This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Hegias of Troizen Jacoby number: 606 Attested works: n.a. Historian's date: 2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LXXVIII. Troizen Place of origin: Troizen   BNJ 606 F 1 Source: Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.2.1 Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Geography, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Mythology, Greek - Libra…

This entry was prepared by Carolina López-Ruiz and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Laitos (-Mochos) Jacoby number: 784 Attested works: Phoenician Antiquities: F1a, F6 Historian's date: 2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XXVI. Phoenicia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 784 T 1 Source: Tatian, Address to the Greeks 37 (Schwartz) Work mentioned: Phoenician Antiquities Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literature, Ancient--History …

This entry was prepared by Ken Dowden and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Abaris Jacoby number: 34 Attested works: ‘Skythine’ Oracles, Marriage of the (River) Hebrus, Purifications, Theogony, Arrival of Apollo amongst the Hyperboreans: T 1; The Oracles of Abaris: T 2b Historian's date: 6th century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History ( Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature | Place of origin: 'The Hyperboreans'   BNJ 34 T 1 Source: Suda, Lexikon, s.v. Abaris (Ἄβαρις), α 18 Adler Work mentioned: Marriage of the…

This entry was prepared by Mary Frances Williams and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Thrasyllos of Rhodes Jacoby number: 253 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century BC - 1st century AD - 2nd century AD Historical focus: II. Chronography (Political-Military History) | D. Chronologies Place of origin: Rhodes ?   BNJ 253 F 1 Source: Clement of Alexandria (T. Flavius Clemens), Miscellanies 1.21.136.3-137.4 (ed. Stählin) Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Religion - Library of CongressChronology, Histo…

This entry was prepared by Burstein Stanley and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Bion Soleus Jacoby number: 668 Attested works: On Ethiopia: T1-3; F1-F6 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | II. Ethiopia Place of origin: Soloi, probably in Cilicia   BNJ 668 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 4.58 Work mentioned: On Ethiopia Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Biography--to 500 - Li…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Heropythos Jacoby number: 448 Attested works: Annals of the Kolophonians: F1 Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXXIV. Kolophon Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 448 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 7.297e Work mentioned: Annals of the Kolophonians Source date: 2nd - 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Literature, Ancient--History and criticism - Li…

This entry was prepared by Martine Cuypers and published on 7 November 2019. About this Historian Historian: Amphitheos (?) of Herakleia Jacoby number: 431 Attested works: On Herakleia F1a, F1b Historian's date: terminus ante quem 2nd century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXIV. Heraclea on Pontus Place of origin: Herakleia Pontike   BNJ 431 F 1a Source: Harpokration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators, s.v. Σαβοί Work mentioned: On Herakleia Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Sourc…

This entry was prepared by Marietta Horster and published on 1 October 2016. About this Historian Historian: Polycharos or Polyanthos of Kyrene Jacoby number: 37 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature Place of origin: Kyrene   BNJ 37 F 1a Source: Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 1.26 Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Philosophy, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Mythology, Greek - …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2016. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, Chronicles of Archons (P. Oxy., 13, 1613) (Chronicon Archontum) Jacoby number: 258 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | D. Chronologies | . Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 258 F 1 Source: Papyrus Oxyrynchus XIII 1613 Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: chronology, historical - Library of Congress Fragment subject: chronology, historical - …

This entry was prepared by Thomas Habinek and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Metrodoros Jacoby number: 184 Attested works: On the Art of Embossing: T 7d; Concerning Tigranes: F 1; Concerning History: F 2; Concerning Habit: F 3, F 4, F 5; On the Art of Physical Training: F 6; On History ? F 18 Historian's date: 1st - 2nd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography (Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | l. 2nd and 1st c. BC History until Augustus Place of origin: Skepsis   BNJ 184 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios 5.84 Work mentioned: n.a. Sourc…

This entry was prepared by Dimitrios Papanikolaou and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Pompeianos of Kollytos Jacoby number: 100A Attested works: n.a. Historian's date: AD 170-190 Place of origin: Kollytos   BNJ 100A T 1 Source: IG II2 3806 (B. Puech, Orateurs et sophistes grecs dans les inscriptions d'époque impériale (Paris 2002), no. 240) Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: AD 170-190 Source language: Greek Source genre: Inscriptions - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Politics, Practical - Library of CongressBiography—to 500 - Library of CongressHis…

This entry was prepared by Duane W. Roller and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Androsthenes Jacoby number: 711 Attested works: Sailing Along the Indian Coast: F1 Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | XI. India Place of origin: Thasos   BNJ 711 T 1 Source: Arrianos, Indian History 18.4 (= Nearchos BNJ 133 F 1) Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 1st - 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: History, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subj…

This entry was prepared by Jacek Rzepka and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Asklepiades son of Areios Jacoby number: 157 Attested works: Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | d. Diadochs, Pyrrhus Place of origin: Phaleron   BNJ 157 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophistae 13.21 (567D) Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd - 3rd century AC Source language: Greek Source genre: Biography--To 500 - Library of Congress Classical antiquities - Library of Congress Fragm…

This entry was prepared by William S. Morison and published on 1 October 2016. About this Historian Historian: Klei(to)demos of Athens Jacoby number: 323 Attested works: First Origins: F5a, Historian's date: 4th 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: Athens(?)   BNJ 323 T 1 Source: Pausanias 10.15.5 Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: ethnology - Library of Congress Fragment subject: travel, ancient - …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Lykeas of Argos Jacoby number: 312 Attested works: Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | IX. Argos Place of origin: Argos   BNJ 312 T 1 Source: Pausanias, Graecae descriptio 1.13.8 Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Travel, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Poetry, Ancient - Library of CongressBiography—to …

This entry was prepared by Robert L. Fowler and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Aristokles Jacoby number: 33 Attested works: Theogony: F1; On Giants: F2; On the Cults of Hermione: F3 Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: I. Mythological History (Genealogy and Mythography) | C. Monographs, Novels, Pseudographic Literature Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 33 T 1 Source: Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies (Stromata) 6.26.8 p. 443.4 Stählin Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Philosophy, Ancien…

This entry was prepared by Fred W. Jenkins and published on 1 April 2018. About this Historian Historian: Artemon Jacoby number: 443 Attested works: Annals of Klazomenai: F 1, Concerning Homer: F 2 Historian's date: 4th century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXXII. Klazomenai Place of origin: Klazomenai   BNJ 443 F 1 Source: Aelian, On the Nature of Animals 12.38 Work mentioned: Annals of Klazomenai Source date: 2nd - 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Animals - Library of Con…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2019. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Siphnos ( De Siphno) Jacoby number: 553 Attested works: n.a. Historian's date: unknown Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 553 F 1a Source: Pliny the Elder, Natural History 4.66 Work mentioned: n.a. Source date: 1st century AD Source language: Latin Source genre: Natural history - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Geography, Ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: cf. L. von Jan, K.F.Th. Mayhoff (eds), C. Plini Secundi Naturalis Historiae libri…

This entry was prepared by Paola Ceccarelli and published on 1 October 2017. About this Historian Historian: Pythainetos Jacoby number: 299 Attested works: On Aigina: F 1, F 2a, F 2b, F 2c, F 3 Historian's date: 3rd-2nd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | II. Aegina Place of origin: unknown BNJ 299 F 1 Source: Scholiast on Apollonios Rhodios, Argonautika 4.1712 Work mentioned: On Aigina Source date: uncertain Source language: Greek Source genre: Commentaries - Library of Congress Fragment…

This entry was prepared by Stanley Burstein and published on 1 October 2018. About this Historian Historian: Aristokreon Jacoby number: 667 Attested works: On Ethiopia: T1-F4 Historian's date: 3rd century BC Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples (Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | II. Ethiopia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 667 T 1 Source: Pliny the Elder, Natural History 6.183 Work mentioned: On Ethiopia Source date: 1st century AD Source language: Latin Source genre: Natural history - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Geography, Ancie…