Ἑλλάνικος

Of Mytilene↗; an historian; son of Andromenes, though others say [he is the son] of Aristomenes, and others [the son] of Skamon; he had a son of this same name [Skamon]. Hellanikos spent time with Herodotus at the [court of] Amyntas, king of the Macedonians, during the time of Euripides and Sophocles.¹ And he overlapped with Hekataios the Milesian.² Hellanikos was born³ about the time of the Persian Wars, or a little before.⁴ He lived until the time of Perdikkas⁵ and he died in Perperene, which is [sc. on the mainland] opposite Lesbos↗. He wrote many things in prose and poetry.