Euthymenes Massiliensis v6. Jh
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.1834
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- tlg2170
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- VIAF69321199
- Name:
- Euthymenes Massiliensis v6. Jh
- Alt names:
- Eυθυμένης
Euthymenes, of Massalia
Euthymenes, Chronograph
Euthymenes, Historicus
Euthymenes, von Massalia
Euthymenes, von Massilia
Eutimene, di Marsiglia
Eutymenes, z Massalii
- Field of activity:
- Historian
- Notes:
- Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology:
"Euthymanes, or more correctly EUTHY'MENES (Εὐθυμένης, of Massilia, is referred to several times
as the author of a geographical work, the real nature of which, however, is unknown. .."
Brill's New Pauly: "Euthymenes of Massalia, Greek seafarer, probably of the 6th-5th cents. BC,...
His work, probably a periplous (cf. Marcianus of Heraclea, epit. 2, GGM 1, 565), is lost
only his thesis regarding the annual
inundation of the Nile, which may have already been known to Herodotus (via Hecataeus?) (Hdt. 2,20f.
Hecat. FGrH 1 F 278), appears
repeatedly in doxographies...."Brodersen, Kai (Mannheim). "Euthymenes of Massalia." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and ,
Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2015
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
- VIAF
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