Pherecydes of Athens

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Pherecydes of Athens (fl. c. 465 BC),[1] described as an historian and genealogist, wrote an ancient work in ten books, now lost, variously titled "Historiai" (Ἱστορίαι) or "Genealogicai" (Γενελογίαι).[2] He is one of the authors (= FGrHist 3) whose fragments were collected in Felix Jacoby's Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker.

He is generally thought to be different from the sixth-century Pre-Socratic philosopher Pherecydes of Syros, who was sometimes mentioned as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and was reputed to have been the teacher of Pythagoras.[3] Although the Suda considers them separately, he is possibly the same person as Pherecydes of Leros.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Fowler 2013, p. 708; Gantz, p. xv; Huxley 1973.
  2. ^ Huxley, p. 137; Jacoby, p. 15; Suda Φ 216. For a description of his work see Fowler 2013, pp. 706–710, for his collected fragments see Fowler 2000, pp. 272–364.
  3. ^ Hawes, p. 250; Purves, p. 100 n. 11; Bollansée, p. 227 n. 262; Fowler 1999; Gantz, p. xv; Jacoby 1947.
  4. ^ Sweeney, pp. 47–48; Suda Φ 217.

References[]

  • Bollansée, Jan, "Hermippos of Smyrna" in Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker, Continued, Part Four, Biography and Antiquarian Literature Edited by G. Schepens, BRILL, 1999. ISBN 90-04-11303-7.
  • Fowler, Robert L. (1999), "The Authors named Pherecydes", Mnemosyne, Fourth Series, Vol. 52, Fasc. 1 (Feb., 1999), pp. 1-15. JSTOR 4432925.
  • Fowler, Robert. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0198147404.
  • Fowler, Robert. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0198147411.
  • Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: ISBN 978-0-8018-5360-9 (Vol. 1), ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3 (Vol. 2).
  • Hawes, Greta, Myths on the Map: The Storied Landscapes of Ancient Greece, Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780191062209.
  • Huxley, George, "The Date of Pherekydes of Athens", Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 14 (1973:137–43).
  • Jacoby, F., "The First Athenian Prose Writer", in Mnemosyne, Third Series, Vol. 13, Fasc. 1 (1947), pp. 13-64. JSTOR 4427082.
  • Purves, Alex C., Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative, Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 9781139487986.
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