This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Sostratos Jacoby number: 23 Attested works: Collection of Mythical History: F1, F1b, F1c, F1d; On Thracian Affairs: F2; Tyrrhenian Histories: F3; On the Art of Hunting: F4; On Rivers: F5; Teiresias: F7 Historian's date: 1st century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 23 F 1 Source: Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers 24.4 Work mentioned: Collection of Mythical Hist…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous Jacoby number: 18 Attested works: n.a. Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 18 F 1 Source: P. Rylands 22 (Pack2 2457) Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 1st century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literature, Ancient—History and criticism - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Mythology, Greek - Library of Congress Te…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Theogenes Jacoby number: 300 Attested works: On Aigina: F 1a, F 1b, F 2 Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | II. Aegina Place of origin: unknown BNJ 300 F 1a Source: Scholiast on Pindar, Nemean 3.21 (cf. Tzetzes on Lykophron 176; Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.302-317) Work mentioned: On Aigina Source date: uncertain Source language: Greek Source genre: Commentaries - …

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Satyros Jacoby number: 20 Attested works: On the Gods F2 Historian's date: 2nd century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 20 F 1 Source: Dionysios of Halikarnassos, Roman Antiquities 1.68-9 Work mentioned: n.a. (On the Gods?) Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Greek Source genre: Biography--To 500 - Library of CongressHistory, Ancient - Library of…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Dionysios of Samos Jacoby number: 15 Attested works: Kyklos: F1-F9, F12; On Problems: F15 Historian's date: 3rd - 2nd century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: Samos(?)   BNJ 15 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. Διονύσιος Μουσωνίου Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literature, Ancient--History and criticism - Library of CongressC…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Aristodemos of Nysa Jacoby number: 22 Attested works: Mythical Collection F1a Historian's date: (Uncertain) 1st century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: Nysa   BNJ 22 F 1a Source: Plutarch, Parallela Minora 35, 314C Work mentioned: Mythical Collection Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Mythology - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Or…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Simonides Jacoby number: 163 Attested works: Deeds of Antiochos and the battle against the Galatians(?): T 1 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography (Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | F. Galatian Wars, Seleucids Place of origin: Magnesia on the Sipylos   BNJ 163 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. Σιμωνίδης Work mentioned: Deeds of Antiochos and the battle against the Galatians(?) Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Pythainetos Jacoby number: 299 Attested works: On Aigina: F 1, F 2a, F 2b, F 2c, F 3 Historian's date: 3rd-2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | II. Aegina Place of origin: unknown BNJ 299 F 1 Source: Scholiast on Apollonios Rhodios, Argonautika 4.1712 Work mentioned: On Aigina Source date: uncertain Source language: Greek Source genre: Commentaries - Library of Congress Fragment…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Demetrios of Byzantion Jacoby number: 162 Attested works: Migration of the Galatians from Europe into Asia: T1; On Antiochos, Ptolemy and their settlement of Libya: T1 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography (Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | F. Galatian Wars, Seleucids Place of origin: Byzantion   BNJ 162 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives of Philosophers 5.83 Work mentioned: Migration of the Galatians from E…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 November 2016. About this Historian Historian: Autesion Jacoby number: 298 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 | I. Achaia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 298 F 1a Source: Scholia on Pindar, Olympian 1.37a Work mentioned: Source date: uncertain Source language: Greek Source genre: commentaries-history and criticism - Library of Congress Fragment subject: mythology - Library of Congress T…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 November 2016. About this Historian Historian: Gorgos of Kolophon Jacoby number: 17 Attested works: Historian's date: 2nd century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: Kolophon   BNJ 17 T 1 Source: Inscription from Notion Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century BC Source language: Greek Source genre: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress Fragment subject: biography-to 500 - Library of Congress Textual base: D.F. McCa…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Athenaios Jacoby number: 166 Attested works: On the Kings of Syria: T 1 Historian's date: 2nd-3rd century AD Historical focus: II. Chronography (Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | F. Galatian Wars, Seleucids Place of origin: Naukratis   BNJ 166 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 5.47, 211a-d Work mentioned: On the Kings of Syria Source date: 2nd-3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literature, Ancient--History and criticism - L…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 November 2016. About this Historian Historian: Autokrates Jacoby number: 297 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 | I. Achaia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 297 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 11.2 (460d) Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: food - Library of Congress literature, ancient-history and criticism - Library of Congress Fragmen…