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Menaechmus
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(Μέναιχμος/Ménaichmos).

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[1] M. of Sicyon Greek historian and antiquary, 4th cent. BC

Greek historian and antiquary of the 4th cent. BC. Author of a Pythian history (Pythikós), which was superseded by a list of victors of the Pythian Games at Delphi composed by Aristotle (T 3) and therefore must have existed in the early 330s (cf. Syll.3 275). A history of Alexander, (Historía hē katá ton Makedóna Aléxandron) i…

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Meister, Klaus (Berlin), Folkerts, Menso (Munich) and Neudecker, Richard (Rome), “Menaechmus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e731680>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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