• Hecataeus of Abdera or of Teos (Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης; c. 360 BC – c. 290 BC), was a Greek historian who flourished in the 4th century BC. Though...
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    placed the Riphean mountains on the borders of Scythia, and Hyperborea further north. Hecataeus of Abdera and others believed Hyperborea was Britain....
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    philosopher Hecataeus of Abdera, and the lyric poet Anacreon. Pliny the Elder speaks of Abdera as being in his time a free city. Abdera had flourished...
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  • Hecataeus (Ἑκαταῖος) is a Greek name shared by several historical figures: Hecataeus of Miletus (born c. 550 BC), historian Hecataeus of the Sindi (r....
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    Moses (redirect from Criticism of Moses)
    literature occurs in the Egyptian history of Hecataeus of Abdera (4th century BCE). All that remains of his description of Moses are two references made by Diodorus...
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  • Euhemerism (category Philosophy of history)
    writings including those of Sanchuniathon, Xenophanes, Herodotus, Hecataeus of Abdera and Ephorus. However, the enduring influence of Euhemerus upon later...
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  • Aristarchus of Samothrace Aristophanes of Byzantium Dionysius Thrax Thucydides Hecataeus of Abdera Stephanus of Byzantium Hieronymus of Cardia Bion of Abdera Philo...
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    Oceanus (category Children of Gaia)
    BC, Hecataeus of Abdera writes that the Oceanus of the Hyperboreans is neither the Arctic nor Western Ocean, but the sea located to the north of the ancient...
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  • This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with...
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  • Aktisanes (category 4th-century BC monarchs of Kush)
    Aktisanes is a Nubian king who is mentioned by the Greek historian Hecataeus of Abdera. He is perhaps identical with Menmaatre-Setepenamun Gatisen known...
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