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This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2010. About this Historian Historian: Polycharmos Jacoby number: 640 Attested works: About Aphrodite: F1, Historian's date: hellenistic period Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | I. Egypt Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 640 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophistae , -15, 675F-676C Work mentioned: About Aphrodite Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: ritual - Library of Congress sacrifice - …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2009. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Troizen (De Troezene) Jacoby number: 607 Attested works: uncertain: F1 - F7 Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 607 F 1 Source: Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2, 30, 5 Work mentioned: uncertain Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: religion - Library of Congress mythology, greek - Library of Congress geography, ancient - Library of Congress chronology, historical - Library of Congress chronol…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Siphnos (De Siphno) Jacoby number: 553 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 553 F 1a Source: Pliny the Elder, Natural History 4.66 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century AD 2nd century AD Source language: eng Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Pliny (G. Plinius Secundus), Historia Naturalis, 4.66Siphnus ante Meropia et Acis appellata. Siphnos, that was previously called'Meropia' and 'Acis'.…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Diokles of Rhodes Jacoby number: 302 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | IV. Aetolia Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 302 F 1 Source: Plutarch, On Rivers 22, 3 22.3 Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: Science Library of Congress - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Plutarch (Ploutarchos), 22.3εὑρί…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2010. About this Historian Historian: Ariston of Alexandria Jacoby number: 649 Attested works: Historian's date: 1st century BC, 1st century BC-1st century AD 1st century AD Historical focus: Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 649 T 1 Source: Strabo, Geography, 17, 1, 5, 790 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC, last quarter of the 1st BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: criticism - Library of Congress transmission of texts - Library of Congress geography, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Strab…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2009. About this Historian Historian: Eudoros of Alexandria Jacoby number: 650 Attested works: On Geography: T1, Historian's date: 1st century BC, 1st century BC-1st century AD 1st century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | C. Authors on Single Countries | I. Egypt Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 650 T 1 Source: Strabo, Geographica [Vide: Apollodorus et Eratosthenes apud Strabonem], 17.1.5, 790 Work mentioned: On Geography Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Gr…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2011. About this Historian Historian: Sophainetos Stymphalikos Jacoby number: 109 Attested works: Historian's date: 5th century BC 4th century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | a. The Period until Philip and Alexander Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 109 T 1a Source: Xenophon, Anabasis of Alexander 1.1.11 Work mentioned: Source date: 4th century BC Source language: Greek Fragment subject: military history, ancient - Library of Congress Textual b…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2013. About this Historian Historian: Neanthes the Younger Jacoby number: 171 Attested works: Historian's date: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | h. Attalids Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 171 T 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 13.79, 602F Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: criticism - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Athenaios, Deipnosophist…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2012. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, The Parthian War Jacoby number: 203 Attested works: Historian's date: 2nd century AD Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | B. Specific History and Monographs | m. Imperial Period Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 203 T 1 Source: Lucian, How to Write History 2 Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: history, ancient - Library of Congress military history, ancient - Library of Congress History, Ancient - Lib…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Anonymous, On Euboia (De Euboea Jacoby number: 427 Attested works: On Euboia: F1 - F5 Historian's date: unknown 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: Harpokration, Lexicon on Ten Attic Orators, ( Suda), s.v. Ταμύναι Work mentioned: On Euboia Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textu…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2016. About this Historian Historian: Anaxis of Boiotia Jacoby number: 67 Attested works: Historian's date: 4th century BC Place of origin: Boiotia   BNJ 67 T 1 Source: Diodoros of Sicily 15.95.4 Source language: Greek Source genre: biography--to 500 - Library of Congress Fragment subject: politics and government - Library of Congress military history, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Friedrich Vogel, Diodori Bibliotheca Historica vol. III, libri 13-15 (Leipzig 1893, repr. Stuttgart 1985); C. Vial (ed.), Di…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2016. About this Historian Historian: Eumelos Jacoby number: 77 Attested works: Historian's date: TPQ 3rd century BC Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | A. General History and Chronography | . Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 77 F 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Vitae philosophorum 5-6 Work mentioned: Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: biography--to 500 - Library of Congress Fragment subject: biography--to 500 - Library of Congress Textual base: M. Marković (e…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2016. About this Historian Historian: Theodoros (of Samos) Jacoby number: 542 Attested works: Historian's date: 6th 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: unknown   BNJ 542 T 1 Source: Vitruvius Pollio, M., De architectura 7 praef. 12 Work mentioned: Source date: 1st century BC Source language: Latin Source genre: Architecture, Ancient - Library of Congress Fragment subject: Architecture, Anci…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2009. About this Historian Historian: Makar(eus) (of Kos?) Jacoby number: 456 Attested works: Histories of Kos: F1a, F1b Historian's date: 2nd century AD, TAQ mid 2nd century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XXXVII. Kos Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 456 F 1a Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 6.262C Work mentioned: Histories of Kos Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Te…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2008. About this Historian Historian: Erxias Jacoby number: 449 Attested works: Historian's date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD 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 449 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 13.561f-562a Work mentioned: Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Athenaios, Deipnosophists, 13…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2007. About this Historian Historian: Clemens Jacoby number: 102 Attested works: Historian's date: uncertain Historical focus: II. Chronography ( Political-Military History) | A. General History and Chronography | Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 102 T 1 Source: Suda, s.v. Κλήμης Work mentioned: Source date: 10th century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: rhetoric, ancient - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Suda, Lexikon, - Κλήμηςἱστορικός. ἔγραψε ῾Ρωμαίων βασιλεῖς καὶ αὐτοκράτορας· καὶ πρὸς …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2008. About this Historian Historian: Xenophanes of Kolophon Jacoby number: 450 Attested works: Historian's date: 6 th century AD 5th century AD 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 450 T 1 Source: Diogenes Laertios, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 9.20 Work mentioned: Source date: 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: chronology, historical - …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 April 2008. About this Historian Historian: Damon Jacoby number: 389 Attested works: On Byzantion: F1, Historian's date: 3rd century AD Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | XIII. Byzantium Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 389 F 1 Source: Athenaios, Deipnosophists 10.59 (442c) Work mentioned: On Byzantion Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Fragment subject: food - Library of Congress Textual base: Jacoby Athenaio…

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2008. About this Historian Historian: Heropythos Jacoby number: 448 Attested works: 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: Source date: 2nd century AD 3rd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment subject: Textual base: Jacoby Athenaios, 7.297eκαὶ τάριχοι δὲ παρὰ Φασηλίταις …

This entry was prepared by Jan P. Stronk and published on 1 October 2008. About this Historian Historian: Herophanes of Troizen Jacoby number: 605 Attested works: Stories of the People of Troizen: F1, Historian's date: later Hellenistic/early Imperial period Historical focus: III. History of Cities and Peoples ( Horography and Ethnography) | B. Authors on Single Cities and Regions | LXXVIII. Troizen Place of origin: unknown   BNJ 605 F 1 Source: Pausanias, 2.34.4 Work mentioned: Stories of the People of Troizen Source date: 2nd century AD Source language: Greek Source genre: Fragment s…