Xanthus (historian)
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title:
Xanthus (historian)
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Xanthus of Lydia was a Greek historian, logographer and citizen of Lydia who, during the mid-fifth century BC, wrote texts on the history of Lydia known as Lydiaca (Λυδιακά), a work which was highly commended by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Xanthus also wrote occasionally about geology. It is believed that Xanthus was the earliest historian to have written a significant amount on the topic of Lydian history. He is also believed to have written a work entitled Magica (Mαγικά), as well as one entit
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5th-century BC Greek historian and logographer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthus_(historian)
date created:
2006-12-26T05:29:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:19:59Z
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