Δικαίαρχος
Dikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley18 Apr 2001Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
Son of Pheidias, Sicilian, from the city of Messene.1 Pupil2 of Aristotle. Philosopher and rhetorician and geometrician. [He wrote] 3 Measurements of the Mountains in the Peloponnese4; Life of Hellas in 3 books.5
This man wrote the Constitution of the Spartans; and a law was enacted in Lakedaimon that each year the story should be read out in the archive of the Ephors and that the men of youthful age should listen. And this persisted for a long time.6
This man wrote the Constitution of the Spartans; and a law was enacted in Lakedaimon that each year the story should be read out in the archive of the Ephors and that the men of youthful age should listen. And this persisted for a long time.6