared by Peter Liddel and published on 1 October 2007. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Megara (De Megara) Jacoby number: 487 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LI. Megara Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 487 F 1 Source: Plutarch, Life of Theseus 10 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century AD 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology Textual base: Jacoby Plutarch (Ploutarchos), 10Σκείρωνα δὲ πρὸ τ…

This entry was prepared by Nicholas Sekunda and published on 1 October 2013. About this Historian Historian: Polykleitos of Larisa Jacoby number: 128 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC 3rd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | c. History of Alexander Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 128 T 1 Source: Eusebios of Caesarea, Armenian Chronicle col. 243 (ed. Schoene) Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Armenian Fragment subject: monarchy - Library of Congress Textual bas…

This entry was prepared by William S. Morison and published on 1 October 2014. About this Historian Historian: Theopompos of Chios Jacoby number: 115 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | b. Philippika Place of origin: unknown The Greek text of the fragments follows the most recent published edition, noted by editor, place of publication, and date. In the cases where the printed text differs, a footnote with the variant reading has …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2008. About this Historian Historian: Pytheos-Satyros Jacoby number: 429 Attested works: unknown: F1, F2 Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXIII. Halicarnassus Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 429 T 1 Source: M. Vitruvius Pollio, On Architecture 7.12 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Latin Fragment subject: architecture, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby V…

This entry was prepared by M. Lynn Rose and published on 1 April 2010. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Carthage (De Carthagine) Jacoby number: 744 Attested works: uncertain: F1 - F15 Historian's date: 2nd century BC Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 744 F 1 Source: Servius , Aeneid, 4.670 Work mentioned: uncertain Source date: 5th century AD Source language: eng Fragment subject: geography, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Servius , Aeneid, 4.670 Karthago aut antiqua Tyros vel nobilem dicit vel illud ostendit, quia Carthago an…

This entry was prepared by Frances Pownall and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Diogenes of Sikyon Jacoby number: 503 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 | LVII. Peloponnesos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 503 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 6, 81 Work mentioned: Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress Textual base: …

This entry was prepared by Virgilio Costa and published on 1 April 2011. About this Historian Historian: Athanis of Syracuse Jacoby number: 562 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 | LXIX. Sicilia and Magna Graecia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 562 T 1 Source: Stephanos of Byzantion, Ethnika, s.v. Δύμη (ed. M. Billerbeck, Stephani Byzantii Ethnica, 1, Δ-Ι (Berlin 2010)) Work mentioned: Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subje…

This entry was prepared by Stanley Burstein and published on 1 April 2012. About this Historian Historian: Aithiopia: Appendix Jacoby number: 673 Attested works: Historian's date: unknown 4th century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | II. Ethiopia Place of origin: unknown Source: Diodoros of Sicily, Historical Library, 3, 11, 1-3 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: geography, ancient - Library of Congress ethnology - Library of Congress criticism - …

This entry was prepared by Geert de Breucker and published on 1 April 2010. About this Historian Historian: Berossos of Babylon Jacoby number: 680 Attested works: On Babylonia (on Chaldaea): T1- F23b 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 | V. Babylonia, Assyria, Media, Persia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 680 T 1 Source: Eusebios of Caesarea, Chronicle, p. 6, 14 (ed. Karst) [Vide: Africanus (Julius) & Cephalion apud Eusebium Caesariensem (Armenium)] Work mentio…

This entry was prepared by Duane W. Roller and published on 1 April 2008. About this Historian Historian: Megasthenes Jacoby number: 715 Attested works: On India: F1a - F3b Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XI. India Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 715 T 1 Source: Clement of Alexandria (T. Flavius Clemens), Miscellanies (ed. Stählin), 1, 72, 5 Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Clement of A…

This entry was prepared by Michel Cottier and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Onasos Jacoby number: 41 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC 3rd century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 41 F 1a Source: Scholiast on Apollonios Rhodios, Argonautika 1.1207 Work mentioned: Source date: various Source language: Greek Fragment subject: mythology, greek - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Scholiast on Apollonios Rh…

This entry was prepared by Jacek Rzepka and published on 1 November 2016. About this Historian Historian: Kallisthenes Jacoby number: 124 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | c. History of Alexander Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 124 T 1 Source: Suda, Lexikon, - Καλλισθένης Δημοτίμου Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Suda, Lexikon, - Καλλισθένης Δημοτίμου·…

This entry was prepared by Anthony Kaldellis and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Myrsilos of Methymna Jacoby number: 477 Attested works: Lesbiaka: F1a; F2; F3; F18; Historica Paradoxa Historical Oddities): F4; F5 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XLV. Lesbos Place of origin: Methymna   BNJ 477 T 1 Source: Stephanos of Byzantion, Ethnika, s.v. Μήθυμνα (Meineke 449-50) Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Gre…

This entry was prepared by Christy Constantakopoulou and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Delos (De Delo, ex Aeschine) Jacoby number: 401a 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 | XVI. Delos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 401a T 1a Source: Demosthenes, On the Crown (Or. 18) 134 Work mentioned: Source date: 4th century BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: politics and government - Library of Congress symbou…

This entry was prepared by Andrew Bayliss and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Tyrtaios Jacoby number: 580 Attested works: Historian's date: 7th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LXXI. Sparta Place of origin: Sparta Felix Jacoby’s original brief entry for Tyrtaios included only 7 fragments of the then fourteen known fragments, only the briefest of commentaries, and no testimonia. The brevity of his work on Tyrtaeus was …

This entry was prepared by David G. Smith and published on 1 April 2013. About this Historian Historian: Hippys Jacoby number: 554 Attested works: Historian's date: 5th century BC 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LXVIII. Siphnos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 554 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. ῞Ιπ(π)υς ῾Ρηγῖνος (ed. Adler) Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: history, ancient - Library of Congress epitome Textual base: Jacoby Suda, Lexikon,…

This entry was prepared by Fred S. Naiden and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Libya (De Libya) Jacoby number: 764 Attested works: On Libya: F1, F19b Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 764 F 1 Source: Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), On the Nature of Animals, 17.6 Work mentioned: On Libya Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), On the Nature of Animals, 17.6Θεοκλῆς δὲ ἐν τῆι τετάρτηι περὶ τὴν Σύρτιν λέγει γίνεσ…

This entry was prepared by Mary F. Williams and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Patrokles Jacoby number: 712 Attested works: On Babylonia (on Chaldaea): T1, 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 | XI. India Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 712 T 1 Source: Diodoros of Sicily, Historical Library, 19, 100, 5-6 Work mentioned: On Babylonia (on Chaldaea) Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual …