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Xanthos of Lydia

  • Lydian historian active ca 450 BCE. Late antique biographies make him of Lydian rather than Hellenic identity. See biographical essay in BNJ 765.
  • Author
    Xanthos of Lydia
    Source subtype
    Mythography & Historiography
    Language
    Greek
    Period
    Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE) Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)
    Place of creation
    🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)
    TLG canon
    1751
    Jacoby
    FGrHist 765 BNJ 765
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534163
    Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthus_(historian)
    Commentary
    Lydian historian active ca 450 BCE. Late antique biographies make him of Lydian rather than Hellenic identity. See biographical essay in BNJ 765.
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