Ἑκαταῖος
Hekataios, Hecataeus
Translated by William Hutton20 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Son of Hegesandros; a Milesian. Born in the time of Dareios -- the king who ruled after Kambyses, when Dionysios of Miletos also lived -- in the sixty-fifth Olympiad.1 Historian. Herodotos of Halikarnassos is indebted to him, being more recent; for he was born after him.2 And Hekataios was a pupil of Protagoras.3 He was the first to express history in prose, whereas Pherekydes [wrote the first prose] composition [sc. of any sort].4 For the [works] of Agesilaos are spurious.5