Antiochus of Syracuse
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Antiochus of Syracuse was a Greek historian, who flourished around 420 BC. 1
Life
Little is known of his life, but his works, of which only fragments remain, enjoyed a high reputation because of their accuracy. He wrote a History of Sicily from the earliest times to 424 BC, which was used by Thucydides, and the Colonizing of Italy, frequently referred to by Strabo and Dionysius of Halicarnassus.1
References
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Antiochus of Syracuse". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.; Endnotes:
- Müller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, i.
- Wölfflin, Antiochos von Syrakus, 1872.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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