Mnaseas active 3rd century B.C
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.1667
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- tlg1514
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- Name:
- Mnaseas active 3rd century B.C
- Alt names:
- Μνασέας, ὁ Πατρεύς
Mnaseas
Mnasea, di Patara
Mnaseas, Historicus
- Field of activity:
- Historian
- Notes:
- Cappelletto, Pietro. I frammenti di Mnasea, c2003: p. 18 (active during the second half
of the 3rd century B.C.)
Oxford classical dictionary, c1970 (hdg.: Mnaseas
Greek traveller of Lycia)
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: "Mnaseas, from Patara/Lycia, author of Periplous, Periegetic writer (3rd cent. BC) from Patara
in Lycia (cf. P Oxy. 1611 col. 1, 127ff.), probably a pupil of Eratosthenes [2] of Cyrene (cf. Suda s.v. Ἐρατοσθένης/Eratosthénēs).
M. wrote a work entitled Περίπλους (Períplous) or Περιηγήσεις (Perihēgḗseis), consisting of several books, in which, arranged
according to geographical areas (Europe, Asia, Libya), myths and θαυμάσια/thaumásia (‘miracle stories’) are interpreted in
a rational, euhemeristic way....." Damschen, Gregor (Halle/Saale). "Mnaseas." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and ,
Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2013. Reference. Tufts University. 21 November 2013
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