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δ1062ΔικαίαρχοςDikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus… geography, perhaps the most immediately relevant predecessor to Eratosthenes (so Strabo, anyway). [1] Modern Messina. [2] Literally 'listener', 'hearer'. Dikaiarkhos' floruit is placed c.320-300 BC. [3] Only a selection of his writings are specified …Matched in noteshighshort
α594ἈζηνιεύςAzenieus, Azenia-man… the tribal eponym Hippothoon see iota 558 (and OCD s.v.). Strabo (9.398) appears to locate this deme at the southern tip of Attica, but his text is conventionally emended from Azenieis to Ateneis (Der …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1936Ἐπακτρία χώραEpaktrian territory… also in other lexica -- bears some general resemblance to Strabo 9.1.20, which cites Philochorus FGrH 328 F94 on the twelve ancient poleis of Attica, but there is extra, implausible detail. [1] For Kekrops …

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Δικαίαρχος

Dikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus

Son of Pheidias, Sicilian, from the city of Messene. Pupil of Aristotle. Philosopher and rhetorician and geometrician. [He wrote] Measurements of the Mountains in the Peloponnese; Life of Hellas in 3 books. This man…

Δικαίαρχος, Φειδίου, Σικελιώτης, ἐκ πόλεως Μεσσήνης, Ἀριστοτέλους ἀκουστής, φιλόσοφος καὶ ῥήτωρ καὶ γεωμέτρης. Καταμετρήσεις τῶν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ ὀρῶν, Ἑλλάδος βίον ἐν βιβλίοις γʹ. …

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