This entry was prepared by James P. Sickinger and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Themison Jacoby number: 374 Attested works: On Pallene(?): F1a-F1b Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XI. Athens Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 374 F 1a Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 6.26 p. 235a Work mentioned: On Pallene(?) Source date: 2nd-3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literature, Ancient--History and criticism - Library of Con…

This entry was prepared by Jean-Jacques Aubert and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Damokritos Jacoby number: 730 Attested works: Tactics: F1; On the Jews : F1 Historian's date: 1st century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XII. Jews Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 730 F 1 Source: Suda, Lexicon, - Δαμόκριτος Work mentioned: Lexicon Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Lexicography - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Judaism - Library of Congr…

This entry was prepared by Dawn L. Gilley and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Strato Jacoby number: 168 Attested works: Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | g. Kings of Macedon Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 168 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios 5.61 Work mentioned: Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Philosophy, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Philosophy, History - Library of Congress Textual base: R.D. Hicks, Lives of E…

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 Robert M. Frakes and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Judas Jacoby number: 261 Attested works: Historian's date: 2nd century AD Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | D. Chronologies | . Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 261 T 1 Source: Eusebios, Historia ecclesiastica 6.7 (Hieronymos, De viris illustribus 52) Work mentioned: Source date: c. 324 AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Church history Fragment subject: Persecution and the Apocalpyse Textual base: Jacoby Eusebios, …

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 James P. Sickinger and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Nikandros of Thyateira Jacoby number: 343 Attested works: On the Demes: F1-F2, Commentaries on the Attic Dialect: F3-F7, F8(?)-F19(?) Historian's date: 2nd - 1st century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XI. Athens Place of origin: Thyateira   BNJ 343 T 1 Source: Stephanos of Byzantion, s.v. Θυάτειρα Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Euboia (De Euboea) Jacoby number: 427 Attested works: On Euboia: F 1-F 5 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXII. Euboea Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 427 F 1 Source: Suda , s.v. Ταμύναι (tau 66) Work mentioned: On Euboia Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Lexicography - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Geography, An…

This entry was prepared by William S. Morison and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Pherekydes of Leros Jacoby number: 475 Attested works: On Leros (T1); On Iphigeneia (T1); On the Feasts of Dionysos (T1); uncertain (F1) Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XLIV. Leros Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 475 T 1 Source: Suda. s.v Φερεκύδης Λέριος Work mentioned: On Leros; On Iphigeneia; On the Feasts of Dionysos Source date: 10th century AD Source langu…

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 Edwin Carawan and published on 1 November 2017. About this Historian Historian: Krateros the Macedonian Jacoby number: 342 Attested works: On Decrees: T1a-5a; T6; F7-10; F13-16b; F20 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XI. Athens Place of origin: Macedonia Abbreviations: ATL: B.D. Meritt, H.T. Wade-Gery and M.F. McGregor, The Athenian Tribute Lists 4 vols. (Cambridge, MA and Princeton 1939–53) Erdas: D. Erdas, Cratero il Macedone. T…

This entry was prepared by Annalisa Paradiso and published on 1 October 2017.About this Historian Historian: Simonides (ὁ γενεαλόγος) Jacoby number:8Attested works: Genealogy: T 1, F 1, F 2, F 5a, F 5b, F 5c; Inventions: T 1; Miscellanies: F 3 Historian's date: 5th century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | A. Old Genealogy (5th-4th c. BC) | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 8 T 1 Source: Suda σ 442 (4.362.18 Adler) = T 1 Fowler = T 44b Poltera Work mentioned: Genealogy; Inventions Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literatur…

This entry was prepared by Christopher Tuplin and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Xenophon, Stories of Marvels Jacoby number: 24 Attested works: Stories of Marvels Historian's date: 3rd century AD Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | B. Hellenistic Reference Works and Collections Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 24 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives of Eminent Philosophers [Vide: Demetrius Magnes & Sosibius apud Diogenem Laertium]2.59 Work mentioned: Stories of Marvels Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: G…

This entry was prepared by Robert D. Luginbill and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous Jacoby number: 849 Attested works: Syrian Topometry: F1 Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XXXII. Syria Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 849 F 1 Source: Eusebios of Caesarea, Preparation for the Gospel [Vide: Africanus (Julius), Diodorus Siculus, Plutarchus & Porphyrius apud Eusebium Caesariensem] 9.36.1 Work mentioned: Syrian Topometry Source date: 4th c…

This entry was prepared by Peter Liddel and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous Jacoby number: 496 Attested works: Milesian Histories(?): F1; Amphiktyonic Discourse(?): F8, F9; Milesian Discourse(?): F9 Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LIV. Miletus Place of origin: Miletos(?)   BNJ 496 F 1 Source: Parthenios, Erotic Sufferings 14, ‘About Antheus’ Work mentioned: Milesian Histories(?) Source date: 1st Source language: Gre…

This entry was prepared by Stanley Burstein and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Timokrates Jacoby number: 672 Attested works: Historian's date: 6th century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | II. Ethiopia Place of origin: Adramyttion   BNJ 672 F 1 Source: Stephanos of Byzantion, s.v. Βέρεξ Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 6th century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Lexicography Fragment subject: Ethnography Textual base: Jacoby Stephanos of Byzantion s.v. Βέρεξἔθ…

This entry was prepared by Tim J. Cornell and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Anonymus, De Marco Aurelio Antonino Jacoby number: 202 Attested works: n.a. Historian's date: 2nd - 3rd century AD Historical focus: II. Chronography (Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | M. Imperial Period Place of origin: Syria   BNJ 202 T1 Source: Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus I 2.5 Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 2nd - 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: History, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subje…

This entry was prepared by Ken Dowden and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Dositheos Jacoby number: 290 Attested works: Aitolika(?): F1; Italika: F1(?), F2, F3, F4; Lydiaka: F5; Pelopidai: F6; Sikelika: F7 Historian's date: AD 40-50? Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | A. Authors on Different Cities and Regions Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 290 F 1 Source: Pseudo-Plutarch, Parallela minora 40A, 315E Work mentioned: Italika (Aitolika?) Source date: 1st century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Mytholo…

This entry was prepared by Annalisa Paradiso and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Alexander Jacoby number: 739 Attested works: On Karia: T1 Historian's date: Hellenistic period Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XIV. Karia Place of origin: Carian Chersonese?   BNJ 739 T 1 Source: Scholia on Apollonios of Rhodes, Argonautika, 1.925 Work mentioned: On Karia Source date: Various Source language: Greek Source genre: Commentaries--History and criticism - Library of CongressTrans…

This entry was prepared by Alexis D'Hautcourt and published on 1 October 2007. About this Historian Historian: Aethlios of Samos Jacoby number: 536 Attested works: Historian's date: 5th-4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LXIV. Samos Place of origin: Samos   BNJ 536 T 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 14.63, 650d Work mentioned: Source date: c. 200 AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Classical antiquities - Library of Congress Literature, Ancient--History and criticism - L…