Hecataeus of Miletus

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tlg0538
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Name:
Hecataeus of Miletus
Abbr:
Hecat.
Alt names:
Ἑκαταῖος
Hécatée‏, de Milet‏ ‎
Hekataios, von Miletos‏
Hekataios, von Milet‏
Ecateo, di Mileto
Hekatajos, z Miletu
Hecataeus, Milesius
Hecataeus Milesius, Historicus
Hecat.
Field of activity:
Historian
Geographer
Logographer
Notes:
Heidel, W. A. Hecataeus and the Egyptian priests in Herodotus, Book II, 1987: CIP t.p. (Hecataeus)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Hecataeus, of Miletus)
Collier's ency., c1973 (Hecataeus of Miletus
Grk. hist. & geographer
b. at Miletus in 6th cent., B.C.)
Ecateo da Mileto ed i frammenti della Periēgēsis, 1896-1897
LCCN PA3998.H17 (Hecataeus, of Miletus, logographer, fl. ca. 500 B.C.)
Oxford comp. to class. lit. (Hecataeus (Hekataios))
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition,
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol , 1867, p. 1:
Brill's New Pauly: "H. of Miletus Greek author, 6th cent. BC, on of Hegesander, c. 560-480 BC, first ‘logographer’ (using the term - current since Fr. Creutzer, but somewhat incorrect - for the prose authors before Herodotus), from whom numerous fragments exist (c. 370 in the collection of the FGrH 1). H. is of utmost significance for the development of Greek geography and historiography...." from Meister, Klaus (Berlin). "Hecataeus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2011. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 22 September 2011
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