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Agathocles (writers)

Agathocles (; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek historian who wrote a history of Cyzicus (περὶ Κυζίκου) in the Ionic dialect.{{cite book | author-link =

There are several other writers of the same name, whose works are lost to us but are mentioned by later writers:

  • Agathocles of Atrax, who wrote a work on fishing.
  • Agathocles of Chios, who wrote a work on agriculture.
  • Agathocles of Miletus, who wrote a work on rivers.
  • Agathocles of Samos, who wrote a work on the constitution of Pessinus.

References

References

  1. [[Athenaeus]], i. p. 30, a. ix. p. 375, a
  2. [[Athenaeus]] xiv. p. 649, f
  3. [[Athenaeus]], ix. p. 375, f., xii. p. 515, a
  4. [[Cicero]], ''[[De Divinatione]]'' i. 24
  5. [[Pliny the Elder]], ''[[Natural History (Pliny). Naturalis Historia]]'' [[Method of Elenchus. elenchus]] of books iv. v. vi
  6. [[Sextus Pompeius Festus. Festus]] ''s. v. Romam''
  7. [[Gaius Julius Solinus. Solinus]], ''Polyhistor'' 1
  8. iv. 761
  9. Compare Schol. ''ad Hes. Theog.'' 485
  10. [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] ''s. v.'' {{lang. grc. Βέσβικος
  11. ''Etymol. M. s. v.'' {{lang. grc. Δίκτη
  12. {{lang. grc. ἁλιευτικὰ, ''[[Suda]]'', ''s.v.'' {{lang. grc. Κικίλιος
  13. [[Varro]], and [[Lucius Columella. Columella]], ''De Re Rustica'' i. 1
  14. [[Pliny the Elder]], ''[[Natural History (Pliny). Naturalis Historia]]'' xxii. 44
  15. [[Plutarch]], ''de Fluv.'' p. 1153, c
  16. [[Plutarch]], ''de Fluv.'' p. 1159, a
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